Part Time REI

  If you have been following our blog for any amount of time you know that we do a Flipping House Series every Monday. Over the past few years our team has had some pretty dramatic transformations on our flips. We thought it would be fun to look at some of our favorite flips that […]

There are of course many scenarios that you as a part-time REI doesn’t want to find yourself in. Trying to sell a house with an incessant barking dog, a sump pump has failed you name it, we have seen it. But there are situations that you can keep yourself  out of. Let’s take a look at […]

It seems America has a new sweet heart. Move over Jennifer Aniston, here comes real estate. It has been creeping slowly back into the hearts of Americans ever since the crash of 2008. But like they say, absence does make the heart grow fonder. Fond enough that in a recent Gallup Poll Americans cited real […]

  Now that The Dirt House has been finished up let’s take a look at some of the after shots. If you want to look at the before shots click here. Front of House It looks great!   If you remember this house’s floors were pretty much dirt and so was the back yard. Here […]

One item that is sometimes overlooked while flipping houses is the local government. We always say know your market and that includes the local government, especially if it is out of your local area or out of state. Doing some research on the city’s government before you invest in any real estate there will help you […]

With Easter just passed us we thought we would highlight our next house in the Flipping House Series: The Easter Egg House. This house gained our attention as a foreclosure in a great area. Our initial walk through spotted a few problems. First and foremost, the whole house was literally painted up like colors on […]

Perhaps one of the hardest skills to learn is how to successfully negotiate. How to engage meaningfully with another person in a situation where you are trying to get what you want, but make the other person happy as well. Once you get into the investor mindset, it is important to take into account that […]

Welcome to our next edition in the Flipping House Series, The Kid-Tastrophe House. Another foreclosure, this flip has some damage to deal with, not uncommon with this type of acquirement. The house got its name from all the kid stuff and presumably damage done by children. There was crayon scribbles on the wall, wall paper […]

It is that time of year again. The time when the husbands busy themselves out in the yard and the kids hide at the mention of two words: Spring Cleaning. No one loves to clean but it is a necessity for not only the cleanliness of your home but more often to help battle allergies […]

Every once in a while our team finds a home that will need a little extra work. Sometimes these extra work flips can turn out being big on their return. Our next home in our Flipping House Series did just that. This house was nick named The Dirt House because the flooring was gone and […]