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Market Watch: Peabody, MA

  Next on our Market Watch list is a smaller suburb right outside Boston.  Peabody, MA made Money Magazine’s Top 100 places to live in 2012, but just barely. Rounding out the 100 at the last place was not much to say, but hey at least they made the list. Peabody is located in the North Shore region of Massachusetts. A […]

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Flipping House Series: The Cash Flow House

    The Cash Flow House is a great flipping opportunity. We acquired this property because it was in nice convenient area and needed little work so it would be an easy quick flip. Quick flips usually mean quick turn around and quick return on your investment. So with our investor mind set in mind, […]

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What You Should Know About Termite Inspections

In most areas around the country a whole home inspection will require a termite inspection. You hope all you have to pay for is the cost of the inspection. Termite control can become a costly expense  for your potential flip if problems go untreated for years. Unfortunately in the business of flipping houses with some not being […]

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Market Watch: Best and Worst for 2013

About a year ago, Trulia released their predictions on the best and worst markets for real estate in 2013. They rounded up 13 of the healthiest markets in the U.S. going into 2013, and 13 of the least-healthy markets. You might say it was a play on the year 2013 with listing the “Lucky 13 vs […]

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Flipping House Series: The Mold House Part 1

Our next house in our Flipping House Series could not be named anything else but The Mold House. Our team purchased this property at the county courthouse foreclosure auction. Purchasing investment properties in this manner is not for the faint of heart. It can sometimes be risky because no one is able to have actual […]

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Seven Items to Check When Remodeling the Bathroom

The first thing people want to know when it comes to a bathroom are how many the house has. The second thing? If it has been updated. Bathrooms can be a huge selling point for your potential flip. Most houses are standard 2 to a normal sized family house. There is always an option to […]

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The Top Materials for Countertops Part 2

Non-traditional/New Age In the first part of our series we talked about  traditional options for your countertops in your flip. In our second installation of countop talk, it is the less ordinary countertop we will discuss. A different countertop could be just the special thing you need to make your kitchen pop! Tile Modular and […]

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Flipping House Series: The Junk House Part 2

Last week we introduced you to The Junk House. We got looking at more of the before pictures and decided to show you some of the exterior ones. Since this was a foreclosure it was obvious that the owner stopped caring about the outside of the house a long time ago. Let’s take a look […]

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Choosing the Right Cabinets for your Flip

  One of biggest questions for a flip is whether to replace or reface the cabinets in the kitchen. Replacing of course is removing the entire cabinet boxes and installing new ones. Refacing involves replacing only the doors of your cabinets instead of the entire cabinet box. Here we discuss the difference and how to […]

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Small Real Estate Investment Markets: The Perfect Storm

I am sure you remember the scene from the movie The Perfect Storm. In the climax of the movie, a rare combination of weather circumstances  converge to create a storm of immense power creating an event of unusual magnitude. Just like in the movie several factors are mounting as evidence that a perfect storm may be building for individuals […]

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