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It's Time To Know Your Property Flipping Essentials |
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Jacques Coquerel |
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It's Time to Know Your Property Flipping Essentials
Jacques Coquerel
No other time could be more perfect to flip houses than when house prices are decreasing and for sale houses are plenty across the country. When foreclosures are rampant and homes are loosing value fast, many people are forced to put their houses on the market at a bargain price to avoid further debt. This is the time all house flippers have been waiting for.
The principle behind property flipping involves buying houses well below its true market value. These properties have slight to moderate damage on them which needs to be rehabilitated and brought back to its best condition before putting it back for sale on the market again. The property flipper makes money from the difference of the amount he sold the property and the amount he bought it.
Looks easy enough? Well it is but before you do anything drastic, why don't you study the things involved in flipping first to find out how you can succeed in this business. Like our parents always say to check the pan temperature before frying the fish, this is the time to apply this principle.
The first thing you need to know is that your success in flipping houses greatly depends on how well you did the inspection. The importance of a thorough property inspection before a buy could not be stressed enough if you do not want to end with a bloated cost of repairs and an unfinished, unmarketable house. If you are a newbie, then you must hire someone or ask a mentor to help you inspect the house from the roof down to the gutter.
The next thing you must consider is the cost of rehabilitation in your area. Remember that every house you buy has different needs for rehabilitation so that you cannot estimate your cost base on the latest project you or your friend did. To cut your time on cost estimation and to avoid being beaten up by another buyer, it is best if you prepare a package price before you inspect a property.
When the housing market is flooded with cheap houses for sale, the competition is not so much on the price anymore. The competition is shifted to location. Therefore, before you buy a property, it pays to consider its location also because this aspect might be the only determining factor for a buy or not. Houses near the center of the town should sell first compared to houses located further away.
It also pays to flip houses when your credit rating is above average - although this is not a prerequisite. Even though you have enough reserve in your bank account, but when an emergency would arise during the rehabilitation, it pays if you can borrow from creditors in short notice. Lenders are only willing to lend you money if your credit rating is not in shambles like the property you've bought.
If you are planning to enter property flipping, the time couldn't be more opportune when the house prices are falling like Newton's apple. But before you jump on the wagon, however, it pays if you study the things that you need to know to prepare you to run your property flipping business. Once you go out there and do the actual investing, you'll learn more than what you can learn by just observing and reading training materials.
About the author: Jacques Coquerel is a real estate investor in Atlanta, Georgia. He has made more than 750 real estate transactions since 1996. For http://www.getquantumleap.com/) Real Estate Investing Tips get his free course http://www.getquantumleap.com/) Real Estate Investing Free Course.
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