Flipping homes for profit has always been up for debate about how legal and ethical it might be, but this type of real estate investment is a totally fair venture. Some people have flipped real estate the wrong way and those tactics have caused this type of investment to get a bad name. These investors buy homes that are in need of repair and sell them to unsuspecting home buyers for more money than they are worth. After the home is sold, the investor walks away with a great quick profit while the new homeowner is stuck with a damaged house that they overpaid for.

Although, there are some who have given this type of investment a bad name, there are many ways to flip homes without being dishonest. One way to make money by flipping property is the most obvious way. Buy a bargain home that needs some fixing, fix it up, and sell it for the market price. The key to this strategy is to find a great price on a home that needs affordable repairs and then selling it for its market price to make your profit. The better the deal and the less money you have to spend on repairs, the more money you can profit in the end.

Helping out a home owner in distress is always an honest real estate investment. When you find a distressed home that is a great bargain you can secure a sales contract and sell it to a real estate investor. This investment is non binding because you don’t have to finance or even take the title of the property. Instead you are profiting by making money off the sale of the contract that you are selling to the investor, who will be taking over the property.

Another way to help someone avoid foreclosure and save their credit is by arranging to buy the property at one price and then arrange to sell it at a higher price. This type of flipping investment is also known to many as “double escrow”. This doesn’t require cash or credit and both closings occur at the same time. This procedure entails your buying the house for an amount and finding a buyer that wants the property and who is willing to pay more for it. Both deals finalize at the same time because you buy the house paying off the seller and close on the house by selling to a buyer immediately.

Whichever method you might choose to start investing in real estate by flipping homes, you have to find the right property. Finding the right property with the right deal is the most important decision you have to make. The better the bargain on the home, the better your chances will be to ensure a good profit in the end.

By: Karim El Sheikh

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The term flipping in real estate brings up the thoughts of bad and unsavory characters out to steal houses from little old ladies and unsophisticated home owners. The truth is that the thieves and crooks should be in jail. Those of us who make it a part of our business buying and selling property should not be aligned with that same bunch.

Flipping is not a crime!

Buying and selling real estate for profit is normal business here in the U.S.A. Homeowners everyday sell property they purchased with the full and complete understanding that when they sell the property it will be worth more at the sale than it was when they purchased it because of appreciation.

Investors flip houses, commercial property, and land.

On the other hand investors don’t wait for appreciation to increase the value they will know how they are going to increase the value before buying the property. They will use their knowledge and skills to bring additional value to the property, by rezoning, subdividing, renovating, bulldozing and building new, buying low and selling high.

New investors can learn the process

Real Estate investment strategies are numerous and some are so convoluted that it would take a book to explain but in every case the same mantra holds true “know your way out, before you go in”. A very simple truth of the basic investment strategy is to know what you are going to do with the property before buying it.

Know your market, know your values

Investors must know the marketplace or have access to information that is reliable. They must know the cost or have trusted advisors who are knowledgeable about the costs of repairs, financing, fees of attorneys, engineers, architects, and be able to move fast when the opportunity presents itself.

Understand your role

Investors look for and make deals. Contractors do the construction work, attorneys do the legal work, accountants do the accounting, engineers do the engineering, and Investors do the investing. If you want to be a contractor and make a living wage please do, if you want to make the big bucks be an investor and hire good people to do the other jobs because you are too busy doing yours.

A little short of cash

In the beginning you think you can save money by doing the work your self, that’s far from the truth. The professionals do the work better and faster and cheaper than you ever could. Add it up what opportunities did you miss because you were setting tiles in a bathroom? What big new deal did you not partner on because you were too tired to open your email for three days? What big news did you miss that could have made you an extra $75,000 on an offer you just signed because you were too busy doing someone else’s job? You may be a little short of cash but that has more to do with not knowing your way out before you went in.

By: Bill Carey

About the Author:
Bill Carey a Broker/Investor/Builder. His over 30 years experience in Real Estate Sales, Investments and Construction offers a unique perspective to the processes of Investment Grade Real Estate. Bill and his family own resort rentals and hold a number of Off-Campus student rental properties in southern states. This started when our oldest daughter went away to school at the University of South Carolina in Columbia, SC. The Carey family continues to buy and successfully rents student rental properties

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