Flipping Real Estate in Today’s Housing Market
Though cash-flowing is still a great strategy (as long as your property isn’t losing value), there are much better ways to make more cash quickly. One of the best ways is through flipping real estate (otherwise known as wholesaling).
There are different definitions that people refer to for flipping. Some refer to it as actually buying a property, then quickly fixing it up to resell it. This is a strategy you can implement but there are also additional financial risks that can be a concern, particularly in flat or declining markets. When we refer to flipping, we are talking about tying up properties at a discount (using an agreement) and then assigning (or flipping) them to another buyer for a quick profit.
For further clarification on terminology, when you assign a property to another investor, this just means you are transferring the right to them to buy the property directly from the seller. Once you get a property under contract, you will have control, without the liability. Then you can wholesale it to another investor at a higher purchase price or for a flat fee. They take your place in the agreement by way of the contract assignment, then purchase the property, take care of repairs and either keep it or sell it to someone else for a higher price.
This is a great no risk strategy to create quick cash without using any of your own credit, money or other financing techniques. With real estate wholesaling, you have neither of these limitations so you can do as a many as you want making it a good cash flow strategy especially once you have a solid system working for you.
You can do these types of flips and assignments in up, down or flat markets. You have no risk because you are only tying up the deal to assign it to another investor or individual. So even if an area was depreciating severely, you never take ownership and assign the property in an average of two to six weeks. What about a worst case scenario? Lets say you do not assign the property. Since you have no risk, you lose nothing. This also gives you another exit strategy if you decide you want to pass off a property to someone else so you can move on to better deals.
Do not get stuck focusing a conventional methods or you will be dealing with a lot more risk. Flipping real estate this way allows you to eliminate these inherent risks and give you the best options you need to capitalize on the current housing “crisis”!
By: Matthew Sorensen
About the Author:
Matthew Sorensen is big on providing real estate training that is straight forward without charging an arm and a leg for it. You can visit his website at: http://www.creativerealestatehelp.com to receive more information on how to maximize profits safely for todays changing real estate trends.
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