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House Flipping Blog
The House Flipping Blog is my mini-journal and your "early warning radar" system for house flipping updates.
It's purpose is to...
- let you know whenever any new pages appear on House Flipping Online
- keep you up-to-date on the often fast-changing news in the foreclosure and house flipping world
- give you a "head's up" on any special events coming up
- let you know when I send out the House Flipping Tips e-zine.
5 Prince Georges County Real Estate Investing Tips For REI Beginner Investors
These 5 Prince Georges County Real Estate Investing Tips can be applied by beginners beyond maryland investors or washington dc area investors & house flipper wholesalers
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Maximum Allowable Offer (MAO) - Definition and Exceptions to the rule
Maximum allowable offer (MAO Formula) concept provides beginner investors a framework for making offers and buying distressed properties. However, there are potential negatives...
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No Equity In Home? 8 Ways Smart Real Estate Investors Can Help You
No Equity In Home...Even this challenge can be overcome thru a combo of creative real estate financing strategies like short sales & sandwich lease options, or lien reductions & development grants.
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Why “Flip This House” And “Flip That House” TV Shows Ruin Real Estate beginners
Why Flip This House, Flip That House, and Armando Montelongo were bad coaching examples? Well, those TV rehabbing shows portrayed Fix and Flip rehabbers flipping homes in deals that most wholesalers..
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Determine fair market value as a real estate investor
How to determine fair market value (after repair value) and obtain discount properties as a real estate investor. This number helps determine your maximum allowable offer (MAO) to sellers
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Real Estate Due Diligence Checklists - 5 Steps For REI Investors & Flippers
These REI due diligence checklists for wholesaling and house flipping investors can help you minimize legal and investing risks. They cover seller, property, financial and market diligence processes.
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Flipping Real Estate Vs. Wholesaling Vs. Investing - Definitions & Differences
Flipping real estate...how does it really differ from wholesaling and actual real estate investing (so-called REI). The IRS still sees real estate professionals differently from "passive investors".
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Finding motivated sellers...is the secret to consistent REI success
Finding motivated sellers consistently is the heart of any active real estate investing or wholesaling real estate business
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Contract Assignments are the cure for the beginner real estate wholesaler blues!
Contract assignments are the working secret behind no money down real estate flipping.
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Colorado Real Estate License: To Be or Not To Be A Licensee?
The Colorado Real Estate License requirements changed drastically (and for the better) in January 1997, Colorado became the 1st state to implement single licensing...
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Tips on Buying Investment Property That Won't Trip You Up
These tips for buying investment property will allow you to build your real estate investing portfolio on a strong foundation and rather than on a pack of cards.
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HUD Anti-flipping rule and how it affects you
The Anti-flipping rule (or HUD Rule FR-4615) is one of the most misunderstood pieces of regulation affecting real estate investors. Here are the most important considerations for you to consider...
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Anti-Flipping Laws 2010 Waiver By HUD Reflects Reality
Waiver of HUD Anti-Flipping Laws designed to scapegoat the wholesalers and flippers have been updated to reflect the reality (in my humble opinion). The bureaucrats have moved on to hunt for other...
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After Repair Value and The Making Of A Successful Real Estate Investor
After repair value is the real estate investor's equivalent of fair market value. The popularity of the term gives you an idea into where opportunities...
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Anti-flipping law updated for 2008
The Anti-flipping law update (2008) announced by the FHA is being misunderstood by many investors
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Negotiating With Motivated Sellers - 12 Tips To Get Love From Home Sellers
Negotiating with motivated sellers is just about numbers, contracts, or bonding. It's also about the sequence and elements of property owner communication and seller appointment dynamics.
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Home Seller Negotiations Pt.2 | Turn Property Owner's Hate Into Love
home seller negotiations (or motivated seller negotiaions) can be somewhat dicey in circumstances of short sale, pre-foreclosure or other distress...here's more advice and tips for deals that are ...
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House Flipping Tips, Tricks & Tools For No B.S. Real Estate Investing
House flipping tips, no B.S. real estate lead generation info and free real estate marketing articles in one spot.
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Real Estate Gurus and You: The Biggest Truths Not Told
Real estate gurus often forget to tell you some of the most important principles of their success...and your failure. Here they are...
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Rent To Own Homes In Maryland | Lease Option Purchase | sandwich lease agreement
Rent To Own Homes In Maryland offer Real estate and houses to buy such that bad credit is OK, bankruptcy, etc. Lease to own contracts in MD have laws that restrict. As always, Buyer Beware!
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This Maryland Rent To Own Search Page Featueres Owner & Seller Financing Ads
Maryland Rent to Own homes can be advertised (and searched) FREE on this website. All seller financing and owner financing options
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7 Short Sale Investing Problems Real Estate Investing Beginners Commonly Face
These 7 short sale investing problems commonly stand in the way of newbie investors. From how to build rapport, to negotiating the bpo (broker price opinion) and arranging hard money funding.
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General Warranty Deed, special warranty deed and quit claim deeds
The general warranty deed offers the broadest protection in a real estate transaction. As an investor, your most preferred document to...
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Why Wholesaling Real Estate Is Prep For Successful Rental Property Investing
Why wholesaling real estate should come before landlording rentals! In short, 3 reasons, the mental rules of buying value, contractor and property wisdom, and the advice from association of REI folks
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How Not To Flip A House (lol!) | 12 definite flipping house don'ts
How not to flip a house is a (humorous?) mini-guide to help you avoid flipping house don'ts, and common real estate investing problems and house flipper horror stories.
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Real Estate Deal Structuring For Creative Real Estate Investors
Full real estate deal structuring explaination, complete with examples using Ian Investor, Harry Homeowner and the hateful Nancy Neighbor! Enjoy and profit from this...
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Turnkey Income Investment Property Is Not Always A Good Deal!
A turnkey income investment property sounds like a good deal to any investor. But there might be a downside...
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Real Estate Wholesaling Beginner's tour
The real estate wholesaling business failure rate is pretty steep for people who spend first and plan later. Let's go step by step...
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A 2009 housing market bubble underneath the surface of reports?
Yep, a housing market bubble, as implausible as it may seem, is taking place and it may compromise a whole new group of first-time home buyers.
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Twitterpated? Not! Real Estate Tweets Lack Engagement
Twitterpated is a new term for most real estate investors. If you're a real estate investor, Twitter has some benefits after your social media plan is in place. But Beware of one-sidedness...
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Real Estate Investing Articles Answer Frequently Asked Questions
Real estate investing articles, frequently asked questions,
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The Quit Claim Deed, General Warranty Deed and Investors
The quit claim deed helps a seller or grantee relinquish their interest in real property. The fact that it offers the buyer the least amount of title protection does not deter investors from using it
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HR 1728 Mortgage Reform Act Could Have Serious Adverse Consequences
The HR 1728 Mortgage Reform And Anti-Predatory Lending Act Was Conceived As An Amendment To The Truth-In-Lending Act, but as is typical in economic downturns, there are signs of legislative excess...
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Wholesaling Real Estate in the real world
Many scary "flipping" nightmares can be prevented if you master Wholesaling real estate first. Find all the information and advice you need are here on one page...
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Motivated seller questionnaire for real estate investors
Motivated seller questionnaire tips for screening distressed property seller prospects
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A real estate bird dog? What the heck is that?
This real estate bird dog mini-portal. I've designed this mini-portal to teach you everything there is to know about birddoging property
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3 real estate investor marketing metrics to keep your eye on
3 real estate investor marketing metrics to keep your eye on daily if you plan to get rich wholesaling houses
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Hard money lender questions you need to know now?
Any hard money lender questions you've been dying to ask a hard money lender can now be taken care of. These expericenced hard money lenders are going to answer everything...
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Common website marketing mistakes
Of all website marketing mistakes, to make this last one is the most pervasive and most devastating
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Real Estate Marketing Online: 7 Cardinal Principles for your Real estate website
Real estate marketing online is best implemented in a systematic manner with your website as the hub of a strategic internet marketing plan
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Motivated seller leads for your real estate investing business
Over 21 types of motivated seller leads you should be attracting to your real estate investing business. Absentee landlords, probate estates are oft-overlooked.
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Real Estate Investor Website Resource Guide
Real estate investor website resource guide to help you find motivated sellers and launch an online platform for all your innovative real estate marketing ideas!
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Real estate investing coach who's ready to be "real" with you?
Contact the real estate investing coach for HouseflippingOnline.com - Build Your Strategic Real Estate Investing Business Today!
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Denver Real Estate May Get Boost
Denver real estate may get a big boost from the Pew Research center survey that was released a few days ago, indicating that Denver is the #1 most desired US destination to relocate to.That can't be bad for Denver home market values!
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Wholesaling property does have its disadvantages
You would love me to say there's no downside to wholesaling property, but it's not true...
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What's illegal house flipping and what's not?
You must know what illegal house flipping is and what it's not before you set foot into wholesaling real estate or even rehab real estate.
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What is a Short Sale? It's Not That Complicated...
"What is a Short Sale"? It's a negotiated settlement. And Easier than you'd think
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