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Flipping Houses In California: The (ULTIMATE) Guide

Are you considering flipping houses in California? You've come to the right place. 

In this article, we're going to cover everything you need to successfully research, purchase, renovate, and sell homes in California. We'll also touch on the legalities of flip properties, the best cities to flip houses in, and how to finance this investment (even if you have no money or poor credit).

California is home to a robust and competitive real estate market. While it can be challenging to purchase your first flip project, it sure won't be hard to sell it later on. Read on to learn more about how to flip houses in California.

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Flipping Houses in Texas: The (Ultimate) Guide

Are you considering flipping houses in Texas? You've come to the right place.

In this guide, we're going to cover everything you need to successfully research, purchase, renovate, and sell homes in Texas.

We'll also touch on the legalities of fix and flip properties, the best cities to invest in, and how to finance your flip investment (even if you have no money or poor credit).

Texas is home to a robust and expansive real estate market with unique opportunities to create wealth. Whether you're a Texas real estate investor, virtual wholesaler, or licensed agent, this guide will teach you how to flip houses in Texas.

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Flipping Houses In Florida: The (Ultimate) Guide | Real Estate Skills

Are you considering flipping houses in Florida? You've come to the right place.

In this article, we're going to cover everything you need to successfully research, purchase, renovate, and sell homes in Florida.

We'll also touch on the legalities of flip properties, the best cities to invest in, and how to finance this investment (even if you have no money or poor credit).

Florida has a robust and expansive real estate market. Ranked as the top destination for relocating Americans in 2020 and with over 300,000 new residents annually, there's plenty of opportunity for house flipping in Florida

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What Is The 70% Rule In House Flipping? | Real Estate Skills

House flipping, when done correctly, can be an extremely lucrative way of generating market-beating profits in a very short time frame.

Like most real estate investing decisions, the investor must act with precision and a scrupulous dedication to expense management.

Believe me, making a 15% or better return in a 6 month timeframe is nowhere near out of the question. All you need to do is abide by the holy grail of house flipping - the 70% Rule.

 

What Is The 70% Rule In House Flipping?

The 70% Rule is a rule of thumb that helps real estate investors find attractive real estate investments, appropriately budget their costs, and ensure they make a substantial profit along the way. It’s a great rule for a house flipper to...

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How To Choose The Best General Contractor? | Real Estate Skills

One of the best moves you can make as a real estate professional is hiring an experienced general contractor to manage and complete a renovation!

In this guide, we’re going to cover how to find, qualify, & hire the best general contractor for your real estate projects.

Let’s dive in! Use this menu to jump to your section of choice:

1. What Is A General Contractor?
2. What Does A General Contractor Do?
3. How To Find The Best General Contractors?
4. How To Qualify & Choose The Best General Contractor?
5. How To Hire A General Contractor?
6. 3 Main Goals Of The Best General Contractors
7. Alternatives To Hiring A General Contractor
8. The Bottom Line

  

What Is A General Contractor?

A general contractor is an expert at increasing the value of houses and can handle all of the challenging aspects associated with a renovation project. Such as, managing the ordering of materials, sub-contractors, people,...

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Flipping Houses (The Ultimate Guide) | Real Estate Skills

House flipping is becoming a popular trend in the modern real estate industry. The trend is attracting investors in huge numbers. Maybe you are thinking of joining the trade but still unsure on how to start flipping houses. If so, read on to learn everything you want to know about house flipping and how to get started.

What Is Flipping Houses?

There are varied definitions of flipping homes. However, it simply refers to an investment strategy where a real estate investor buys a property at a discount and improves it for sale at a higher price later. Flipping houses is a strategy for making quicker profits as opposed to buying, holding, & renting. Profits can be quite lucrative if the conditions in the real estate market are favorable.

House flippers often prefer buying homes that are old and distressed because such properties are easy to acquire at fairly cheaper prices, such as foreclosures or short sales. Thus, they present higher chances for investors to make a...

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How To Invest In Real Estate With No Money | Flipping Houses

Real Estate Skills went LIVE recently with Alex Martinez & Stan Gendlin to discuss How To Invest In Real Estate With No Money!  Alex & Stan have bought, wholesaled, and fixed & flipped more than $90M in Real Estate since 2012.

The best real estate investing businesses use “Other People’s Money” & creative financing strategies to grow & scale their businesses which are covered in this discussion. 

In this LIVE discussion, you will learn:

  • How to invest in real estate without using your own money and without having any credit (or having bad credit)
  • What Hard Money Lenders are and how to find them
  • What Private Money Lenders are and how to find them
  • What JV Capital Partners & Equity Partners are
  • What Seller Financing is
  • What a non-recourse loan is and why you want all of your loans to be non-recourse
  • How Alex & Stan borrowed capital for their first fix & flip deals so that they could do deals without using...
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Wholesaling vs. Flipping Houses - A Live Discussion With Stan Gendlin & Alex Martinez

Come see Stan Gendlin & Alex Martinez discuss Wholesaling vs. Flipping Houses!  Alex & Stan will go over the Pros & Cons of Wholesaling vs. Fixing & Flipping Houses so you can begin the year with a head start!

Also discussed in this video:

  • The Current State of the Real Estate Market
  • Pros & Cons of Wholesaling Houses
  • Pros & Cons of Fixing & Flipping Houses
  • How Stan was able to go from making a minimum wage to now having a home overlooking Central Park in New York
  • The most common obstacles for beginner Real Estate Investors & how to overcome those obstacles
  • How to get the most out of any REIA (Real Estate Investing Association) Meeting
  • How to find Cash Buyers in your area

 

In case you like to read, here's a transcription of the video:

Alex: Three, two, one. We should be live now. What's up, guys? It's Alex Martinez with Real Estate Skills and today I got Stan Gendlin. I'm over here in San Diego. Stan's over there on the East...

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What EVERY Real Estate Investor NEEDS TO KNOW When Wholesaling & Flipping Houses

The most important thing as a real estate investor is including an inspection contingency on every contract. This is how you protect yourself and are able to invest with as little risk as possible! Be smart - use the inspection contingency. Check out the video above if you're interested in:

  • learning how to make your offers more desirable
  • seeing what an inspection contingency is
  • why you need an inspection contingency on every single offer you send!

Here is a transcription of the video if you enjoy reading:

Hey, everyone, it's Alex Martinez, and today, we're going over the most important thing as a real estate investor.

When a lot of people look at real estate investing, and look at entrepreneurship, they look at it as something that's a little risky.

What we do, as real estate investors and entrepreneurs is, is mitigate and lower our risk as much as possible, and then, make calculated decisions after that.

The most important thing, as a real estate investor, when...

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Interview: From $10 / Hour to Profiting Over $1.2 Million in 12 Months With Real Estate Investor, Alex Martinez

I was recently interviewed & featured on Authority Magazine to talk about my real estate journey, investing advice, efficiency hacks, & about my most memorable failure to-date!  Here is the full article & interview written up by Drew Gurley.  Drew's questions are in bold and my answers are below each question.  Hope you enjoy!

From $10 / Hour to Profiting Over $1.2 Million in 12 Months With Real Estate Investor, Alex Martinez

Alex Martinez has a great story, one that certainly resonates with the concept that you have complete control of your life and your decisions. To go from making sandwiches to breaking 7 figures of profit in 12 months takes confidence in knowing who you are.
I spent some time learning about Alex’s story and was nothing less than motivated to say the least. He’s young, energetic, and passionate about working to sustain what has come to be an amazing lifestyle, all before turning 30!
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