How To Flip A House

Many people are into wholesaling houses and flipping houses in the real estate business. However, it is quite contrasting that there are still many people who do not understand the nature of both and how they are different from each other.

What is Wholesaling Houses?

When you try to wholesale houses, what you do is you find a motivated seller and buy the house he is selling at a much lower price than its real value. Motivated sellers are people who intend to sell their house fast and would not spend too much time lobbying for a higher price than the value of the house. These people include those who just had a divorce, experienced death or are people who are just anxious to move to another place.

After having bought a house, you directly find a house buyer who would either flip the house or live in the house. Either way, sell the house for the price that you paid to buy it plus an increase of $10,000 or more depending on how you play it. Just remember that the longer the house stays in your possession the worse it is for you because the more expenses would pile up and the closer you go to a loss.

What is Flipping Houses?

Flipping houses, on the other hand, is quite similar with wholesaling houses but involves a lot of differences. You still buy a house that you intend to sell, but instead of selling it directly, you flip it, thus the term flipping houses. When you say you flip a house or a certain kind of property for that matter, you rehab the house that you bought before you try to open it to the market. In this case, you will be needing some money for the repairs and furnishings that you intend to add. Make sure that when you spend money for the house for rehabilitation, it would add a considerable amount to the price or that it would make the house more saleable.

The same with wholesaling house, house flipping also demands that the whole process of flipping (from the buying to the house rehabbing to the selling of the house) should be done in a controlled duration of time. This means that before the expenses for the house pile up, you should have already sold it.

Wholesaling appeals to people who are in a tight budget and who can not stand the whole process of rehabbing. So long as you don’t run out of prospect house buyers, you will be assured that you will not be in the losing team. Flipping houses, in another sense, is good for people who intend to really make a lot of money out of the house that they bought using the make-over that they do to the house. Just make sure that when you do any of these two, you have the necessary strategies and techniques to help you sell the house in a much higher price because at the end of the day, it is what matters most in wholesaling house and flipping houses.
About the author:
Terry Wygal also known as The Quick House Buyer, has been teaching real estate investors how to wholesale and flip houses for several years now. Terry also teaches real estate investors how put your website on the front page of google and crush your competition.

Here are the three big myths in real estate and the truth behind these myths to shed light to the clouded ideas of many.

1st myth

There are no motivated sellers anymore. The economy is going down and nobody bites to quick selling because they would always want to generate income in whatever move they make.

I think this one gets a lot of people because it is indeed true that the economy is in for a twirl. However, ask anybody in real estate how they are doing and you would think they are living in another economic world. Just recently when I was in a football match, I happened to talk to people working in real estate companies. When I asked them how many deals they were closing, I was surprised with what I heard. My ears were already preparing for lamenting words, however, one told me he was closing 10 houses in one month and the other is 12. Imagine: 22 deals and that is just for the two of them. You can still buy houses (and there are a lot of them) to be rehabbed. People are relocating, undergoing divorce and the last thing they need is a house to bother them. All you need is to look for the right house in the right area with the right motivation.

2nd myth

Second is that there are no deals out there anymore. There is no financing for people. There is no money and there is nothing people can do. It’s just that you can’t put buyers in the house like you used to.

A lot of people are concerned with getting rid of the houses once it is put into contract. But there is really nothing to be worried about. Just one mortgage broker can attest that he will be closing 20 houses this month with 17 of them going in the same type of financing and he is getting as low as 495 scores put through. These alone will show you that there are a lot of deals and people are still willing to finance.

3rd myth

I have not got a lot of money to buy houses. So, I can’t do my stuff in real estate.

With as little as 10 dollars, through wholesaling houses you can make a zero risk move with 5-10 thousand dollars gain just as long as you do the sell within the auction period. So, in wholesaling you can make a lot of money without having to use a lot of money so long as you know what and how to do things.

In whatever you do, there will be a lot of discouraging words that you would hear. But do not let those words bring your hopes down. Do not let other people ruin your plans because they said things are bad. See it for yourself or if you have a lot to lose, go to the people who are really in the playing field and ask them for yourself if things are really that bad. And only when you experience it or you hear from credible people, that’s the time you back down.

About the author:

Terry Wygal also known as The Quick House Buyer, has been teaching real estate investors how to wholesale and flip houses for several years now. Terry also teaches real estate investors how put your website on the front page of google and crush your competition.