Monday, September 8, 2014

By Cornelius Nunev


Remember the flipping properties boom before the recession hit, where a lot of people turned over run-down properties and sold them? It's making a bit of a return lately, as investors were able to grab a lot of properties for dirt inexpensive and now are starting to see a bit of a payoff.

Quick cash on a home

Before the recession, a ton of people flipped homes for income. It made a ton of sense for those people when the market was doing well and people were really purchasing houses.

Many people do not make money off a house. It is not an investment because a person has to cover the house, repairs and improvements, taxes, insurance, maintenance and more. When flipping a house, an individual typically buys it for dirt affordable and fixes it up to turn a profit.

According to the Washington Post, the house flipping industry has gotten a lot more people in it. There was a 25 percent increase in the first half of the year over last year in the number of people in the industry, according to RealtyTrac.

More interest

Oddly enough, the top area for flipping houses in RealtyTrac's data is Phoenix, Ariz., one of the hardest-hit states in the real estate slump, with almost 10,000 flips. Arizona, along with Nevada, Florida and California were especially impacted, as real estate values were drastically inflated in those areas.

There have been over 100,000 homes flipped in the nation total. The Chicago Tribune pointed out that Chicago is just one of the cities experiencing an increase in flipping. It saw a 30 percent increase with 1,067 houses flipped this year alone. Areas where there were a lot of foreclosure sin the recession, such as Atlanta, Miami, Las Vegas and LA, saw massive flipping numbers also.

Requires talent

It is essential that you research the properties to find a house that is worth flipping before getting to the process. It takes a lot of additional and cash to purchase a house and put upgrades into it. Some people think it is easy to get a house, upgrade it and sell it for extra cash, but according to CNBC, most flipped homes are uninhabitable and need a brand new home. Make sure you research before you try it out.

Auctions do not always have the best properties, and, according to MSN, it is almost extremely hard to get a property that can be flipped with no money down. You need a ton of cash on hand to get the house.

The main difference between purchase price and sale price is only about $29,432, according to RealtyTrac, which does not include all the cost that went into fixing up the house. According to RealtyTrac, the net profit was much lower than that and makes it pretty expensive to flip properties. Unless you know how you can do all the work yourself or have close friends who will do it for inexpensive, it may not be worth it.




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