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Boost In Number Of People Flipping Houses Recorded

By Cornelius Nunev


Flipping houses used to be a big thing. Granted, that's when housing as an industry was relatively healthy. Now, however, it it's been ill for a while, but more individuals are flipping houses again.

Actually making money off houses

Prior to the housing industry imploding and a recession starting, a number of people turned to flipping homes. Definitely it was a great idea when people actually were getting homes and there was a profit to be made but since then, it hasn't been as lucrative.

Flipping a house is one of the few ways an individual can make money on houses. The typical house doesn't make much, as many people do not contain the costs of maintenance, repairs or improvements, insurance, taxes or closing costs, as much as just comparing the purchase and sales costs. If one can get a house bought and flipped for under they sell it for, the potential is there.

However, the formerly-popular house flipping industry, according to the Washington Post. RealtyTrac, the real estate website, reports a 25 percent increase in the first half of this year over the same period last year.

More interest

The leading area for flipping homes was Phoenix, Arizona with10,000 flips. Arizona, Florida, Nevada and California were all areas hit really hard in the recession because of inflated real estate values, and they are also the areas where more people are flipping homes.

Areas with a ton of foreclosures were hit hard, such as Atlanta, Miami, Las Vegas and Los Angeles. These areas also saw a ton of flipping. There were 1,067 flips in Chicago this year, which is a thirty percent increase, and means the city is also getting a ton of flippers, according to the Chicago Tribune. About 100,000 houses in the country have been flipped and sold.

Requires talent

It is not all that easy to flip homes in spite of what you may think. In fact, it could be really challenging to come up with the cash to purchase the house. On top of that, the properties are generally uninhabitable whenever you buy them and need a lot of work before they can be sold to somebody, according to CNBC. It is expensive, so make sure you research the house to make sure it is safe first.

It is challenging to get a flappable property without putting down a good chunk of cash. Auctions do not always have good homes for sale, and it can get really expensive to pay money on a house and flip it.

The main difference between purchase price and sale price is only about $29,432, according to RealtyTrac, which does not contain 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 homes. Unless you know how you can do all the work yourself or have close friends who will do it for affordable, it may not be worth it.




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