By Cornelius Nunev


Flipping houses was a big pattern for a while there, until the housing market failed. However, the number of people doing it has begun to increase.

Fast cash on a home

Prior to the housing industry imploding and a recession starting, a number of people turned to flipping houses. Definitely it was a great idea when people really were purchasing houses 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 a person can make money on houses. The average house doesn't make much, as a lot of people do not include 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.

There was a 25 percent increase in the first half of the year last year in the number of people in the house flipping industry, according to RealtyTrac. Certainly, the industry has grown a ton, according to the Washington Post.

Primary flipping area

The leading area for flipping properties 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 properties.

There have been over 100,000 houses flipped in the country 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 ton of foreclosure sin the recession, such as Atlanta, Miami, Las Vegas and Los Angeles, saw enormous flipping numbers also.

Talent and skill required

It is not all that easy to flip properties regardless 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 houses are usually uninhabitable when you purchase them and need a lot of work before they could be sold to somebody, according to CNBC. It is expensive, so make sure you research the house to make sure it is safe first.

According to MSN, getting a flappable property with no cash down is not likely to happen and certainly don't expect realtors to have homes that fit the bill. Auctions are not always going to have many either.

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 properties. 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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