How to Know if You're a Wholesaler or Fix and Flip Investor
He was angry. And who could blame him? This man was going through a very stressful experience. Behind on his mortgage payment and facing...
Why You Must Have This Before You Start Fixing and Flipping Houses
They all looked so… Desperate. Tired too. As the speaker, slickly dressed in a dark blue suit and matching tie, addressed the half-full...
The Best Real Estate Investment Advice Ever
I've done a lot of dumb things. I've said a lot of dumb stuff, too. As a matter of fact, most of my day is spent just trying not to say,...
Non-Permitted Work: A Fix and Flip Investor's Nightmare
My spider senses were tingling. Something didn’t feel right. It didn’t look right, either. The house, located just east of the Milwaukee...
5 Lessons Learned From a Bad Fix and Flip Deal
He was like an angel, hovering three stories above the ground. Okay, he wasn’t really hovering. This contractor, likely sent from Heaven,...
6 Ways to Immerse Yourself in the Fix and Flip Business
She was upset. My youngest daughter, Audrey, didn’t want to be the red fish in the school drama club performance of Seussical the...
What Exactly is a Foreclosure (And How Do You Buy One)?
Did you know that the word “run” has 179 different meanings? The word “take”, according to Dictionary.com, has 127. You can use these...
Why You MUST Ask (Almost) Every Contractor This Question
My brother lives about three hours away in Yuma, Arizona. Situated halfway between Phoenix and San Diego, this little desert town is...
Deal or No Deal: 3 Problems Price Can't Fix
He was standing on the outer fringes of the crowd. I don’t remember his face, only the writing on his T-Shirt. The words read… There is...
How to Determine the Foreclosure Discount in Your Real Estate Market
It was March of 2012. I was in Denver at the BiggerPockets.com real estate investment summit to teach an evening session on fixing and...
