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Fixing and Flipping: It’s a Numbers Game

by Marty Boardman | December 15, 2011

You can’t polish a turd. That’s what my Dad said to me. On prom night. Gee, thanks Dad. One thing I’ve learned from being in the fix and flip business is that you may not be able to polish a turd but you can put lipstick on a pig. And in certain cases some extremely [...]

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Real Estate Investing

How to Find Real Buyers for Your Wholesale Deals

by Jason Hanson | October 23, 2011

Many new investors start out wholesaling, and that’s the smart thing to do to quickly build up some cash reserves; however, it doesn’t matter if you know how to get your phone to ring off the hook from motivated sellers or if you’re a master at getting properties under contract, if you don’t know how [...]

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Real Estate Investing

Getting Started in Real Estate: Part 4 – Rehabbing as an Exit Strategy!

by Peter Giardini | June 17, 2010

In this fourth part to this series I am going to focus on one of the most profitable real estate investing strategies available. And when I mean profitable I am speaking of profits that can routinely exceed $30,000.00. Now that is a huge payday… and for many real estate investors that amount may represent a significant [...]

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Real Estate Interviews

Meet the Investor: Interview with Real Estate Investor and Landlord, Tom Cmunt

by Joshua Dorkin | March 21, 2008

We certainly have not been focusing on our investor interviews lately and we’re making a concerted effort to change that. We’ll start with an interview with one of our active BiggerPockets contributors, Tom Cmunt. Tom has given much of his time to help fellow BP’ers through our forums and has become a staple in the [...]

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Flipping Houses

House Flipping Reality TV Shows: Good or Bad for Newbie Investors and Flippers?

by Joshua Dorkin | October 3, 2007

We’ve all seen the reality TV house flipping / rehabbing shows . . . Flip this House, Flip that House, Property Ladder, Flipping Out, etc. These shows, I believe, have both positive and negative implications for those watching them. Here are just a few: Pros of House Flipping TV Shows: Potential flippers are inspired to [...]

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Cool Stuff

Episode 3 of Flipper Nation: The Flippin’ Fight

by Joshua Dorkin | January 9, 2007

Those crazy guys at Flipper Nation premiered the latest episode of their web comedy. Check out: Flipper Nation: Episode 3: The Flippin’ Fight If you liked this episode, check out Episode 2!

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Episode 2 of Flipper Nation Debuts

by Joshua Dorkin | December 9, 2006

In case you haven’t heard of Flipper Nation, it is a new internet video series about a bunch of guys looking to get rich flipping properties. It is very clever, funny, and worth a look! Check out Episode 2: Flipper Nation: The Blame Game

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