Flipping Properties Becoming Lucrative Again

By Cornelius Nunev


Flipping homes was a big pattern for a while there, until the housing industry crashed. However, the quantity of people doing it has begun to boost.

Actually making money off houses

When people were actually purchasing properties, there was a pretty penny to make when flipping homes. Many people were in the business of flipping homes before the recession began.

Flipping a house is one of the few ways a person can make cash on houses. The average house doesn't make much, as most people do not consist of the costs of maintenance, repairs or improvements, insurance, taxes or closing costs, as much as just comparing the purchase and sales prices. If one can get a house bought and flipped for less than they sell it for, the potential is there.

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

Arizona seeing more flipping

The toughest hit areas in the country during the recession are where some of the highest numbers for flipping homes are. Nevada, Florida, and Arizona saw inflated real estate values, so they were all hit hard. Phoenix, Arizona saw 10,000 flips, making it the leading areas.

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 properties flipped this year alone. Areas where there were a lot of foreclosure sin the recession, such as Atlanta, Miami, Las Vegas and LA, saw enormous flipping numbers also.

Not as easy as it looks

Flipping homes seems simple, but it's not just putting in some brand new cabinets and cash rains from the sky. Many properties are foreclosures, according to CNBC, which have been sitting for a while and have to be rehabbed to be inhabitable, which could be costly. Researching each house is paramount and interested people need to take their time to find a house to flip that will be worth it, financially.

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

The net profit on flipping properties is not very cheap either, according to the Washington Post. The average profit per flip on RealtyTrac was $29,432, which seems good except that is only the difference between purchase price and sale price. That does not account for any other flipping costs, which are ridiculously high. It is probably not worth it unless you can do all the work in flipping the house on your own or can somehow get really inexpensive labor.




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