Comments on: HOW DO YOU MAKE MONEY IN REAL ESTATE WITHOUT FLIPPING?

By: David@Chicago Real Estate

David@Chicago Real Estate — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 16:32:22 +0000

I don’t think it is as simple as buying low and selling high anymore. It is tough to make money in this housing market because prices are so low and demand is not high.

By: Elvis I

Elvis I — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 22:25:11 +0000

right now, foreclosures and short sales. So many people bought real estate with ridiculous financing and now the interest rate is goes up a little it adds several hundred dollars to their payment.

By: Rico

Rico — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 21:28:50 +0000

First of all, you must own your own home with permanent financing you can afford before thinking about flipping anything. Then if you have the 1. Extra money to invest, 2. The time to spend in looking for the right property, 3. The credit qualifications, 4. The mental attitude to take risk…then consider buying real estate for investment.

By: E B

E B — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 15:01:54 +0000

It has gotten tougher this year due to higher interest rates and a slowing economy, but in some areas it can still be done. Last year (and over the past few years), homes were appreciating at very fast rates allowing people to flip their houses quickly and with a decent profit. There may be some areas that are still “on fire”, but for the most part everywhere has slowed down.

By: Morpheou

Morpheou — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 13:05:17 +0000

How many rich people would we have if it were too easy to flip properties? Buy a property that would bring you positive cashflow from rent.

By: Scythian

Scythian — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 12:42:49 +0000

Build houses for less than what you sell them for.

By: ALEGNA

ALEGNA — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 08:02:31 +0000

To explain to you simply. People that buy 20 houses are investors! That’s what they do for a living! The ones that flip homes do it when the market is good for it! But there’s no market for that now! However, there are those who do this for a living that maintains their flow of property sales, right? The difference between those and the “flippers” is this! The “investors” buy fixer uppers! They have hard money lenders who will lend on the distressed property at a ridiculous rate. But that’s OK, because these investors do not intend to have the loan that long anyway. 2, 3 months tops? So, they buy it cheap, fix it up, then sell it at a much higher value! And That’s how they make their profit
The flippers on the other hand, buy to sell based on time value! What they bought for $100,000 will be worth $150,000 in 3 month.
It’s only considered a “flip”, if you sell and make a profit on a property that had no improvements done to justify for the increase of value!
In terms of rent, yes, you can have good cash flow. It depends on the loan you have against the rental property!