Flip: How to Find, Fix, and Sell Houses for Profit

by Rick Villani, Clay Davis, Gary Keller

FLIP , the third book in the National Bestselling Millionaire Real Estate Series (More than 500,000 copies sold!)FLIP provides a detailed, step-by-step process to analyze each investment, identify the best improvements, accurately estimate the costs and intelligently oversee the construction. It takes out all the guess work and almost all of the risk.Here's what industry experts are saying about "Read this book before you flip that house! FLIP is an indispensable step-by-step guide to flipping houses that you will refer to again and again." -Carlos Ortiz, Executive Producer, "FLIP That House" (TLC's most popular real estate TV show)"At HomeVestors, we're in the business of buying and selling homes for profit and I can attest that there are few, if any, who can rival Rick's and Clay's expertise when it comes to fixing up houses for profit. This book is a must-read for any investor." -Dr. John Hayes, President and CEO of HomeVestors of America (the largest homebuyer in America)"FLIP is a must-read book for everyone in the real estate business. Every agent should have this book. They should read it and master its contents. Why? Because it is the best guide ever written on how to evaluate real estate and how to add value to a house." -Gary Keller, Founder and Chairman of the Board of Keller Williams Realty International and author of bestselling The Millionaire Real Estate Agent and The Millionaire Real Estate Investor"For anyone looking to build wealth in real estate, FLIP provides a step-by-step approach that really works in any market." -Loral Langemeier, bestselling author of The Millionaire MakerFLIP extends the national bestselling Millionaire Real Estate series with a step-by-step guide that is quickly becoming "the model" for successfully finding, fixing and selling investment properties for profit.Based on their involvement in over a 1,000 flips, Rick Villani and Clay Davis walk you through the proven five-stage model for successfully flipping a How to select ideal neighborhoods, attract sellers, and find houses with investment potential Identify which improvements to make and analyze the profit potential of any house How to arrange financing, present the offer, and close on the purchase A 50-step, easy-to-follow plan for fixing up houses that keeps you on time, in budget and assures top quality How to add finishing touches to quickly sell for maximum profit Woven through the book is an entertaining narrative that follows the flipping adventures of Samantha, Ed, Bill, Nancy, Amy and Mitch as they find, buy, fix and sell their first investment houses. With all this plus the experience of over a thousand flips condensed into one book, FLIP gives new investors the tools they need to avoid common pitfalls, make a profit, and enjoy the process of house flipping.Rick Villani and Clay Davis are senior executives at HomeFixers, North America's leading real estate rehab franchise. HomeFixers has been involved in more than 1,000 flips nationwide.

Genres: Business, Finance, Audiobook, Nonfiction, Economics

288 pages, Kindle Edition

First published December 19, 2006

Reviews

[Kimberly · Rating 5 out of 5]

Extremely well-done book about flipping houses for profit, which I one day hope to do. If that's a subject you're interested in, I highly recommend you read this book cover-to-cover first - at least once.

[Simon Dot · Rating 5 out of 5]

I really like the way it's written as if it was talking to you directly. Step by step on finding the house, analyzing, the cost of fixing, what needs to be done, and all the way to selling the property.

I plan on flipping and holding for my future properties. After i finished this book, I am now on the HOLD. Love the stories, examples, and realistic views on things.

I focus mainly in PA, NJ, and NY. So if anyone wants to do some flipping. Feel free to message me at flip@privaterei.com

[Garreth · Rating 5 out of 5]

There are some great war stories in here, and also some great pragmatic advice. Not only does it talk of the challenges of time and project management in the flipping process, but it gives some rule of thumb estimation techniques that will allow you to quickly evaluate any potential target property.

[Glenn · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good first book on flipping houses. Some of the materials referenced by the book are no longer available (like the main website). Nonetheless, very helpful and is one of the necessary tools in the toolbox of any part-time or full-time flipper.

[christian brodin · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good for building systems

Nothing magical in this book, but real estate investing shouldn't be about magic. However it holds a lot of good information on systems you can implement to increase the success ratio of your investments. That will ALWAYS be valuable

[Karen Briscoe · Rating 5 out of 5]

Flip strategies to achieve a higher level of success in business and life. Handbook of proven systems and best practices in the real estate arena. Karen Briscoe, author and podcast host, 5 Minute Success

[Mike Nilson · Rating 5 out of 5]

The best book I've read on how to find, fix and sell a property. Great book!

[Seth Jenson · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great read for any aspiring flippers out there!

[Pj Stratford]

A must read for those investors in real estate who want to fix and flip.

[Trisha · Rating 3 out of 5]

Pretty basic intro to Flipping...was hoping for more.

[Jonathan · Rating 4 out of 5]

Foundational

[MELVIN H · Rating 3 out of 5]

It was ok

[Matthew Celeste · Rating 3 out of 5]

Comprehensive but super basic. Great for total novices to real estate.

[David Swanson · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great resource for the beginner or novice home flipper

[Sunshine Biskaps · Rating 3 out of 5]

I was a real estate agent through Keller-Williams and was given this book at an event. It took me over a decade to actually open it and read it. I have invested in a few rental properties, never really having flipped a home immediately after renovations. This book was interesting but I can’t say I actually learned anything new from it. I do wish I had read some of my other books before selling my properties recently, though. This book wasn’t one of the great books I have read about flipping as the info was a bit on the basic side, in my opinion.

[Michelle Bellman · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very informative! Gave me all the information I need to get started!

[vale · Rating 4 out of 5]

Interesting and pretty accurate

[Carla Richards · Rating 4 out of 5]

A useful reference guide. Dated.

[Jennifer · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great for the first time investor!!

[Melissa · Rating 3 out of 5]

I misplaced this book for a long time about halfway through the book. I just found it a couple days ago and finally finished!

This was far more interesting and engaging than I expected it to be, with many helpful tips, suggestions, examples, and checklists.