Financing Your Property with Fix and Flip Loans
With so many shows on TV about house flipping, a lot of people are excited about the idea of finding a great house, getting their hands dirty with renovations, and turning a quick profit. Maybe you have a background in construction. Maybe you’re a realtor. You have a genuine interest in the work and you […]
Fall 2014 Real Estate Expectations
This time last year, house flipping was at its highest level in years. Prices were soaring and smart investors were snapping up the dwindling number of foreclosed properties left on the market in hot markets like California. This year, it’s a different story entirely — not necessarily better or worse, just different. In fall 2013, […]
Our Top 5 House Flipping App Picks
Perhaps the most powerful tool any house flipper has is their smart phone. All human knowledge is at your fingertips with a 4G connection, and that includes a wide variety of information and resources on available properties, deal calculators, and house flipping loans. Here are five of our favorite house flipping apps and sites to […]
Ideal Flip is the Ideal Purchase
Novice house flippers are often eager to pull the trigger on their first rehab investment. However, the real work of rehabbing doesn’t start when the property is purchased. The real work begins months before that with intensive research about the best places to buy and the property types that local buyers are looking for. Research […]
4 Hurdles House Flipping Investors Must Overcome
Fix and flip investing is one of the most profitable opportunities in the current housing market, but it’s not without its hurdles. Below are four of the most common challenges that house flipping professionals face and tips for overcoming them: 1. Finding a property at the right price. Fix and flip investors are regularly limited […]
Are You Making These Basic Rehabbing Mistakes?
The market is ripe with opportunities for rehabbing homes throughout the state of California. Investors are currently making an average of nearly $100,000 gross profit per flip in California, the second highest earnings of any state. But while real estate rehabbing has ample opportunities for success, basic mistakes will set novice investors back every time. […]
February Featured Investor Profile
This month our featured investor is Frank Ortiz of FraMar Realty, Inc. Frank has been thriving in the housing industry since 1979. He started his career as an architect, and since moving into property investment, he has put his architectural skills to work on fix and flip projects. Frank is a licensed real estate broker […]
January Featured Investor Profile
This month, our featured investor is Christopher Wolfe, founder of Vector Holdings, LLC. Christopher has been working successfully in the banking and real estate industry since 2002. He has worked with ZINC Financial numerous times, building his portfolio and creating a booming real estate business focused in Central California. Christopher has been acquiring investment properties […]
December Featured Investor Profile
Our client CKT Properties has been successfully rehabbing houses in Northern California since 2008. The company is run by the dynamic father and son duo of Thomas and Kristian. When Kristian was 21, he convinced his father to become his business partner, and together the two have conquered a variety of business ventures, including two […]