Why You Should Flip a House

Making the decision to invest in a rehab property is a big one – especially if you’ve never done something like this before. However, we strongly believe that flipping houses can be one of the most rewarding career moves you choose to make. We’ve laid out some of the major pros of house flipping below […]

Are “Overpriced” Markets Still Sustainable?

Extreme housing markets at both ends of the spectrum have a tendency to draw in house flippers. After the Great Recession, flippers were pulled to cities like Las Vegas where house prices had plummeted, leaving nowhere for the numbers to go but up. At the other end of the spectrum, markets that seem extremely overpriced […]

Who’s Buying Homes in 2018?

Every year around this time, the house flipping industry makes its predictions about what will happen in the year to come. Last year, everyone thought that mortgage rates would go up, new construction would ease the lack of inventory, and prices would tick up slightly. We now know that mortgage rates stayed just about where […]

California 2014 Real Estate Market Summary

While the house flipping craze has died down this year, rehab investors are still making excellent profits in certain areas of California. Markets like San Francisco, Los Angeles, San Jose, Oakland, and San Diego have been a treasure trove of undervalued homes in up and coming neighborhoods. Though there are ever fewer foreclosed homes available […]

Good News, Investors – Home Buying Remains Strong

From the moment the market bottomed out in 2012 until now, home prices have been on the up and up. Sale numbers are slowing down this year, but with inventories still much lower than their usual levels and buyer confidence at its highest level in years, home prices are on the rise. That’s good news […]

Are California Real Estate Conditions Stabilizing for the Rest of 2014?

Recent data on the California housing market confirms what many experts have suspected since the beginning of 2014: This year, the housing market is calming down, but home prices are still going up. An article in the Los Angeles Times reports that home prices across Southern California were up 11.4% compared to the same month […]

Foreign Purchases of U.S. Real Estate up by 35%

Forbes recently shared some surprising data regarding the current housing market. Evidently, the US housing market is a lot more global than you might think. According to data out of the National Association of Realtors (NAR), 35% of all homes purchased in America last year were purchased by foreign buyers, primarily from China, the UK, […]