Commentary Archives - Flipping Phoenix Houses

How to Know if You’re a Wholesaler or Fix and Flip Investor

He was angry. And who could blame him? This man was going through a very stressful experience. Behind on his mortgage payment and facing foreclosure, no doubt he’d already received dozens of phone calls from his lender. Followed by an endless stream of letters from...

Why You Must Have This Before You Start Fixing and Flipping Houses

They all looked so… Desperate. Tired too. As the speaker, slickly dressed in a dark blue suit and matching tie, addressed the half-full room I could feel the sales pitch rapidly approaching. I recall looking around at the attendees. Could any of them really afford the...

The Best Real Estate Investment Advice Ever

I’ve done a lot of dumb things. I’ve said a lot of dumb stuff, too. As a matter of fact, most of my day is spent just trying not to say, or do, anything dumb. For example, my wife once sent me to the grocery store for a ham hock. She needed it for a dish...

5 Lessons Learned From a Bad Fix and Flip Deal

He was like an angel, hovering three stories above the ground. Okay, he wasn’t really hovering. This contractor, likely sent from Heaven, was actually standing on a 32-foot extension ladder. His name was Santos. And, he’d come to our rescue. It was a chilly October...

6 Ways to Immerse Yourself in the Fix and Flip Business

She was upset. My youngest daughter, Audrey, didn’t want to be the red fish in the school drama club performance of Seussical the Musical. To her, the role was small and unimportant. Audrey was in the 4th grade at the time. And fortunately, she didn’t get too...