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Flippers Beware

I have been in the proceess of getting a home ready to sell the past three weeks.  When I bought it  I was hoping to have it on the market next week.  Things just take longer than I usually plan and of course it costs more to make the necessary upgrades than I had planned. I do some of the demolition work and help out a bit.  However, I am not a finish carpenter and don't pretend or try to be.  I contract out the work that I know I cannot do professionally.  .I recently had a friend say to me, "I have been reading about flipping a house and have been reading and learning everything possible."  I asked him if he was working with a realtor and he said no.  I advised him to give me a call and he said he would.  I see him every week and yet he has yet to call me.   It is so easy to walk into a vacant house and spot a home that someone has bought and is trying to flip.  Especially if it is someone who is not a professional remodeler.  Typically these homes are in need of repair to the ... more

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