Here is the ultimate guide to one of the most successful real estate investment schemes to emerge over the past two decades. Known variously as "flipping," or "rehabbing," it involves buying residential properties, increasing their value by performing necessary repairs and other enhancements, and reselling them at a substantial profit. Expert Steve Berges schools readers in all practical aspects of flipping. Investors learn to identify opportunities (or "diamonds in the rough"), analyze a property’s real value, seek out and obtain the best financing alternatives, negotiate the sale, and close the deal. Readers also learn about several proven exit strategies which enable them to sell off their investments for maximum profit.

How to Earn Big Profits Flipping Houses—in Real Estate Market!

More and more people are flipping properties every year, but in today's tougher, tighter real estate market, it's not as easy to turn a profit. The Complete Guide to Flipping Properties, Second Edition presents proven, straightforward guidance for making money on every single deal. Author Steve Berges provides in-depth explanations of every aspect of the art of flipping—from finding properties and closing the deal to making the right renovations and locking in big profits. This new Second Edition includes everything you need to know about flipping—in any market, in any economy:

• New financing options

• Top ten improvements that guarantee increased value

• Property valuation methods—and which one is right for you

• Financial analysis and modeling techniques

• Proven strategies for maximizing value and profit

• Seven steps of successful negotiation

• Foolproof exit strategies for getting rid of properties safely

• How to assemble a winning team of professionals