Overview
Main description
Repair, remodel, resell-and get your top investment dollar
The current real estate market is ripe for rehabbing. Based on decades of successful flipping experience, this Revised and Expanded edition of the real estate classic Fix It and Flip It will help you buy the right property at the right price and use professional estimating tools to plan the project and control costs. Katie and Gene Hamilton also include
- Worksheets and checklists to evaluate, coordinate, and supervise the job
- New strategies for down markets, including how to use renting as a fallback position
- Fresh flipping strategies for condos, a rapidly growing investment category
- 25 brand-new tips for do-it-yourself investors in the “Quick Fixes, Cleanups, and Repairs That Make You Money” section
Table of contents
1. BUY, IMPROVE. AND SELL OR RENT TO PROFIT
2. PERSONALITY TRAITS INVESTOR
3. OUR PERSONAL STORY
4. LIVING IN A FIXER-UPPER:
5. TAILORING A FIX-UP STRATEGY
6 FINDING THE MONEY
7 FINDING PROPERTY
8 EVALUATING PROPERTY
9 AN INVESTOR’S PERSPECTIVE
10 DOING THE MATH
11 BUYING THE PROPERTY
12 QUICK FIXES
13 ESTIMATING FIX-UP COSTS
14 SPACE-EXPANDING
15 WHO DOES THE WORK?
16 SELLING FOR A PROFIT
17 RENTING AS A FALLBACK
18 TIMELINE FORA FAST FIX IT AND FLIP (UNDER 60 DAYS)
19 TIMELINE FORA SPACE-EXPANDING MAKEOVER (SIX MONTHS)
20 TIMELINE FORA LlVE-IN, FIX-UP, AND SELL-LATER HOUSE (365-PLUS DAYS)
21 TIMELINE FOR A LIVE-IN, FIX-UP, AND RENT-LATER CONDO (365-PLUS DAYS)
Author comments
Katie Hamilton and Gene Hamilton are the authors of twenty books, including Fix It and Flip It. They are also the authors of “Do It Yourself or Not?,” a popular weekly syndicated column.
