One of my dreams has always been to flip houses.  I am looking at our first house as sort of a long term flip with no set end time.  I know that we will be probably buying a foreclosure of some sort that will need some work.  For a long time now I have been reading and researching flipping houses.  It’s pretty common sense stuff, but there are some complicated and technical aspect.  Not having any sort of formal training, books have come in handy. 

I found this one book in particular at the library, “Find It, Fix It, Flip It!”.  I had checked out about 9 books and I kept this one over and over, forgot to return it, and got a late fee.  Then I ended up ordering a used copy for myself to keep.  That is how much I liked it.  I am not big on promoting other people’s products… unless it’s really something good.  I found this book to be very useful.  Not only for learning about flipping houses, but also just about buying our first home.  It speaks very plainly and explains any technical real estate jargon you might need to know.  It’s good for beginners.  It explains the whole process from buying, renovating, and selling.  It’s an older book so it was written on an up market, which is the opposite of our current down market, but it does explain the differences for each market. It’s also extremely cheap to get online now (click the image to find a cheap used copy).

I just wanted to share this with any of you that would like more information to get started on flipping homes or maybe for those who already do… just to learn more about it.  Like I said though, it’s a good resource for first time home buyers too that might be looking to buy a fixer-upper house.