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Fix It and Flip It How to Make Money Rehabbing Real Estate for Profit

Buying, improving, and reselling single-family homes for profit

Countless investors and do-it-yourselfers are eager to profit from buying, improving, and reselling homes. In Fix It and Flip It, two of America’s leading home improvement authorities provide expert advice on how to maximize profit and minimize turnaround time on any remodeling-and-resale project.

Featuring unique, step-by-step project time lines for three types of investment properties, this comprehensive “fixer-upper” guide covers everything from the day-to-day workload to tips on tax issues, financing, and more.

Katie and Gene Hamilton present guidelines for choosing an investment property, leveraging investment dollars, and finding investment money. Readers will find clear explanations of the rehabbing-for-profitprocess and learn how to schedule work for:

• The 60-Day Fast Fix-Up–for quick resale or easy rental
• The Makeover Conversion–A 180-Day Wonder that expands living space and resale value
• The Live In, Fix Up, and Sell Later House–occupied by the investor for one year or more, which features architectural restoration and modernization

User Ratings and Reviews

2 Stars A little dull, a little obvious
I’ve read another book on flipping (Find It, Fix It, Flip It!: Make Millions in Real Estate–One House at a Time by Michael Corbett), and though that book was slightly gimmicky, at least it was entertaining.

This book is slightly dull, and a lot of the suggestions are sort of obvious. I have not gotten completely through the book- so maybe there is some saving grace in there- however I’m having a hard time picking it up. So far I recommend my previous read more.

4 Stars A fount of information.
The information was def. worthwhile…. it provided some very needed tips. I recommend this book to anyone who is thinking of flipping houses.. but dont stop with this one.. no one source of information is the know all of everything.. look everywhere.. books, seminars, internet..

2 Stars not good too general
way too general, and not updated enough for those who are not risk averse gen-xers

5 Stars This helped us out a lot!
My husband (a carpenter) and I were looking to get into buying houses that needed work, rehabbing them, and re-selling them to make a profit. We checked out am armful of books from the public library — most of them were mainly on buying property to rehab and rent out. This book was just what we were looking for!

It is very helpful on finding the right property, evaluating the property (we used the “property profile sheet” for all the houses we were seriously intererested in); and making and executing a fix-up plan. We got an accepted offer on our first house yesterday, and I am back on Amazon today to buy the book — I can’t renew it anymore from our library!!!

P.S. I’m updating my review after we sold the house — we bought the house for $68,000 and sold it for $109,000. When you subtract fix-up and closing costs, our net profit was $20,000. Not bad for eight weeks of work! This book helped a lot!

1 Star Too general and basic
This book is too general and basic for my needs. I don’t think I’m that smart, but I didn’t need to buy the book to get most of this info. I knew it already. Guess I expected a lot more.

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Rock Solid Your Guide for Financial Stability

All the information you need, sample letters, credit bureau addresses & phone numbers, etc. to repair credit and resolve issues yourself. It is your basic step-by-step guide that will recapture your dream of financial independence and place you on the correct path towards achieving and maintaining a healthy credit score.

Find out how to obtain free credit report immediately.

Book includes overview of taxes, good credit habits, and expert advice on ways to use credit cards wisely and to improve your score right now.

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Repair Your Credit and Knock Out Your Debt

A financial first-aid kit that helps you patch up your credit and live debt-free

Repair Your Credit and Knock Out Your Debt is a godsend for the 75 million Americans currently trying to dig their way out from under crushing debt. Written in association with Springboard, a leading not-forprofit financial services organization that, since 1974, has helped 4 million consumers get out of and stay out of debt, this results-oriented handbook is a gold mine of proven debt-management strategies and techniques. Drawing upon Springboard’s expertise, Jeff Michael walks readers through all the steps to achieving a debt-free existence. He also offers expert advice for the debt-challenged reader on how to deal with foreclosures, evictions, repossessions, costly emergencies, child-care expenditures, and more. Readers learn how to:

• Get out of debt as quickly as possible, under virtually any circumstance
• Get copies of credit reports and fix what’s wrong
• Control spending and live debt-free
• Restore a line of credit
• Cope with the emotional burdens of debt and develop a positive attitude about money
• Stop being pushed around by collection agents
• Make sense of complex credit and debt legislation and regulations

User Ratings and Reviews

5 Stars Knock out the crap, straight advice!
This book was excellent with helping me realize common traps in a consumer driven world. Advice presented was straight forward and easy to understand. The examples used are relateable and can be applied to anyone’s situation. Finally, a debt book for anyone that cuts straight to the point!

5 Stars Common Sense Approach to credit repair
This is straight talking book from one of the leaders of the credit counseling industry without the trite, “Make more, spend less” approach that too many people seem to throw around these days. In fact, buying this book would be your first lesson in smart money moves; spend a little on this book instead of spending a lot on a bankruptcy lawyer. Reading this book is a lot easier work than struggling through the quagmire of bunkruptcy ads that you receive with a google or Yahoo search.

1 Star Book is an ad for Springboard
Springboard is a typical credit counseling company that passes itself off as a consumer friendly organization. Meanwhile, they are funded by the creditors. This book is basically a 200 page ad for Springboard’s services and should not be bought. Save your hard earned money and do free research on the web. Credit counseling is looked at like a bankruptcy by most lenders and nearly every mortgage company. It’s certainly something you don’t want on your credit report.

1 Star A farse!
It is almost as if the bureaus presented this information! Not a help at all. Save time and money and do an internet search. It will be infinitely more helpful!

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