Author: Doug Fath

Going to see the movie Avengers: Infinity War won’t make you an Avenger, but going to a real estate networking group will help you feel like a real estate investor, especially if you’re new to the industry or you’ve been working solo. Let’s look at some reasons to check out real estate networking groups in … Continued

You’ve been told where to buy in Philadelphia. Many real estate investors are transparent, telling other investors what neighborhoods they’ve targeted and had the most success in flipping and buy-and-hold. The problem is the more we’re told where to buy in Philadelphia, the fewer homes are available in those neighborhoods. What are the up and … Continued

It’s exciting to get into investing in real estate in Philadelphia. The city is growing. The economy is hopping. Lots of new development and redevelopment is happening in neighborhoods all across the city. Real estate investors are flipping houses and make more money than ever before. So maybe you’re wondering how you can get started … Continued

Lining up a title company to conduct a title search may feel like just another item on the long checklist of things that need to be done in order to purchase your next fixer-upper, but it’s critically important. To make a good investment you need to be sure that the person you’re buying this house … Continued

Serious house flippers in Pennsylvania prefer to finance their projects with loans from private money lenders rather than banks. To be clear, a private money lender is a non-institutional (not a bank) company or individual that loans money, secured by a promissory note and deed of trust, for the purpose of funding a real estate … Continued

If you’ve flipped enough houses you’ll know that it pays to be thorough. Your scope of work has to cover everything that needs to be done in the rehab. It also pays to be thorough when it comes to choosing your hard money lender. You want the lender best suited to work with you given … Continued

House flippers without enough capital to fully fund their flips are looking for loans to flip houses Philadelphia. Sometimes they think the bank is their only option, but there are also hard money lenders. If you are trying to decide where to get loans to flip houses Philadelphia, quickly answer the following nine questions and … Continued

Some people think that real estate agents just put up a “For Sale” sign in your yard and don’t much else, but most real estate investors know better than that. In the same way, many people think title companies just put your name on the title when you purchase a property. They do MUCH MORE … Continued

A Philadelphia real estate investor needing a place to live purchased a house in Brewerytown at the end of 2016 for $145,000. Since he did very little in terms of renovation, he was quite surprised when the house appraised for $200,000 less than one year later. This is just one example of an incredible upward … Continued

Flip or flop… If every project only had two outcomes—being a good money-making flip or a money-losing flop, you wouldn’t be in the house flipping business for very long with that 50/50 split. But there’s another way that some flippers end up flopping. They’ll complete a rehabilitation, put the house up for sale and it … Continued