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. 288 pp.

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

• 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)