A House Flipping TV Show Can Be Great Entertainment
Many people have received their introduction to buying, renovating and reselling properties for a profit, also known as 'flipping', via the numerous TV shows that cover the subject. However, if you're interested in giving house flipping a try, you really shouldn't be limiting yourself to any one source of information. While your favorite house flipping TV show is probably great entertainment, it might not be in your best interests to use it as your sole source of instruction in the ways of rehabbing and selling properties.
There currently are a number of flipping shows on TV. One is Flip That House, which is shown on TLC (The Learning Channel) cable network. Viewers get to see a different person going through the process in every episode. Some of these people are doing their very first flip, while some are quite experienced.
Easily confused with Flip That House is Flip This House, which has changed somewhat over the three seasons that its been shown on the A&E (Arts and Entertainment) cable channel. It started out by following the flipping endeavors of a Charleston SC real estate development company called Trademark Homes, but has since transitioned to following different real estate professionals in Atlanta, New Haven CT and San Antonio TX. Trademark Homes currently has a show on TLC that started out being called The Real Deal, but now is named The Real Estate Pros. However, this show no longer specializes in covering property flips, choosing to mainly focus on other facets of the company's story.
Another flipping show appearing on TLC is called Property Ladder. This show has a regular host named Kirsten Kemp who is an experienced flipper as well as realtor, developer and owner of a design company. During the show, she visits the participants both before they start and during the renovation to offer house flipping advice. These shows and others like them have pretty much single-handedly inserted the phrase "house flipper" into the American vernacular, but you shouln't rely on them exclusively if you want to establish a firm foundation for successful flipping. There are a number of other websites like this one that exist to provide information on the subject, and there also are quite a few books that seek to teach the intricacies of fixing and flipping property. If you like the aforementioned TLC show Property Ladder, you may like Kirsten Kemp's book Flipping Confidential. Kemp has accumulated a lot of knowledge via her own (mostly) successful flips, and she imparts it in an informal writing style. The book shows before and after photos of some of her past renovations and includes a chapter on flips gone bad called 'flip-flops'. Another good source of house flipping advice is a book from the 'Dummies' family called, as you might expect, Flipping Houses For Dummies. Written by a real estate flipping professional with over thirty years experience, Ralph R Roberts, this is quite a comprehensive guide. I can't imagine any questions you might come up with that aren't answered someplace in this tome. A house flipping TV show can provide you with some insight into the procedure while keeping you entertained, but be sure not to rely on it as your sole source of instruction if you intend to actually try your hand at renovating property for profit.
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