House flipping, minus the hype

Run the numbers before you buy the house.

House Flip Basics is a step-by-step course and monthly live webinar for first-time flippers. Learn to find and analyze deals, estimate rehab costs, line up financing and sell, without guessing.

Explore the course   Free deal checklist

Quick 70% rule check

Try your own numbers. Illustrative only.

70% of ARV
− Rehab
Maximum offer (rule of thumb)
The flip, in five stages

Every flip comes down to the same five decisions

Find

Where deals actually come from: MLS, wholesalers, auctions, REO and direct-to-seller, and how to tell a deal from a listing.

Analyze

Pull comparable sales, set a defensible after-repair value, and calculate your maximum offer with every cost included.

Fund

Cash, hard money, private lenders and partners. What each really costs, and what lenders want to see from a new investor.

Renovate

Scope of work, contractor bids, permits, draw schedules and the budget contingency that keeps a project alive.

Sell

Staging, pricing, listing and closing, plus how to plan your exit (or a rental fallback) before you ever buy.

Then repeat

Post-project review: compare your budget to actuals and tighten your numbers for the next one.

The course

House Flip Basics: the beginner course

Eight self-paced modules with worksheets, plus our deal-analyzer spreadsheet. Built for people who are serious about doing a first project carefully.

  • Video lessons you can take at your own pace
  • Deal analyzer spreadsheet and rehab budget template
  • Contractor bid comparison sheet and scope-of-work template
  • Seat in every monthly live Q&A webinar
See the full outline

Who it's for

✔ First-time investors who want a repeatable process
✔ Agents, contractors and landlords adding flips to their toolkit
✔ Anyone who wants to learn the numbers before risking money

Who it's not for

✘ Anyone looking for a get-rich-quick system. Flipping is real work with real risk, and we don't promise income.

From the blog

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Deal analysis

The 70% rule, explained (and when it fails)

The most-quoted flipping formula, what it leaves out, and a better way to set your max offer.

Rehab

How to estimate rehab costs before you make an offer

A room-by-room method for a realistic budget, plus the contingency most beginners skip.

Financing

Hard money, private money or cash?

How each funding option works, what it really costs, and the questions to ask any lender.