Category Archives: Flip it Good!

Part 10: Profit or Loss? The Bottom Line of our Bellingham House Flip

September 19, 2010

What a journey it’s been, from finding that diamond in the rough, through the entire process of tying it up, finding the money, hiring (and firing) the talent to remodel it, many, many hours of work ourselves including a couple … Continue reading


Part 9: Top 3 Ninja Money-Savers During the Bellingham House Flip

September 06, 2010

Flipping a house isn’t something you do for fun. You do it to create work for yourself, to put your money to work, to make a contribution to a neighborhood and/or a local economy. Above all, you (hope to) do it … Continue reading


Part 8: How to Blow a Quick $15,000 Flipping a Bellingham House

September 01, 2010

In the last post, I wrote this about having buyers under contract before you finish the project: “…do NOT give up control of your project, its design, its finishes, its colors, etc. Our decision to do so, and I’m sure … Continue reading


Part 7: Losing Control During a Bellingham House Flip

August 24, 2010

By committing to sell the flip to my clients before we even closed on the purchase ourselves — which I describe in Part 6 of this series — two opposing forces were instantly created: 1) We could relax, knowing that … Continue reading


Part 6: Finding the Buyer for the Bellingham House Flip

August 20, 2010

Plenty of non-investor types have all sorts of heartburn — especially in this current economic climate — over people who buy houses for X, fix them up or maybe just mow the lawn and pressure-wash the cobwebs, then sell for X … Continue reading


Part 5: Hiring and Firing During a Bellingham House Flip

August 17, 2010

Part 4: The Art of Demolition While Flipping a Bellingham House

August 13, 2010

Part 3: How We Got Financing to Flip a Bellingham House

August 10, 2010

Part 2: Flipping a Bellingham House

August 06, 2010

Part 1: Lessons Learned by Flipping a House in Bellingham

August 04, 2010