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Old 05-20-2010, 02:46 AM
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Default Discounted Building Materials

The key to sucessful house flipping is to buy a house at a great price, fix it up and sell it for a nice profit. You do have to put money into the house with upgrades and repairs and that digs into your profits. The best way to save on your building supplies is to use wholesale suppliers or to open an account at a place like Lowe's or the Home Depot. Both of those places sell in volumn so they can afford to offer their members deeper discounts.

You can find wholesalers on the internet or at brick and mortar stores.

If you are a member in some kind of contractors association you will pay a lot less for your materials then the general public. It can make a huge difference in your profits.

Buying power is one of the most important aspects of flipping a house. The less you have to spend on the property, the more profit that goes into your pocket.
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Old 05-20-2010, 02:30 PM
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Default Re: Discounted Building Materials

You want to be careful not to go to far to fix the home either.You must maintain a budget in order to make it a successfull flip.If you do not make that budget you can end up waist deep in debt and problems with the home.

You really need to check any potential flips out very well because you want to fix it up but you do not want to get into a total remodel when flipping a home.
It takes to much time and money in order to complete the process this way.
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