Multiple Strategies for Flipping Real Estate

Don't get caught in the "one size fits all" approach to real estate investing. Use multiple real estate investing strategies to profit in your real estate market. One of the best ways to do this use several creative real investing strategies like assignments, subject to, foreclosures, and lease options in conjunction with one another. Once you learn each of the individual strategies, you can begin to apply them in conjunction with one another to create more flexibility, larger profits while limiting your risk. Below are few examples of strategy combinations you can use in any market. There are of course many others.

“Subject To” and Lease Options You can gain control of a property using a subject to arrangement, then lease option the property for higher rents, more cash flow and a higher purchase price.

“Subject To” and Flipping When you find a motivated seller you can gain control of the property using a subject to or other arrangement, then flip or assign the property to another buyer or real estate investor.

Foreclosures and Wholesaling You can tie up a property in foreclosure by getting it under contract at a lower purchase price (and even negotiate an additional discount with a short sale) then assign that right to purchase the property to another buyer or real estate investor for a fee.

Other Strategies You can use a number of different strategies in conjunction with one another. For example, you may find a property that needs a lot of work, then rehab the property and lease option it for a higher purchase price and rents. The same principle can also apply to single family homes by doing lease options instead of traditional rentals. These are some additional ways to increase profits, cash flow and long term investment growth. If you are buying and holding properties make sure you’re in a market that supports it. You will not want to hold properties that are losing value because of a market decline (unless you’re getting enough monthly cash flow to justify it). This is why faster, lower risk, more creative real estate investing strategies like flipping houses, wholesaling houses, wholesaling real estate are better to use for flat and down markets.

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