Flip This Diamond House

By Majorie B. Patralski

You’re thinking about purchasing a house in disrepair. You want to remodel it and try to earn some extra money. In Flip This Diamond House, author Majorie B. Patralski offers a useful guide to flipping houses and details some of the bumps and obstacles you may encounter.

Using her personal experiences as a flipper, Patralski presents an overview of the process. She gives suggestions on what to look for in a property, poses questions to consider when buying, and provides tips and tricks to help you be successful in the endeavor, from contractors to estimates. Patralski discusses the key elements to leverage spending and realize a greater profit through real-life data and examples.

With more than fifty color photos included, Flip This Diamond House looks at the ins and outs of home flipping, giving advice, helpful tips, and recommendations. Patralski demonstrates how a house can become that diamond in the rough, sparkling and shining.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Balboa Press
• Release date: Mar 16, 2019
• ISBN: 9781982223472

Majorie B. Patralski

Majorie B. Patralski is an inspirational writer and home flipper.

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ISBN: 978-1-9822-2346-5 (sc)

ISBN: 978-1-9822-2347-2 (e)

Library of Congress Control Number: 2019902826

Balboa Press rev. date: 03/15/2019

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Chapter 1. Why a Diamond

Chapter 2. Gathering Knowledge and Using Your Natural Wisdom

Chapter 3. Do Your Research

Chapter 4. Contractors and Estimates

Chapter 5. Make or Break Your Dreams

Chapter 6. Let’s Flip This Diamond Conclusion

CHAPTER

1

Why a Diamond

Today you have made the decision to open this book and read about how to properly flip a diamond house. Well, it’s not literally a diamond house, but maybe something similar to one after its true colors are revealed. You have made the decision to find a goal to accomplish. You have pondered this great idea of purchasing this property, whether it’s your first or not, and making magic happen. Why a diamond house? you may be asking. Well, because every house you find and dedicate yourself to, every house that you make shine and light up, and every house you polish and give brilliance to on that street is awakened and should be considered a diamond. Why? Because of the lasting life you will give it. Remember, diamonds are forever.

This is not your ordinary house-flipping book. This book will give you reliable information, offer true situations that you may be faced with, and provide awesome firsthand advice on how to achieve what you have sought out to do. I have included several tools in each