Category: Flipping Houses

The Rehab Math Mistake That’s Quietly Killing Investor Margins

Posted on by Josh Brown

full gut rehab cost estimate vs paint and carpet flip

Hey there, Josh Brown here.

I spend most of my time behind the scenes, not on job sites. But when the same mistake shows up over and over across our investor base, it’s worth pulling on the thread.

Here’s one that costs people real money: they run a full gut rehab cost estimate through the exact same formula they’d use on a paint-and-carpet flip. The numbers come out wrong before they’ve even bought the house.

I saw it again recently in a deal one of our students brought to a coaching call. Small ranch, under twelve hundred

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Why Your Rehab Estimate Is Probably Wrong (And What to Do About It)

Posted on by Cam Dunlap

per square foot rehab estimate mistake

Hey there, Cam Dunlap here.

I’m sitting here finishing up a bathroom remodel on the other side of the wall next to my home office — literally, the plumber just left — and it’s got me thinking about one of the most expensive mistakes I see wholesalers make over and over again.

They misprice repairs. Their per square foot rehab estimate looks tidy—and it’s still wrong. 

And it costs them the deal, their credibility with buyers, or both.

I had a question come in recently from one of our members — I’ll call him Alex. 

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Property’s Under Contract — Can the Seller Still Take a Higher Offer?

Posted on by Cam Dunlap

Hey there, Cam Dunlap here with a question I got recently on my coaching hotline… a caller asked:

“When a property house is under contract with a seller, is it possible that the seller could sign another contract with someone else who maybe makes a higher offer? And, do you register your contract with the title company or how do you prevent yourself from that scenario?”

Well, the answer is: Yes, they could do that, but(!) yours predates it and, therefore, technically nullifies that second one. 

So, when you have the property under contract, you have

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Why The “Due on Sale Clause” Might Be a Bigger Deal Now

Posted on by Cameron Dunlap

Cam Dunlap here today to talk about the due on sale clause in real estate.

Recently, a great question from one of my Inner Circle clients came my way.

Barbara asked:

“If you do an assignment with seller financing on some kind of wrap-around, is the seller’s institutional lender willing to work with you and accept your payments or will they call the loan due?”

Good question!

The Due on Sale Clause: What is it?

So, in the case of a wrap-around where the underlying loan remains, you may

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