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“When I first started flipping houses, I believed what most beginners believe: that you need piles of cash or a big line of credit to get started. Back then, I had neither. I was working full-time, tired most nights, and putting every spare dollar into marketing to find motivated sellers. One Friday evening in my late teens, I almost skipped an appointment that ended up changing my real estate career forever. [...] When I arrived, I found a clean little box-ranch-style home: three bedrooms, two baths, roughly 1,400 sqft, built in the early 2000s. The yard was overgrown, but the bones were great. Inside, half-packed suitcases told the story before she did. She was moving to Texas the next morning. She’d had an accepted offer from a large iBuyer for a strong price, but after the inspection, they sent her a list of minor repair demands and then went silent. No calls, no emails. She was stranded. That’s how she’d found me, when she made a Google search for “cash home buyers near me.” Sitting in her living room surrounded by boxes, I realized she didn’t need another promise; she needed a certain close.”

“From a personal perspective I’ve learned a ton. I know much better how to evaluate problems and I am more hesitant to take on projects as I think I previously underestimated the time and energy fixing things take. I have a full time job and this is a side thing but it’s taken a lot of my mental energy and probably ~200 hours of my time. [...] A flip is A LOT more work than just owning rentals or helping someone buy or sale a home. I’ve made double the money on ~20 hours of work as an agent before. But this experience has made me more knowledgeable and helped me towards my ultimate goals.”