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Flipping Iowa
You're always hunting the next deal. You're managing contractors who don't show up, subs who go over budget, and timelines that slip. And somewhere in the middle of all that, you're supposed to be running a profitable operation. Flipping Iowa is built for house flippers who are in the trenches. Every episode delivers the tactics and strategies that help you find better deals, manage your projects tighter, and protect your margins when everything else is trying to eat them. No fluff. No theory…
Episodes
Flipping IowaEp 20: Does BRRRR Still Pencil in Iowa? Run This Math First
Your BRRRR deal looked great at purchase. So what happens when the appraisal comes back $30,000 light? Everybody underwrites the buy. Almost nobody underwrites…
Flipping IowaEp 19: When to Graduate From Hard Money to a DSCR Loan
Why can't you refinance a flip into a long-term rental loan the day the rehab wraps up? Most Iowa investors treat a hard money bridge loan and a debt service…
Flipping IowaEp 18: Why the Best Iowa Flip Deals Never Hit the MLS
One Iowa flip closed $9,000 over asking. Its twin closed $22,000 under the comps. What was the difference? Most flippers a few deals in pick a lane. "I'm an…
Flipping IowaEp 17: Find Off-Market Iowa Flip Deals Before Anyone Else
What if the best flip deals in Des Moines aren't distressed houses at all? Most investors work the same three channels until they dry up: the MLS, wholesalers…
Flipping IowaEp 16: How a Basement Mix-Up Rewrote One Iowa Flip's Numbers
One missing basement moved a deal's value by twenty thousand dollars, and the borrower never saw it coming. The after repair value is the one number every…
Flipping IowaEp 15: The Real Reason Iowa Flip Budgets Blow Up Mid-Rehab
What if the contractor never lied, and the rehab still ran six thousand dollars over budget? Most contractors are honest. That's not where Iowa rehab budgets…
Flipping IowaEp 14: The Seventy Percent Rule That Protects Every Iowa Flip Budget
What if two nearly identical houses, same street, same square footage, were never actually worth the same money? Every fix and flip offer in Iowa comes down to…
Flipping IowaEp 13: The Three Checks That Protect Every Iowa Flip Budget
A house from the nineteen forties can hide an eighty-thousand-dollar surprise behind a wall that looks perfectly fine. Light rehab or full rehab is the single…
Flipping IowaEp 12: The Three Numbers That Control Your Iowa Flip Loan
One number was twenty-seven thousand dollars off, and nobody caught it before it nearly killed the deal. Ninety percent of purchase price. Up to one hundred…
Flipping IowaEp 11: Should You GC Your Own Flip or Hire It Out
Two nearly identical houses on the same Norwalk street. One investor walked away with real profit. The other barely broke even after a year. Every flipper…
Flipping IowaEp 10: How Driving for Dollars Finds Iowa Flip Deals First
What if the best deal on the block never makes it to a listing at all? Every investor checking Zillow and the MLS is looking at the same twelve houses everyone…
Flipping IowaEp 9: How Iowa Flippers Structure Deals With Zero Cash Down
What's the real difference between a flip that closes with zero cash out of pocket and one that comes up $46,000 short at the closing table? "No money down"…
Flipping IowaEp 8: The Twenty Thousand Dollar Mistake Hiding in Your Comps
What's a missing basement worth on your next Iowa flip? About twenty thousand dollars, and most investors never see it coming. Running comps sounds like…
Flipping IowaEp 7: The Four Words That Keep Your Iowa Rehab Honest
What does an eleven thousand dollar paint job have to do with the difference between a good flip and a break-even one? A scope of work is supposed to protect…
Flipping IowaEp 6: Rent vs Flip: How to Decide Your Next Iowa Deal
What if the house you're about to flip is actually the better rental, and the only way to know is the math most investors skip? Rent versus flip trips up more…
Flipping IowaEp 5: Five First-Flip Mistakes Every Iowa Investor Makes
A four-line scope of work with $22,000 next to the words "general remodel": is that a plan, or a guess with a decimal point? First-time flippers in the Des…
Flipping IowaEp 4: What It Takes to Qualify for a Hard Money Loan
What if the thing you're most embarrassed about, your credit score, isn't even on the list of what actually gets a hard money loan approved? Most first-time…
Flipping IowaEp 3: Analyze Your Next Deal as Iowa Foreclosures Rise
There's a $54,500 gap between what a distressed Iowa listing looks like it's worth and what the math actually says. Iowa foreclosure filings are up roughly 30…
Flipping IowaEp 2: The Wall That Changed a Beaverdale Flip Budget
One piece of drywall turned a $25-a-square-foot rehab into $50 a square foot. What's hiding in your next flip that you haven't priced yet? Most flips don't go…
Flipping IowaEp 1: How to Vet a Contractor Before Your Next Iowa Flip
Why would two contractors quote the exact same electrical panel job fifty percent apart? On the first-ever episode of Flipping Iowa, host Neil Timmins says…
Flipping IowaTrailer - Flipping Iowa
There's a nicer house out there. A newer car. Your kid's college, paid for. In Iowa, that isn't a dream, it's a deal you haven't found yet. Flipping Iowa is…