http://www.flipthyhouse.com The House Flipping Bible Wed, 07 May 2008 20:45:25 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Not much in the way of exciting news to report of late, as we're still twiddling our thumbs, waiting on the buyers to get everything dquared away as far as the sale of House #2. Still hoping to close on May 15th but the state of Texas hasn't yet paid ... http://www.flipthyhouse.com/2008/05/07/but-were-paying-full-price/ I'm finally back home after 12 days in Vegas, staying at the Bellagio and doing another poker reporting gig. I definitely love Vegas and staying at the Bellagio is obviously nice but I was ready to come home about a week ago, so it's definitely nice to be back. As far ... http://www.flipthyhouse.com/2008/04/28/buh-bye-bellagio/ So I finally managed to take many photos of House #2, and finally managed to get an image gallery management plugin up and running. There are still some kinks to work out but I thought I'd go ahead and get some photos up, as far as Before photos and After ... http://www.flipthyhouse.com/2008/04/14/lo-and-behold-actual-photos-of-house-2/ I'm kind of digging this strange feeling of waking up in the morning and not immediately finding myself reviewing the yard-long checklist of things I need to get done on a house somewhere. I still need to give House #2 a good cleaning and shift some stuff out of the ... http://www.flipthyhouse.com/2008/04/13/get-your-hands-off-my-ladder/ Bellevue Block provides a variety of resources and listings for anyone looking to buy or sell a condo in the Bellevue, Washington area, including the Bravern and Washington Square communities, as well as other Bellevue real estate listings. Site features not only include listings for condos and homes for prospective buyers ... http://www.flipthyhouse.com/2008/04/13/real-estate-in-bellevue-wa/ Before anyone comes after me with sharpened pitchforks and torches ablaze, yes, indeed, passive income does exist.  And in various forms, whether you're talking about dividends, royalties, or other investment income that is truly derived with not one whit of work on the part of the investor or the ... http://www.flipthyhouse.com/2008/04/11/the-myth-of-passive-income/ Not much to report on the house front, as everything is ticking along with House #2. We knocked out the fairly short list of repairs and changes the buyers requested this weekend, including replacing a few doors, patching and staining some of the concrete skirting around the house, and other ... http://www.flipthyhouse.com/2008/04/08/no-news-is-good-news/ Still not closed and a done deal, but House #2 is officially under contract now, with closing slated for on or before May 15th. Cash offer for full list price, with a pretty tiny list of repairs/improvements they want (half of which I planned on doing anyway). I'm still pretty much ... http://www.flipthyhouse.com/2008/04/04/house-2-officially-under-contract/ I've been holding off on posting some pretty exciting developments over the weekend, wanting to get the actual offer in my grubby paws, but oh, what the hell, here goes: it's looking like we've got a full-price, cash offer of $149,500 coming in the next few days for House #2, ... http://www.flipthyhouse.com/2008/04/02/lets-see-if-we-can-jinx-it-possible-offer-on-house-2/ Just as you might expect, refinance.com offers a wide range of options for anyone looking for a home refinance, but they also offer products for standard home loans, home equity loans, and debt consolidation. The site is clean and easy to navigate and the company isn't some recent sketchy Web-based start-up, as ... http://www.flipthyhouse.com/2008/04/02/review-of-refinancecom/