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How Long Does it Take to Flip a House?

4,437 views · Published 26 March 2018 · 11:29 · Indexed 6 November 2026

Channel: InvestFourMore Real Estate · 2018 · Education

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I have flipped over 145 homes, including 26 last year. I have from 12 to 22 flips going at one time and you can see them all here: https://investfourmore.com/flips/

I wrote a detailed article on how long it takes to flip a house here: https://investfourmore.com/2014/05/06/long-take-fix-flip-home/

Most people severely underestimate the amount of time it takes to flip a house. It usually takes me at least 6 months from when I buy the house until I sell the house. It takes time to:

find contractors
get the work done
send the contractor back to fix things he missed
get the home ready to sell
get the home listed and get a contract on it
Sell the home and hope the contract does not fail

We have sold flips in less than three months, but it is very rare. I have also taken 18 months to sell a flip thanks to some nightmare scenarios. The bigger the remodel job the more time it takes to flip a house and the more that can go wrong. Even with all the flips I have completed, I greatly prefer a small rehab to a large project. 

I also wrote a book on flipping that you can find here: https://amzn.to/2DZLIaQ

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