Author: Michael Corbett

I’m pretty leary of any book written by a TV show host, especially the host of a show called Extra’s Mansions and Millionaires. But, Find It, Fix It, Flip It! seems to avoid a lot of the cliches that make many real estate books unbearable to read. There isn’t much talk of “achieving your dreams” or “gaining the financial freedom you deserve”, though it is a real estate investing book, so there is a certain amount of the pre-requisite motivational speaker talk.

One thing I particularly liked while flipping through the book was the idea of adding value to the house before reselling it. Adding upgrades and making improvements that people want and will actually pay for. The whole idea of adding value seems entirely lost to a large portion of the real estate industry, as any southern California home buyer can attest.

Overall the book is refreshingly different from most real estate books in that it focuses on taking something, making it better and then selling it for a profit, while giving useful tactical tips along the way. There are even before and after pictures of properties the author has flipped to show the types of change that can be made.

I didn’t find much good content about the book online, but I did find some basic reviews.

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