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Dave joined the DealMachine Thought Leader Series to discuss his experience flipping houses.

In the interview discusses how he got started and shares some helpful tips and tricks on how to analyze deals, inspect properties and estimate rehab costs!

Interview Outline

0:00 - Intro

6:37 - What was it that got people excited about the Flipping Spreadsheet?

8:27 - What caused you to get serious about real estate investing?

10:41 - Walk us through the 4 steps

12:49 - Are more advanced investors using the spreadsheet?

14:29 - Fundamentals of Deal Analysis

16:37 - Rehab Costs Playbook Walkthrough

20:13 - During that inspection process do you recommend bringing in professionals?

22:20 - More about Flipper Force

24:04 - Any words for beginners going through the process?

25:37 - Outro‍

Deal Machine Driving for Dollars App

If you are not familiar with DealMachine, they have a "Driving-for-Dollars" app that you can use to find off-market deals as you are driving around looking for distressed properties to flip!

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https://www.dealmachine.com/

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