FAQ
What are buying costs?
Buying Costs are costs that you incur when you purchase a property. The bulk of your Buying Costs will be used to pay for Title Work to research the title, and attorney's fees to review the closing documents. Otherwise, you may pay a few hundred dollars for a property inspection.
Note: If you are receiving financing, you will have additional costs as well, which we will discuss in the Financing Cost lesson.
FAQ
What are the typical buying costs & amounts I can expect to pay Flipping Houses?
Typical Buying Costs
Here's a list of typical Buying Costs and average amounts that you will likely have on your rehab projects.
- Inspection costs ($350 - $500) - If you are just getting started, it's probably a good idea to pay for a professional inspector to perform a full property inspection to find any major issues or concerns.
- Closing Costs (Generally amount to $1k to 2k)
- Title Search ($500) - A Title Search is performed by a Title Company to research the property records to ensure there is clean title, and no claims or liens on the property.
- Attorney Fees ($500) - Attorney fees pay for an attorney to review the closing documents .
- Courier Fees ($50-$100) - Courier fees are fees to transport the closing documents .
- County recording fees ($50 - $100) - Recording fees are charged by the local county recording office to record the property documents in the public records.
- Miscellaneous Fees ($250 to $500) - There will also likely be miscellaneous processing fee/document preparation fees.
As a general rule of thumb, Buying Costs will be between 1 to 3% of the Purchase Price.
MENTAL NOTE
Note: When purchasing a property the Seller will generally pay both commissions (buyer's & seller's agent commissions).
House Flipping Calculator
To analyze your deals efficiently and systematically you may want to consider building your own
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Our Flipper Force software has a
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Having a system in place will ensure that you don't miss any costly items in your analysis so you make the right offer for your property!
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