Flip or Flop

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One of my favorite shows on HGTV is Flip or Flop.  It centers around a husband and wife team, Tarek and Christina, that flips houses.  They buy vacant, run down homes, usually at auctions sight unseen, and renovate them into beautiful homes.  Each episode takes you from the purchase of the home, through renovations, and finally to the finished, remodeled product.  They have built a successful business by flipping houses.

My husband and I have talked about flipping homes for a few years now.  Tarek and Christina have created a Flip Advantage team and they are traveling across the US to teach workshops about house flipping and making money in real estate.  I have signed us up for a workshop this weekend.  I am so excited to learn more about this side of real estate!  House flipping is a way we can both work together and start our own business doing what we like to do.  With my new found love of design, I get giddy over seeing transformed spaces.  What better way to get our hands dirty and make spaces prettier than house flipping?  Real Estate has always interested me too.

Here are some of Tarek and Christina's recent flips.

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Anybody else like to watch Flip or Flop?

 
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  1. Genevieve D.October 4, 2014 at 3:36 AM

    I love that show! How did the workshop go? I just signed up for it in a couple of weeks with my husband.

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  2. Andrea @ Decorating CentsOctober 7, 2014 at 9:34 AM

    The seminar was more informative. They want you to pay for a 3 day workshop where they walk you through the process. We didn't do that part because we can do a lot of that research on our own.

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  3. UnknownOctober 13, 2014 at 12:48 AM

    Were they actually there, or just reps from the company?

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    1. Andrea @ Decorating CentsOctober 13, 2014 at 11:34 AM

      It was a rep from the company. They were at a wedding that weekend. I was looking forward to meeting them.

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  4. BrattyCakzDecember 1, 2014 at 5:55 PM

    Was it even worth going to, considering you didn't sign up for the workshop?
    I am supposed to go to one tonight and I'm having 2nd thoughts of I am just going to sit through a sales pitch.
    How long did it last?

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