70 Percent Rule in House Flipping: Where It Works and Where It Fails

Before and after of a house flip: a stucco house on the left and the same house on the right with a modern exterior renovation.

The 70 percent rule is a familiar shortcut for screening a potential flip, and it does that job well. The trouble starts when it stops being a filter and becomes the price. If you’ve run enough deals, you’ve seen the rule say yes to a flip that lost money and no to one that would […]

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