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Quick-flip deals on new homes are long gone. It’s the Valley’s growing number of foreclosures that has caught investors’ attention now. Last month, Ray and Elaine Balderas bought two foreclosed homes in south Phoenix. The couple paid about $100,000 each. The median price of a Valley home is $220,000.

Unlike investors who got burned by tapping all the equity in their homes a few years ago to invest, the Balderases tap only a small portion of their home’s value. The pair bought a house on a couple of acres a decade ago for $140,000. It recently appraised at $875,000.


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Flipping houses is the most tried-and-true way to make a fortune in real estate, but with the current slump in the housing market, the casts of A&E Network’s series FLIP THIS HOUSE are facing hard truths and real panic as they return for a 4th Season.

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Real estate expert Jason Loucks has achieved phenomenal success in the real estate investment industry. He shares his many years of experience and expertise with others interested in investing in the real estate market. Jason’s cutting edge approach to real estate investing has gained much attention in the industry.

Jason Loucks, explains the process of flipping a house in 7 days. He advises real estate investors to consider a marketing plan which enables them to sell a property within seven days. “With the right plan investors can sell properties within seven days like hotcakes,” says Jason.

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The real estate market may have cooled considerably, but not real estate television. House-flipping and home-renovation programs are still big hits on cable. While for-sale signs sprout on lawns across the country, TV programmers are like developers who plow ahead with new housing projects anyway.

New seasons of the A&E network’s “Flip This House” — one of a troika with TLC’s “Flip that House” and Bravo’s “Flipping Out” are premiering. HGTV had its highest prime-time ratings ever in January. Nine of its top 10 series deal with the housing market, including “House Hunters,” “My First Place,” “Hidden Potential,” “Buy Me” and “Design to Sell.” The network did a special theme day Feb. 29: “taking the big leap,” or investing in that first house.

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