I was speaking to a GC the other day and he told me that he knows a house flipper and he’s been doing pretty good house flipping.
The flipper even has been telling the GC to get into the house flipping business instead of new builds because it’s faster, less permitting and can pay subs really low and make more money that way.
The GC said that even though the house flipping looked good on paper he would stay continue building new builds….
The GC called me saying that the house flipper got into a BIG problem.
House flipper bought an outdated house with outdated wiring and so he did what he does best, put a lipstick on a pig. He ripped the old drywall, used the same insulation and left the same old wiring and installed new drywall and painted it. That easy. A quick $90K in 2 months and no permits submitted to the county because didn’t re wire the house so no licensed electricians needed…
The house flipper sells the house to a young family, family moves in. Two months later, the house catches on fire starting from the attic and a kid dies because of a faulty old wiring system in the attic. Devastating
Guy gets put in jail, he bails himself out, the court tells him that he can’t do any house flipping of any kind or construction related stuff or leave the state. He needs to stay put while the city officials finish the investigations and he is expected to show for a trial. The city will find a guilty party…
All his assets are frozen, cash, bonds, stocks, cars, everything.
House flippers do your job correctly, you are playing with fire, families live in houses you’re flipping, new wiring should be the absolute minimum to replace, a lot of flippers overlook this.
This house flipper obviously maintains his innocence, we’ll see what happens….
Don’t cut corners …