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               Welcome to Flipping with Juan Diaz!                                                          1
                   Fixing your expectations                                                                 2

               Understanding the market                                                                     4
                   Finding a Realtor & MLS                                                                  5
                   Finding a House – What to Look For                                                       8
                   Finding a House – Where to Look                                                          9

               Foreclosure Investing – The Basics                                                         11
                   Foreclosures – Assessing Value                                                          12
                   Foreclosures - Occupants                                                               15
                   Comping                                                                                 16
                   Looking at Other Houses.                                                                18

                   Submitting an Offer                                                                     19
               Financing – Intro                                                                           21
                   My Set-up                                                                              21
                   Before You Invest                                                                       21

                   The Downside of Leverage                                                                23
                   Avoiding Overleveraging                                                                 24
                   Loans – A Deep Dig                                                                      25
                   Hard Money                                                                             27

               Crunching the Numbers on What you Can & Can’t Afford                                        29
                   Investing Worksheet                                                                    29
                   Profit/Loss Worksheet                                                                   30
                   The Repair Worksheet                                                                    31
                   Tracking Expenses                                                                       33
                   Examining offers                                                                        33
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