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I Ranked the Best Side Businesses for House Flippers
Ross ranks 20 businesses adjacent to house flipping using barriers to entry,
How to Assess a Fixer-Upper Without Construction Experience
A complete framework for assessing a fixer-upper without construction experience,
71 Disasters on a Real Estate Deal
Ross walks through 71 real estate disasters from 17 years of deals and explains
Should I pull permits on this house?
Ross walks a severely damaged flip and explains how scope, code requirements,
How to Analyze a House Flip From Your Computer (LIVE TRAINING)
Ross teaches a fast computer-based deal screen using neighborhood fit, ARV,
This is a test
'In an impromptu livestream, Ross explains four priorities for safer flips:
The Cost of Evading Permits
Ross weighs the real benefits and costs of permits, then explains six ways
I built an 8-figure house flipping team with no employees
'This lesson breaks down the Depth Chart philosophy: how a solo operator
I Fired All My Employees. My Business Grew.
This lesson explains why vendors are usually a better default than employees
I Found a Better Way to Build a Team (Full Breakdown)
This lesson shows how to build a vendor bench without relying on random networking.
I Work My Ass Off to Be This Lazy (Hiring Guide)
This lesson is about offloading as the real form of scaling for a solo house
Who Should Buy Materials on a House Flip?
Ross explains when contractors should buy materials, when owner-paid material
I Built a Second Brain for Real Estate
Ross maps the operating system that collects real estate inputs into a choke
I Only Do These Four Things After 15 Years of Flipping
'Ross explains the few operator-level focus areas that matter in any market:
I Remember Everything (Full System)
Ross explains the activation layer that uses a calendar, date keeper, and
I Work On (Not In) My House Flipping Business
Ross shows how the command layer turns vision, goals, and rocks into daily
I got my list price in this market
Here's the deal, there's only one way to get more money for your house flip.
I never hire general contractors
Ross explains why investors should usually manage renovations themselves
every possible lead source for house deals...
The holy grail of real estate investing is understanding how to get deals
Permits. The good, bad, and UGLY.
Permits, it's something that all real estate investors are going to have
10 years later and I understand THIS about contractors
Price, speed, quality. They say you can only pick two.
why you need to buy a crappy deal (TRUST ME)
If you're a beginner in real estate, I think you should buy crappy deals.
Can 500 postcards get a house deal?
what's the minimum list size that you should have to send mail to for it
10 ways I find cheap houses (it always works)
I'm going to show you the 10 ways to get your next house deal. Now, I've been investing in real estate for 15 years, bought literally hundreds of houses.
A Contractor Showed Up to Fight Me (Rules for Management)
A contractor demanded payment for work that was clearly wrong. Now, in my 15 years of buying real estate and working as a general contractor, I've literally hired hundreds of contractors, and I can count on one hand how many times I've had to say no to writing a check.
Buying a house directly from the owner live (uncut)
I'm about to show you exactly what it looks like to go direct to seller on your next real estate deal in the living room with these people as I do it in real time. Now I own over 150 houses.
Don’t Hire a Contractor without THESE documents
There's four main documents that you need before you hire and pay a contractor. Otherwise, you could be held liable for some stuff.
Duplex deal formula in 8 minutes
You asked me about basically you want to flip a multifamily home and you're trying to figure out if you know how you comp that. So you understand how to comp a single family home.
Exactly how houses make you wealthy (in 6 minutes)
As a real estate investor, there's nothing I like more than counting my chickens, figuring out what the results of my actions today will be in 30 years. And that's why I built this app.
Exactly how the 70% Flip Formula works (full breakdown)
Here's the question. The 70% rule that flippers use, how long does it calculate for holding time?
EXACTLY how to talk to contractors
**Channel:** @solo-house-flipper
Fastest way to find load bearing walls (general contractor explains)
Here's the fastest way to figure out if a wall is loadbearing or not. Now, I've been investing in real estate for 15 years, been a GC, flipped over 300 houses, and sometimes you want to get a wall out of the way so you can have an open concept.
Handyman vs General Contractor
Now, let's talk about the difference between a handyman business and a general contracting business. Now, whether you're a home service pro trying to decide whether you should be a GC or a handyman or trying to decide which one's better, or a real estate investor or homeowner who's trying to decide which one you should hire, or if you're a real estate investor trying to decide whether you should DIY work like a handyman or if you should general contract it like an MIR, a manage it yourself, this video is for you.
House Flipping explained in 6 minutes
All right, guys, this is all you really need to know about flipping houses. Flipping houses is only the first step.
How a pro flipper calculates profits (full breakdown)
Getting ready to buy a house flip and you need to figure out what your max allowable offer is, what you're going to offer to buy the house. And first, you need to figure out what your profits are going to be.
How real estate makes you rich (and wealthy)
It's pretty simple guys. There's two ways that your real estate increases in value or better said two types of appreciation.
How the City Catches Unpermitted Renovations
You might be trying to decide whether or not you should pull permits on your next renovation project. And I'm going to tell you the five ways the city will catch you and shut you down if you don't.
How to Start a One Man Real Estate Business
Hey guys, I'm Ross and I'm here to show you how to build a one-man real estate enterprise that pays you today through flips and pays you forever through rentals. Even if you don't know construction, don't know how to talk to contractors, and have no idea where to start.
I'm running 18 flips with Agentic AI (13 use cases)
If you're not using agentic ai right now, you are missing the biggest opportunity of your lifetime. And I'm talking about Claude Cowork or Claude Code, Perplexity Computer, or OpenClaw, the one that probably all of you have heard about.
I never hire the wrong contractor (here's how)
**Channel:** @solo-house-flipper
I own 150 rentals. Here's how much I make. (real numbers)
I own 150 rental units and I'm going to show you exactly how much money I make from it. Full breakdown, all the expenses, including my P&L.
I pay pennies on the dollar for houses (full system)
If you think you're going to go out there and get deals from wholesalers and realators, well, you're probably just bait for the sharks. Now, I've been investing in real estate for 15 years, flipped over 300 houses.
If I started house flipping from scratch in 2026, I'd do this
If I had to start my real estate business over from scratch, this is exactly what I would do. Now, I've been investing in real estate for over 15 years.
It Took Me 15 Years to Learn These 18 Rules to Manage Contractors
You wonder why contractors are so hard to deal with? Well, it's not them, it's you.
Market Crashes BURY dumb investors (use this strategy instead)
Listen guys, this market doomer stuff out there really makes me mad because actually the real estate market and the impending crash doesn't matter if you're doing things right. Who it matters to are the people that are out there speculating.
My Real Estate Investing Plan for 2026
It's almost 2026. You need to be setting goals.
Novice house flipper profits $40,000...copy his tactics
For those of you that are new to house flipping, I'm gonna show you how a guy in our school community went from no flips to just in a couple months, bought and sold his first flip, put tens of thousands of dollars in his pocket. I'm gonna show you the five things that he did really well so you can model yourself after him.
Pro general contractor explains asbestos (plus other EPA fines)
I'm going to tell you everything you need to know about asbests and other EPA fines. Now, I've been a real estate investor and a general contractor for 15 years.
Pro general contractor explains permitting...
I'm going to show you everything you need to know about permitting your next real estate investment. I've been a GC for over a decade, pulled hundreds of permits, hired hundreds of contractors, and I've done 300 plus flips for myself.
protect yourself from illegal contractors...
ice raids, contractor stings, and job sites getting shut down. Is it all just propaganda, or are US real estate investors actually at risk?
Realtors are worthless (except for these 2 reasons)
99% of real estate agents are absolutely worthless, but there's two reasons that you gotta use them anyway. Now, I've been in buying real estate for 15 years.
The Only 3 Things a Flipper Needs
**Channel:** @solo-house-flipper
The strategy lenders don't want you to know (but can't stop)
Here's the problem with real estate investing and house flipping is that I need money today. I need cashflow and the money in flipping doesn't come until a few months from now and the money from rentals doesn't come for years from now.
The Worst Problems You Can Find After Buying a House
Here's the biggest fear. You buy a house and then you find something that cost you a whole bunch of money.
this $5000 rental repair only cost me $400 (full breakdown)
**Channel:** @solo-house-flipper
This partnership strategy got me to 150 rentals
The biggest obstacle to you investing to infinity is going to be the amount of cash you have in your bank account. That's what's going to prevent you from buying the next deal.
Understanding Structural Damage and How to Spot it
imagine 100 gallons of water hit right here to fix it you have to temporarily hold up everything that's above that and if you place one of those posts on the floor system well nothing is going to the ground here the biggest threat to most people's real estate investment is structural damage and the
Wholesale Fees have gotten ridiculous (here's how to beat them)
If you're buying deals from wholesalers, I guarantee you're overpaying for it. And I did it for years, so I know.
Why real estate investors quietly hate wholesalers...
If you're getting a deal from a wholesaler, I guarantee you're getting a bad deal. All right.
Why Real Estate Pros Intentionally Lose Money
Pro real estate investors break even or close to it on most deals, and they do it on purpose. This business will make you extremely wealthy, but it's not going to pay for your groceries, at least at first.