Launched in the fall of 2005, this site–FlippingFrenzy.com–has become one of the leading resources for following the crusade to spot, stop, and report real estate fraud. Using this site, homeowners and real estate industry professionals alike can learn about the latest efforts in the fight against the type of “flipping” that involves scammers and fraudsters committing, in many cases, mortgage fraud, and how to report it. However, what if you want to learn how to flip houses the right way, for an honest profit? Check out my new site, GetFlipping.com.

GetFlipping.com is devoted exclusively to the practice of flipping houses–buying fixer-uppers below market value, repairing and renovating them, and then selling them at or near full market price. GetFlipping.com will become a comprehensive house flipping Web site available. Right now, visitors can read a sample chapter from my new book, Flipping Houses For Dummies, check out the Flippers Tip of The Day, read an account of a sample property I flipped, check out before and after photos, and sign up for a free 31-day house flipping course.

Although the title of the Web site encourages visitors to “get flipping,” the site actually offers a more realistic view of flipping houses, pointing out some of the risks and pitfalls that investors face whenever they choose to invest in real estate. GetFlipping.com and Flipping Houses For Dummies both advise novice investors to build a strong investment team, including a licensed Realtor®, mortgage broker, and real estate attorney.

My goal in creating GetFlipping.com and writing Flipping Houses For Dummies is to help real estate investors, particularly novice investors, minimize their risks and maximize their profits. Investors must remember that you make your profit when you buy, so you have to be sure you are buying a property that you can sell for twenty percent more than your total investment in it.

Flipping Houses For Dummies includes instructions and a form for estimating the potential profit, and within the next week or so we will add an automated Purchase Price Estimator to GetFlipping.com that can help investors estimate their maximum purchase price in order to be fairly certain of earning a 20% profit.

GetFlipping.com also includes a blog, where I post additional information on house flipping and real estate investing in general, and where visitors can post their own comments, questions, and house flipping stories. Ultimately, I want to create a dynamic community of house flippers who can share information, tips, and strategies, and celebrate one another’s success.