Dori Zinn | (TNS) Bankrate.com
Tune in to HGTV on any given day, and you’ll come across programs where smiling people transform eyesore properties into jaw-droppingly beautiful homes. Sometimes these magicians are professional real estate investors, sometimes they’re just ordinary individuals — but they almost always resell the newly renovated property for a tidy profit.
Welcome to the lucrative world of flipping houses. According to real estate data firm ATTOM, nearly 68,000 U.S.