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Fingerprint: capital · hours · speed to income · margin · ceiling. The dashed line is mid-scale.

Start a house flipping: the real numbers

Buy, renovate, sell. Below is what it actually costs, how long before money arrives, and the part most guides leave out.

Startup capital

€60,000–€150,000

Hours / week

25–55

First income

~36 wks

Net margin

20%

Saturation

medium

Realistic ceiling

€0–€5,000+

This ceiling is not a wall

The figure above is what this earns in the shape described — you, running it. Past that it keeps going, but by hiring people or adding units, not by you working more hours. That is a different job from the one you would be starting, and worth knowing before you start it.

What nobody usually tells you

Big numbers and real profits when it works — €20-50k on a good project. But it is the highest-risk model here: one structural surprise or a six-month sale and the profit is gone. Nobody flips part-time on their first one and gets away with it.

The route, in five steps

  1. Buy on the numbers, never on how it looks
  2. Get two full quotes before you exchange, not after
  3. Add 25% to the build budget and 8 weeks to the timeline
  4. Know the ceiling price of the street — it is a hard cap
  5. Sell to a deadline; holding costs eat the profit

What you'll need to buy

These are the categories every house flipping pays for in the first month. We break down what each one actually costs at this size on the tools page.

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Does it hold up for you?

These numbers are the average case. Whether this business clears your target depends on your capital, your hours and how long you can wait — put them in and see.

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