fizkes/Shutterstock Moneywise and Yahoo Finance LLC may earn commission or revenue through links in the content below. While TV shows make home flipping look easy, in reality, it’s a high-risk investment. Professional flippers often put in a lot of sweat equity, or they have a network of trusted contractors who work at a fair rate. They also typically spend a lot of time analyzing real estate market trends to ensure they can make a profit. Must Read If you just dive into flipping without these advant ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — It pays less and less to buy and flip a home these days. From April through June, the typical home flipped by an investor resulted in a 25.1% return on investment, before expenses. That’s the lowest profit margin for such transactions since 2008, according to an analysis by Attom, a real estate data company. Gross profits — the difference between what an investor paid for a property and what it sold for — fell 13.6% in the second quarter from a year earlier to $65,300, the firm said. A ...