The art of house-flipping is on the rise thanks to the popularity of reality TV shows like HGTV’s Flip or Flop. If you’re handy with a toolbelt and don’t mind weeks of manual labor, you might be thinking, I can do that. Before you blow your life savings on buying that fixer-upper, though, it might help to know where people are flipping—and, more importantly, buying—homes in 2017. Thanks to a recent study by ATTOM Data Solutions, we’ve compiled a list of the top 20 US metro areas with the most flipped homes in Q2 of 2017 and listed them by county data, so you can plan your project accordingly.
- Phoenix, Arizona
County: Maricopa
Metro Area: Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ
Number of Homes Flipped: 2,116
Average Flipping Profit: $54,787
- Los Angeles, California
County: Los Angeles
Metro Area: Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA
Number of Homes Flipped: 1,404
Average Flipping Profit: $135,000
- Las Vegas, Nevada
County: Clark
Metro Area: Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, NV
Number of Homes Flipped: 1,207
Average Flipping Profit: $55,600
- Chicago, Illinois
County: Cook
Metro Area: Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI
Number of Homes Flipped: 922
Average Flipping Profit: $95,000
- Fort Lauderdale, Florida
County: Broward
Metro Area: Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL
Number of Homes Flipped: 863
Average Flipping Profit: $75,000
- Miami, Florida
County: Miami-Dade
Metro Area: Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL
Number of Homes Flipped: 794
Average Flipping Profit: $80,000
- Palm Beach, Florida
County: Palm Beach
Metro Area: Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL
Number of Homes Flipped: 681
Average Flipping Profit: $69,200
- Tampa, Florida
County: Pinellas
Metro Area: Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL
Number of Homes Flipped: 642
Average Flipping Profit: $69,900
- Riverside, California
County: Riverside
Metro Area: Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA
Number of Homes Flipped: 631
Average Flipping Profit: $75,500
- San Diego, California
County: San Diego
Metro Area: San Diego-Carlsbad, CA
Number of Homes Flipped: 604
Average Flipping Profit: $85,000
- Clearwater, Florida
County: Hillsborough
Metro Area: Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL
Number of Homes Flipped: 604
Average Flipping Profit: $60,000
- Ontario, California
County: San Bernardino
Metro Area: Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA
Number of Homes Flipped: 551
Average Flipping Profit: $75,500
- Houston, Texas
County: Harris
Metro Area: Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX
Number of Homes Flipped: 546
Average Flipping Profit: $48,888
- Orlando, Florida
County: Orange
Metro Area: Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL
Number of Homes Flipped: 528
Average Flipping Profit: $64,000
- St. Louis, Missouri
County: Saint Louis
Metro Area: St. Louis, MO-IL
Number of Homes Flipped: 526
Average Flipping Profit: $47,000
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
County: Philadelphia
Metro Area: Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD
Number of Homes Flipped: 521
Average Flipping Profit: $78,046
- Dallas, Texas
County: Dallas
Metro Area: Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX
Number of Homes Flipped: 505
Average Flipping Profit: $59,133
- Memphis, Tennessee
County: Shelby
Metro Area: Memphis, TN-MS-AR
Number of Homes Flipped: 487
Average Flipping Profit: $41,500
- Arlington, Texas
County: Tarrant
Metro Area: Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX
Number of Homes Flipped: 444
Average Flipping Profit: $46,161
- Detroit, Michigan
County: Wayne
Metro Area: Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI
Number of Homes Flipped: 442
Average Flipping Profit: $37,500
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