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Armando Montelongo is
Ready to Reclaim his Throne
The OG of house flipping,
Armando Montelongo, is
BACK with a new television
show, new houses to flip and
the same ‘don’t-give-a-#%&$!’
attitude that made him famous.
Armando first burst onto the scene in 2006 with
a nearly three-year run on “Flip This House,” and
then largely steered clear of television. He made
a few appearances, including a 2015 episode of
CBS' "Undercover Boss," and some others. He
took a few minutes to discuss what he has been
doing, the status of a lawsuit against him and if
there’s still room for him in the world he created.
Q: You’re the guy who started this flipping
craze on TV. How has house flipping changed
since then?
A: When “Flip This House” ended in 2008 and
the market changed, people thought it would be
impossible to find deals. The very few educated
people -- who came through my company -- were
doing extremely well. Now, what's happening in to-
day's market, is you have a bunch of really unedu-
cated people
attempting to
flip houses.
Before, it
was really
easy to
get deals.
Now it's still easy to get deals
safely -- if you know what you're doing. But if you
don't have a clue what you're doing, you're going to
lose money in today's marketplace.
Q: You have been approached to do a number
of house flipping shows. Why haven’t you done
them?
A: I have been focusing on setting up the largest real
estate network in the country. We have taught close
to 20,000 house flippers and we have been focusing
on the success of our students.
Q: So is that why Inc. magazine named you the
fastest-growing education company in America?
A: I believe so. At the time, our company was young.
It took all our focus to teach our students. We didn’t
have the capacity to do teaching and television, we
had to make a choice. We chose our passion >
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