Live-In Flip is where you rehab a house but instead of immediately selling it; you live in it and then sell it.This method is advantageous from a tax perspective.
Research what kind of neighborhood you want to target. This will determine your price range, potential target buyers and also the level of rehab which would be needed.
Rehab costs: This is the cost to actually fix up the property. J Scott in his book on Estimating Rehab Costs provides a great template to capture all details.
To flip a house profitably; you need to run the numbers accurately. Do not fall in love with a property and then adjust your assumptions to make it look profitable on paper.
For a house flip, find the comps for a fixed up house and work backwards to calculate the buy price. Don’t forget to include the Rehab cost and the hard money interest cost in addition to the profit.