Flipping a house? The 10 best cities for flippers.

These 10 cities were the most profitable markets for people flipping a house in 2012, according to RealtyTrac. Can you guess which city had the highest average profit on flipped homes? 

2. Las Vegas (53 percent)

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Carpenters work on new homes at a residential construction site in the west side of the Las Vegas Valley in Las Vegas in April. The once-beleaguered Las Vegas housing market has been on fire since investment firms began buying homes here.

Total housing units: 829,544

Single family flips: 4,341

Average pre-flip purchase price: $133,198

Average flipped price: $203,944

Las Vegas posted the third-biggest home price gains in the US in April, behind Phoenix and San Francisco. Builders there are buying up land in anticipation of the market for new homes taking off over the summer. Vegas's foreclosure market has been swarmed by institutional investors, who buy up distressed properties to turn into rentals. 

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