house flipping
Real estate arbitrage
House flipping is buying a property, renovating it quickly, and reselling it for profit.
The flipper bets that improvements will increase the home's value beyond renovation costs: She made a fortune flipping houses in the early 2000s.
The practice thrives in rising real estate markets and has spawned countless reality television shows.
- renovationRestoring to good condition
- profitGain exceeding expenditure
- investorOne who allocates capital
- fixer-upperProperty needing extensive renovation
- rehabAddiction treatment program
before and after · contractor · real estate · resale · equity · foreclosure · as-is sale · HGTV · demo · remodel · wholesale · appraisal · closing · closing costs · staging · inspection · mortgage · curb appeal
- real estatehome, apartment, property, sale, rent
- resaleresale, eBay, secondhand goods, Poshmark, thrifting
- housing trendsgentrification, suburbanization, urban flight, appreciation, bidding wars
- Makeover ShowsQueer Eye, Extreme Makeover, before and after, Fixer Upper, Property Brothers
- Real Estate Servicesreal estate agent, realtor, listing agent, buyer agent, appraisal
house, flip, houses, housed, housing, housekeeper, housework, household, housewife