Comments on: A Review Of Popular House Flipping and Home Hunting Television Shows

By: Home Improvement Blog - Blog Archive - Reno TV

Home Improvement Blog - Blog Archive - Reno TV — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 16:15:28 +0000

[...] Money Blue Book, a blog about smart investing, frugal living and credit card offers offers up what it considers the best house-flipping and house-hunting TV shows. But it should be noted that “best” here refers to most entertaining. For example, here’s Blogger Ray (no last name) on Flip This House: I love the show and found it irresistibly entertaining due to the endless stream of scam and fakery controversies [including] Atlanta real estate developer Sam Leccima and his Season 2 housing-flip scam debacle. His on-the-air house flipping prowesses were later exposed and discredited as shams by news investigators when it was revealed that he had duped many investors in an elaborate flipping cover up. For more from Ray, visit: http://www.moneybluebook.com/a-review-of-popular-house-flipping-and-home-hunting-television-shows/. [...]

By: Raymond

Raymond — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 02:26:14 +0000

Mimoji,

I suspect the flipping shows are like the Hills from MTV - scripted reality. The film crew probably cue dramatic plots into the mix but the characters make up the rest.

It’s amazing sometimes how these show producers can spin seemingly boring subjects into drama filled shows.

By: Brian

Brian — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 00:43:30 +0000

I’ve noticed on Flip that House that they have a disclaimer that airs first.

By: Mimoji

Mimoji — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 23:13:35 +0000

Flipping Out was hilarious - Jeff Lewis was so witty that I thought the whole thing was scripted. “I don’t want to party like it’s my birthday. I want to sell my house!”. He also seemed to do somewhat of a good job flipping the homes - hired a contractor sometimes to do the major restructuring. It pained me to watch Flip that House - most of those guys had no idea what they were doing. Note to flippers - don’t rip out a perfectly good hardwood floor for some plastic crap.

By: Michelle Robinson

Michelle Robinson — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 15:50:56 +0000

I really like House Hunters, too. I’m not in the market for a home (yet), but I like to watch to get an idea of what to look for when I do plan to buy a home…plus, you’re right, it is fun to try to guess which house the people will make an offer on. LOL