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

By: Sandy Baker

Sandy Baker — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 03:17:17 +0000

Wait a minute Raymond. You mean to tell me The Hills isn’t true? Next thing you’re going to tell me is the old trading spaces was scripted. I don’t believe it!

By: Richard

Richard — Sun, 16 May 2010 05:09:19 +0000

I am actually a much better speller, but posting that comment from my phone didn’t help:(

By: Richard

Richard — Sun, 16 May 2010 05:05:09 +0000

As a first time home buyer attempting to make my first purchase I have a very different perspective ion the practice of investing in homes. Unfotunatly, my wife and I have been on the loosing end of bidding wars with the investors or so called “flippers.” now that lowerend homes have come back. To reality the flippers are snatching them up, flipping them, and placing them back on the market for me to buy. Well myself and many other buyers have made a packt to not purchase flipped homes as they contributeto the following issues:
1) They take an affordable home off the market and render it unaffordable. They claim to provide a service by fixing up the house, but it’s usually the contractors doing all the work. I can call a contractor on the phone too. The flipped just want to charge us four times as much for the
work other people do.
2) They hyperinflate an already inflated market, buy over bidding other buyers and decreasing the supply and demand balance.
3) They suck all the liqudity out of the market.
If people want to invest, they should go play with their own kind on wallstreet. Let us have the stablity of home ownership back.

By: Matt

Matt — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 09:00:45 +0000

Does anyone remember a house hunting programme with Tara palmer-Tomkinson where she looked at 3 houses, for her to have as a holiday home? It had one on an Island, possible ibiza, with a house that was built in 60’s, had a sort of James Bond feel and the rooms were all in interconnected ‘pods’?

By: Gary Pick

Gary Pick — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 19:11:54 +0000

What is the name of the show with the brothers from Philadephia who flip houses? In one of the last episodes one of the brothers got married, if that helps.

By: debbie

debbie — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 11:21:07 +0000

That show was called Hidden Potential. It was on HGTV.

By: amanda

amanda — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 19:41:24 +0000

does anyone remember a show where cleints view 3 houses for sale in a specific price range and an expert via computer graphics shows them how to turn the home(s) they can afford into one they want that fits their needs??

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