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flipper

flipper

6 7.2
A person who buys a house, fixes it quickly and sells it to make money
  • noun
  • /ˈflɪpər/
  • Jargon
translation icon : especulador inmobiliario
  • After quickly transforming the rundown house, he proudly announced his latest achievement as a flipper in the property market.
  • house flipper
  • property flippers
  • home flippers

One of the top home flippers in the country for four years.

Examples

  • As an experienced real estate investor, she became a successful flipper by buying and renovating older homes to sell for profit.

  • If this ad is for real, then it won't be long before house flippers start buying and selling yurts for a profit.

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  • Just another day in the life of a house flipper, I suppose.

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  • One of the top home flippers in the country for four years.

  • Don't buy from a flipper.

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  • If you are a great flipper who can spot deals in a heartbeat, then you should pursue that.

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  • They buy a piece of property, they fix it up and they then flip it and sell it to an end buyer.

  • These guys are house flippers, but they do it with companies and by exploiting bankruptcy laws.

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  • Many flippers are now carefully considering the risks involved in buying homes for renovation in today's unpredictable market.

Synonyms

trader
vsflipper
279 2.1

A person or company that buys and sells things to make money

targets property projects and quick renovation sales rather than broad asset trading
reseller
vsflipper
12 3.7

A person or business that buys goods to sell to others for profit

focuses on renovating properties quickly before resale for profit

Compounds

square flipper
  • Archaic
9.9

A medium-sized Arctic seal with whiskers on each side of its nose, also called the bearded seal

How Professional

mogul
49 6.6
developer
145 3.6
renovator
1 4.2
flipper
  • Jargon
6 7.2

Surface Forms

flipper singular
flippers plural

Morphology

flipper = flip (transparent) = flip + er

Standard agentive derivation from the verb 'flip' (to resell quickly), so the meaning 'person who flips houses' follows productive English morphology.

Etymology

Flipper in real estate comes from flip ('to buy or sell quickly') plus -er ('person who does'). So a flipper is a person who renovates a house fast and then sells it for a profit.