The phrase "flip a house" is a correct and commonly used phrase in written English.
Generally, it is used when someone buys an older home with the intent of renovating it and reselling it quickly for a profit, also known as "house flipping." For example, "My parents are looking to flip a house in our area this summer."
You can flip a house for profit.
I like watching those HGTV shows, so it looked like it'd be fun to flip a house myself.
It's easier to flip a house than to flip a man -- and a lot more profitable, with a lot less heartache.
The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee added Applegate to a list of candidates who could flip a House seat from red to blue, and Applegate attracted the services of an experienced campaign manager, Robert Dempsey, whose most recent job was overseeing Bernie Sanders's primary campaigns in Minnesota, Wisconsin, and New Jersey.
After a stint in the Navy, Cason returned home and flipped a house in the area to invest in his first smoker.
"He's probably the most talented horse picker in the land," says Tom VanMeter, a veterinarian and so-called pinhooker (someone who buys young horses and sells them quickly for profit, as if flipping a house).
Well, it's like when someone "flips" a house.
Flipping a house involves an investor buying a discounted home, usually with cash or private money from companies that partner with people who buy houses.
(So vivid do these characters become, and so well does Packer describe the straining real-estate bubble, that when one of them thinks of taking their meager savings and flipping a house, I wrote in the margins, "Don't do it, Jeff!" "Tam: NO!").
Know that flipping a house can get expensive.
The process of "flipping" a house, or buying and selling it within a short period of time, may put you in the dealer category.
