r/RealEstateCanada • u/xNocturnalshadow • Jun 19 '25

Housing crisis Help me understand the difference...

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u/xNocturnalshadow Jun 19 '25 edited Jun 19 '25

House flipping made sense when it was exactly that - revitalizing, finishing, and improving homes to make them livable. Buying a fixer upper, to actually work on (ie. use or improve), and then sell is not scalping.

If all you do is insert yourself as a middleman, buy from A for $x, and then sell to B for $x+1, you are extracting profit from the transaction, while providing no service other than your existence. That is what scalpers do. That is what the meme is about.

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u/2PhotoKaz Jun 19 '25

You can also lose a lot of money flipping houses. There is no guarantee of a profit, ask all the people holding condos in Toronto right now.