Money Hoping to make money in real estate? Here are 5 tips for a successful house flip May 31, 2019June 2, 2019 Tanisha A. Sykes, Special to USA TODAY Comments Off on Hoping to make money in real estate? Here are 5 tips for a successful house flip TV shows can make flipping — when an investor buys houses and quickly sells them for a profit — look easy. Not so fast, say experts and flippers.