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I’m not a grammar Nazi. Split infinitives, dangling prepositions—I’m fine. Life’s too short, and I’m too laid back to police your syntax.

But there’s a terminology issue I do care about, because it actually matters:

Flipping houses is not investing.

Yes, I know. This is coming from the guy who literally named his company Flipping America. The irony is noted.

When you flip houses, you’re running a business.

A potentially lucrative one—but still a business.

Calling flipping “investing” is like calling a bakery an investment because you bought flour. The flour enables the business, but no one retires on flour.

You absolutely invest capital into a flipping operation—materials, labor, marketing, working capital—but what you’re building is an active profit engine, not a passive wealth vehicle.

And that distinction matters more than people want to admit.

Investing, in the classic sense, means deploying capital into an asset that grows in value or produces income over time.

You put money in.

The money works.

You check in occasionally.

Flipping is different by design.

A flip has a start date and an end date. You buy distressed property, add value through renovation, and sell for a spread—usually measured in months, not decades.

That’s not wealth accumulation.

That’s manufacturing, with houses as the raw material.

Real estate isn’t passive vs. active—it’s a spectrum.

Even passive investing requires judgment and oversight—but you’re not trading hours for dollars.

Flipping? You are.

Here’s the part that gets uncomfortable:

Flipping houses can produce great income—but it stops when you do.

Take a vacation? Income pauses.

Get sick? Income pauses.

Slow down later in life? Income pauses.

Flipping pays extremely well while you’re actively flipping. But you are the engine. When the engine shuts off, the vehicle stops moving.

Now compare that to owning assets.

If you own ten rental properties and take six months off, the rent still shows up. The income continues whether you’re working… or not.

That’s the difference between running a business and owning investments.

None of this is a knock on flipping. I’ve done over 1,700 of them. Flipping is one of the fastest ways to generate capital in real estate. It teaches you markets, contractors, deal structure, and risk management faster than almost anything else.

But it’s a means, not an end.

The flippers who actually build lasting wealth do something important:

they convert flipping profits into investment assets.

They flip to create capital.

Then they deploy that capital into rentals, notes, or syndications that keep paying long after the rehab dust settles.

If you flip houses and call yourself an investor, I’m not going to argue semantics. You’re probably making good money.

Just be clear about the game you’re playing.

Flipping is a job that pays well when you show up.

Investing is ownership that pays whether you do or not.

Both are valuable. Both belong in the same ecosystem.

Just don’t confuse one for the other.

And yes—the Flipping America guy is fully aware of the irony.

I flip houses to fund investments. Flipping is the job. Investing is the retirement plan.

Know the difference.

Flipping isn't investing — but it funds investing. In the Unlock Your Potential Workshop, Feb 21, I'll show you how to acquire properties creatively and choose the right exit. Sometimes you flip for capital. Sometimes you keep for cash flow. You'll know which is which. $97. Click here to register.

-Roger

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