The houses are then renovated with a low budget and a quick schedule in order to be sold as soon as possible, a process known as flipping.

Many of the houses featured on the series are presented as having been vandalized or unkept by the previous tenants, and thus are in need of clean-up or expensive repairs.

However, Amie is passionate about her design choices and frequently makes expensive purchases on upgrades that are not budgeted, and often does so without informing Scott, which upsets him.

[7] Regarding the biggest misconception that viewers may have about the show, Scott Yancey said, "What the people see is us stressed in a house on an episode.

It takes a long time to put them together, to pick out the fit and finish and work on the quality.

"[7] Scott Yancey has been named as one of the defendants in an active Federal Trade Commission and Utah Division of Consumer Protection lawsuit against Nudge, LLC.

The complaint alleges that Yancey used the notoriety and celebrity status gained from Flipping Vegas to entice consumers into various real-estate flipping courses and potential real estate purchase schemes that fleeced consumers out of $400 million dollars.

[8] Yancey is reported to have received at least $10 million from Nudge, LLC beginning the year after Flipping Vegas began airing.