Scott E. Yancey is a TV personality, businessman, real estate investor, and author. He is best known for his role on the A&E television series, Flipping Vegas, a modern reality TV show in which Scott and his wife, Amie Yancey purchase and repair dilapidated homes in the Las Vegas Valley, and attempt to flip them for profit.
Yancey made his first real estate deal at the age of 14, when he received an insurance settlement of $30,000, which he used to purchase the 2nd deed of trust for a home mortgage as an investment with a 14% interest rate. While enrolled in college, Yancey was hired to be a runner by Walter J. Plumb III, a real estate attorney and investor. Yancey continued to work with Plumb, assisting in multiple real estate transactions, such as the purchase of a 40-unit apartment complex and converting it to condos along with assembling dozens of land deals and subdividing the land into over 3000 lots. Now working independently of Plumb, Yancey began developing department stores in Las Vegas, Provo, Utah, and Tempe, Arizona. After selling his department stores and choosing to return to his real estate roots, Yancey relocated to Las Vegas in 1994. In 2008, Yancey founded the Las Vegas-based Goliath Company, a real estate brokerage and investment firm. Goliath Company focuses on investment properties, the buy-and-hold approach, and finding land to entitle and subsidize by selling to large private companies, which they have managed to do for a few thousand lots.
''Flipping Vegas''
In 2010, Yancey and Lovable Scoundrels Productions created the television series Flipping Vegas. A&E originally premiered the series on June 18, 2011. In addition to starring in the show, Yancey also served as an executive producer. The show concluded its fifth season on September 27, 2014.
Yancey Events
The Yanceys created Yancey Events as a way to help others learn about investing in real estate. Using the Yanceys' stardom from Flipping Vegas, coupled with the knowledge and experience they have gained from years in the business, Yancey Events employs salespeople who travel across the United States and sell educational seminars on how to properly invest in real estate. Many participants of the events have criticized them as being a scam.
Charity
In one episode of Flipping Vegas, the Yanceys donated a home to a wounded veteran.
Publications
Yancey has published two books:
Go Time, a 250-page book inspired by people who taught Yancey about real estate.
Flipping Your Way to Real Estate Profits, a 221-page book offering advice to financially challenged investors on how to make profits beyond flipping houses.
