Flipping Out is a reality television series on Bravo, and re-aired on sister network CNBC. The show is centered on real estate investor Jeff Lewis in Los Angeles, California and first Aired in the States in 2007, and subsequently in Australia on September 4 2009 on Arena. The series features Lewis, his entourage that consists of his CEA (Chief Executive Assistant) Jenni, housekeeper Zoila, assistant(s) and helper(s), and the houses that he works to buy and sell for profit. The show completed its third season on Bravo and is part of an extended series of shows that have included Blow Out and Work Out.

Cast

Jeff Lewis

Lewis was born 24 March 1970 in Orange County, California, and is a 1988 graduate of Mater Dei High School. He attended both the University of Southern California and Chapman University where he was Pre-Law and Political Science major. After graduating from college in 1993, Lewis began working for a real estate agent. In 1999, Lewis began his current occupation as a real-estate speculator. He purchases properties, sometimes for over a million dollars each, and then renovates them to sell for a profit. Jeff is openly gay, and formerly had a relationship with his business partner Ryan Brown. The New York Times called Jeff "a man balancing multiple mortgages like bricks on a noodle." In 2008 he started "Jeff Lewis Design" and in 2009 launched a line of home furnishings he designed on QVC. 21 August 2009., Wendy Williams Show interview with Lewis and assistant Jenny.

Lewis speaks openly about his living with obsessive–compulsive personality disorder and the show often highlights how this manifests in his business dealings. Lewis is shown obsessing over his three dogs and two cats, has several psychics and mediums, and performs exorcisms for his houses. He sees a therapist and does "scream therapy," to release stress.