The SeaWorld Rescue team along with the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, and the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission prepare to release a manatee, which had been found in Texas waters suffering from cold stress, flipper damage and other ailments before being rehabilitated in San Antonio for seven months, back to the wild at Pete's Pier in Crystal River, Florida, U.S. July 27, 2022. REUTERS/Octavio Jones 

The SeaWorld Rescue team along with the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, and the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission prepare to release a manatee, which had been found in Texas waters suffering from cold stress, flipper damage and other ailments before being rehabilitated in San Antonio for seven months, back to the wild at Pete's Pier in Crystal River, Florida, U.S. July 27, 2022. REUTERS/Octavio Jones 

The SeaWorld Rescue team arrives with a manatee, which had been found in Texas waters suffering from cold stress, flipper damage and other ailments before being rehabilitated in San Antonio for seven months, to release back to the wild at Pete's Pier in Crystal River, Florida, U.S. July 27, 2022. REUTERS/Octavio Jones 

The SeaWorld Rescue team along with the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, and the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission prepare to release a manatee, which had been found in Texas waters suffering from cold stress, flipper damage and other ailments before being rehabilitated in San Antonio for seven months, back to the wild at Pete's Pier in Crystal River, Florida, U.S. July 27, 2022. REUTERS/Octavio Jones 

The SeaWorld Rescue team along with the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, and the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission prepare to release a manatee, which had been found in Texas waters suffering from cold stress, flipper damage and other ailments before being rehabilitated in San Antonio for seven months, back to the wild at Pete's Pier in Crystal River, Florida, U.S. July 27, 2022. REUTERS/Octavio Jones 

The SeaWorld Rescue team along with the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, and the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission prepare to release a manatee, which had been found in Texas waters suffering from cold stress, flipper damage and other ailments before being rehabilitated in San Antonio for seven months, back to the wild at Pete's Pier in Crystal River, Florida, U.S. July 27, 2022. REUTERS/Octavio Jones 

The SeaWorld Rescue team along with the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, and the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission prepare to release a manatee back to the wild, which had been found in Texas waters suffering from cold stress, flipper damage and other ailments before being rehabilitated in San Antonio for seven months, at Pete's Pier in Crystal River, Florida, U.S. July 27, 2022. REUTERS/Octavio Jones 

The SeaWorld Rescue team along with the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, and the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission prepare to release a manatee back to the wild, which had been found in Texas waters suffering from cold stress, flipper damage and other ailments before being rehabilitated in San Antonio for seven months, at Pete's Pier in Crystal River, Florida, U.S. July 27, 2022. REUTERS/Octavio Jones 

The SeaWorld Rescue team along with the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, and the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission prepare to release a manatee back to the wild, which had been found in Texas waters suffering from cold stress, flipper damage and other ailments before being rehabilitated in San Antonio for seven months, at Pete's Pier in Crystal River, Florida, U.S. July 27, 2022. REUTERS/Octavio Jones 

A manatee, which had been found in Texas waters suffering from cold stress, flipper damage and other ailments before being rehabilitated in San Antonio for seven months, is prepared to be released back to the wild by the SeaWorld Rescue team along with the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, and the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission at Pete's Pier in Crystal River, Florida, U.S. July 27, 2022. REUTERS/Octavio Jones 

The SeaWorld Rescue team along with U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, and the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission prepare to release a manatee, which had been found in Texas waters suffering from cold stress, flipper damage and other ailments before being rehabilitated in San Antonio for seven months, at Pete's Pier in Crystal River, Florida, U.S. July 27, 2022. REUTERS/Octavio Jones 

The SeaWorld Rescue team along with the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, and the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission prepare to release a manatee, which had been found in Texas waters suffering from cold stress, flipper damage and other ailments before being rehabilitated in San Antonio for seven months, at Pete's Pier in Crystal River, Florida, U.S. July 27, 2022. REUTERS/Octavio Jones 

Members of the SeaWorld Rescue team look for the manatee, which had been found in Texas waters suffering from cold stress, flipper damage and other ailments before being rehabilitated in San Antonio for seven months, as it was released back to the wild by a team from SeaWorld, along with the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, and the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission at Pete's Pier in Crystal River, Florida, U.S. July 27, 2022. REUTERS/Octavio Jones 

The SeaWorld Rescue team along with U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, and the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission prepare to release a manatee, which had been found in Texas waters suffering from cold stress, flipper damage and other ailments before being rehabilitated in San Antonio for seven months, at Pete's Pier in Crystal River, Florida, U.S. July 27, 2022. REUTERS/Octavio Jones 

The SeaWorld Rescue team along with U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, and the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission prepare to release a manatee, which had been found in Texas waters suffering from cold stress, flipper damage and other ailments before being rehabilitated in San Antonio for seven months, at Pete's Pier in Crystal River, Florida, U.S. July 27, 2022. REUTERS/Octavio Jones 

Monica Ross, the Director of Manatee Research Conservation at the Clearwater Marine Aquarium, and Carl Cloyed, a Research Senior Marine Scientist at the Dauphin Island, attach a GPS tracking device before releasing a manatee, which had been found in Texas waters suffering from cold stress, flipper damage and other ailments before being rehabilitated in San Antonio for seven months, at Pete's Pier in Crystal River, Florida, U.S. July 27, 2022. REUTERS/Octavio Jones 

Carl Cloyed, a Research Senior Marine Scientist at the Dauphin Island and Monica Ross, the Director of Manatee Research Conservation at the Clearwater Marine Aquarium, attach a GPS tracking device before releasing a manatee, which had been found in Texas waters suffering from cold stress, flipper damage and other ailments before being rehabilitated in San Antonio for seven months, by a team from SeaWorld, along with the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, and the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission at Pete's Pier in Crystal River, Florida, U.S. July 27, 2022. REUTERS/Octavio Jones 

Carl Cloyed, a Research Senior Marine Scientist at the Dauphin Island and Monica Ross, the Director of Manatee Research Conservation at the Clearwater Marine Aquarium, attach a GPS tracking device before releasing a manatee, which had been found in Texas waters suffering from cold stress, flipper damage and other ailments before being rehabilitated in San Antonio for seven months, by a team from SeaWorld, along with the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, and the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission at Pete's Pier in Crystal River, Florida, U.S. July 27, 2022. REUTERS/Octavio Jones 

A manatee, which had been found in Texas waters suffering from cold stress, flipper damage and other ailments before being rehabilitated in San Antonio for seven months, is prepared to be released back to the wild by a team from SeaWorld, along with the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, and the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission at Pete's Pier in Crystal River, Florida, U.S. July 27, 2022. REUTERS/Octavio Jones 

The SeaWorld Rescue team along with U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, and the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission prepare to release a manatee, which had been found in Texas waters suffering from cold stress, flipper damage and other ailments before being rehabilitated in San Antonio for seven months, at Pete's Pier in Crystal River, Florida, U.S. July 27, 2022. REUTERS/Octavio Jones 

A traditional pair of diver's goggles, flippers and diving weights belonging to a senior haenyeo, also known as a "sea woman", sit on a rock in Busan, South Korea, April 6, 2021. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji SEARCH "HAENYEO HONG-JI" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES 

A man puts on flippers as a woman walks down the stairs into the sea at Blackrock diving tower on a cold evening winter sunset amid the continuing coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Galway, Ireland, December 3, 2020. REUTERS/Clodagh Kilcoyne 

A note announces sanitizing procedures at Flippers Pizzeria at Spanish Springs Town Square amid coronavirus (COVID-19) cases in The Villages, Florida, U.S. March 16, 2020. REUTERS/Yana Paskova 

Female turtle named Goody tests out the first prosthetic flipper that will help other sea turtles injured from fishing gears to swim again, in Phuket, Thailand January 10, 2020. Picture taken January 10, 2020. REUTERS/JIRAPORN KUHAKAN 

Female turtle named Goody tests out the first prosthetic flipper that will help other sea turtles injured from fishing gears to swim again, in Phuket, Thailand January 10, 2020. Picture taken January 10, 2020. REUTERS/JIRAPORN KUHAKAN 

Female turtle named Goody tests out the first prosthetic flipper that will help other sea turtles injured from fishing gears to swim again, in Phuket, Thailand January 10, 2020. Picture taken January 10, 2020. REUTERS/JIRAPORN KUHAKAN 

Female turtle named Goody tests out the first prosthetic flipper that will help other sea turtles injured from fishing gears to swim again, in Phuket, Thailand January 10, 2020. Picture taken January 10, 2020. REUTERS/JIRAPORN KUHAKAN 

Female turtle named Goody tests out the first prosthetic flipper that will help other sea turtles injured from fishing gears to swim again, in Phuket, Thailand January 10, 2020. Picture taken January 10, 2020. REUTERS/JIRAPORN KUHAKAN 

Regina Palomares, 68, puts on flippers before her surf class in Santos, Sao Paulo state, Brazil March 16, 2016. When work is up, surf is up in Brazil, as a group of retired citizens take to the waves in keep-fit, keep-young sessions at a surf school in the city of Santos. The classes are run for free, three times a week at the Cisco Arana school, which aims to prove that age is just a number. REUTERS/Nacho Doce SEARCH "NACHO SURFING" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "THE WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES

A boy wearing flippers lies on the shoreline as a surfer carrying his board walks along Sydney's Bondi Beach at sunset in Australia May 25, 2015. REUTERS/David Gray 

A diver leaps into a pond, which can hold up to 40,000 fish, during a daily inspection of the nets at a Tasmanian salmon farm owned by Huon Aquaculture Group Ltd located at Hideaway Bay, south of Hobart June 2, 2014. Huon Aquaculture Group Ltd, Australia's second-largest salmon farmer, said it plans to raise A$133 million ($117 million) in a sharemarket listing in a bid to boost its share of the country's fastest growing marine farming sector. The IPO makes Huon the southern state's - and Australia's - second listed salmon farmer after larger Tassal Group Ltd, which has been growing earnings since it decided to cut exports and focus on the strong domestic market. Picture taken June 2, 2014. To match story IPO-HUON/ REUTERS/David Gray (AUSTRALIA - Tags: ENVIRONMENT AGRICULTURE BUSINESS) 

A competitor (L) takes part in the World Bog Snorkelling Championships at Waen Rhydd bog on the outskirts of LLanwrtyd Wells, Powys, Wales August 24, 2014. The annual event, where competitors swim in a marshy trench with flippers and a snorkel, brings together participants from all over the world, including France, Germany, Australia, New Zealand, the U.S. and Canada. REUTERS/Rebecca Naden (BRITAIN - Tags: SOCIETY) 

Simon Reynolds competes in the World Bog Snorkelling Championships at Waen Rhydd bog on the outskirts of LLanwrtyd Wells, Powys, Wales August 24, 2014. The annual event, where competitors swim in a marshy trench with flippers and a snorkel, brings together participants from all over the world, including France, Germany, Australia, New Zealand, the U.S. and Canada. REUTERS/Rebecca Naden (BRITAIN - Tags: SOCIETY) 

Simon Reynolds competes in the World Bog Snorkelling Championships at Waen Rhydd bog on the outskirts of LLanwrtyd Wells, Powys, Wales August 24, 2014. The annual event, where competitors swim in a marshy trench with flippers and a snorkel, brings together participants from all over the world, including France, Germany, Australia, New Zealand, the U.S. and Canada. REUTERS/Rebecca Naden (BRITAIN - Tags: SOCIETY) 

A competitor takes part in the World Bog Snorkelling Championships at Waen Rhydd bog on the outskirts of LLanwrtyd Wells, Powys, Wales August 24, 2014. The annual event, where competitors swim in a marshy trench with flippers and a snorkel, brings together participants from all over the world, including France, Germany, Australia, New Zealand, the U.S. and Canada. REUTERS/Rebecca Naden (BRITAIN - Tags: SOCIETY) 

Competitors in fancy dress wait to enter the World Bog Snorkelling Championships at Waen Rhydd bog on the outskirts of LLanwrtyd Wells, Powys, Wales August 24, 2014. The annual event, where competitors swim in a marshy trench with flippers and a snorkel, brings together participants from all over the world, including France, Germany, Australia, New Zealand, the U.S. and Canada. REUTERS/Rebecca Naden (BRITAIN - Tags: SOCIETY) 

Joanna Parker celebrates finishing in the World Bog Snorkelling Championships at Waen Rhydd bog on the outskirts of LLanwrtyd Wells, Powys, Wales August 24, 2014. The annual event, where competitors swim in a marshy trench with flippers and a snorkel, brings together participants from all over the world, including France, Germany, Australia, New Zealand, the U.S. and Canada. REUTERS/Rebecca Naden (BRITAIN - Tags: SOCIETY TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) 

A competitor takes part in the World Bog Snorkelling Championships at Waen Rhydd bog on the outskirts of LLanwrtyd Wells, Powys, Wales August 24, 2014. The annual event, where competitors swim in a marshy trench with flippers and a snorkel, brings together participants from all over the world, including France, Germany, Australia, New Zealand, the U.S. and Canada. REUTERS/Rebecca Naden (BRITAIN - Tags: SOCIETY) 

A competitor in fancy dress waits to compete in the World Bog Snorkelling Championships at Waen Rhydd bog on the outskirts of LLanwrtyd Wells, Powys, Wales August 24, 2014. The annual event, where competitors swim in a marshy trench with flippers and a snorkel, brings together participants from all over the world, including France, Germany, Australia, New Zealand, the U.S. and Canada. REUTERS/Rebecca Naden (BRITAIN - Tags: SOCIETY) 

Simon Reynolds competes in the World Bog Snorkelling Championships at Waen Rhydd bog on the outskirts of LLanwrtyd Wells, Powys, Wales August 24, 2014. The annual event, where competitors swim in a marshy trench with flippers and a snorkel, brings together participants from all over the world, including France, Germany, Australia, New Zealand, the U.S. and Canada. REUTERS/Rebecca Naden (BRITAIN - Tags: SOCIETY) 

Joanna Parker waits to enter the World Bog Snorkelling Championships at Waen Rhydd bog on the outskirts of LLanwrtyd Wells, Powys, Wales August 24, 2014. The annual event, where competitors swim in a marshy trench with flippers and a snorkel, brings together participants from all over the world, including France, Germany, Australia, New Zealand, the U.S. and Canada. REUTERS/Rebecca Naden (BRITAIN - Tags: SOCIETY) 

A competitor waits to enter the World Bog Snorkelling Championships at Waen Rhydd bog on the outskirts of LLanwrtyd Wells, Powys, Wales August 24, 2014. The annual event, where competitors swim in a marshy trench with flippers and a snorkel, brings together participants from all over the world, including France, Germany, Australia, New Zealand, the U.S. and Canada. REUTERS/Rebecca Naden (BRITAIN - Tags: SOCIETY) 

A competitor takes part in the World Bog Snorkelling Championships at Waen Rhydd bog on the outskirts of LLanwrtyd Wells, Powys, Wales August 24, 2014. The annual event, where competitors swim in a marshy trench with flippers and a snorkel, brings together participants from all over the world, including France, Germany, Australia, New Zealand, the U.S. and Canada. REUTERS/Rebecca Naden (BRITAIN - Tags: SOCIETY) 

Competitors prepare to enter in the World Bog Snorkelling Championships at Waen Rhydd bog on the outskirts of LLanwrtyd Wells, Powys, Wales August 24, 2014. The annual event, where competitors swim in a marshy trench with flippers and a snorkel, brings together participants from all over the world, including France, Germany, Australia, New Zealand, the U.S. and Canada. REUTERS/Rebecca Naden (BRITAIN - Tags: SOCIETY) 

A competitor swims in the World Bog Snorkelling Championships at Waen Rhydd bog on the outskirts of LLanwrtyd Wells, Powys, Wales August 24, 2014. The annual event, where competitors swim in a marshy trench with flippers and a snorkel, brings together participants from all over the world, including France, Germany, Australia, New Zealand, the U.S. and Canada. REUTERS/Rebecca Naden (BRITAIN - Tags: SOCIETY) 

Joanna Parker competes in the World Bog Snorkelling Championships at Waen Rhydd bog on the outskirts of LLanwrtyd Wells, Powys, Wales August 24, 2014. The annual event, where competitors swim in a marshy trench with flippers and a snorkel, brings together participants from all over the world, including France, Germany, Australia, New Zealand, the U.S. and Canada. REUTERS/Rebecca Naden (BRITAIN - Tags: SOCIETY) 

Sterlet, a breed of sturgeon, swim in a tank at the Beloyarsky state fish hatchery in the village of Izykhskiye Kopi in Khakassia region, August 18, 2014. The hatchery was built to replace fish stocks in the Yenisei River depleted after construction of a hydro-electric dam, which blocked their migration route. The hatchlings are loaded into container trucks, and then released back into the Yenisei river about 800 km downstream from the hatchery. The hatchery will this year release 800,000 sturgeon fry back into the river, employees said. Picture taken August 18, 2014. REUTERS/Ilya Naymushin (RUSSIA - Tags: AGRICULTURE ENVIRONMENT TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) 

Museum worker Brittany Janaszak cleans a pectoral fin, or flipper, of a 94-foot-long blue whale model at the American Museum of Natural History in Manhattan, New York July 8, 2014. Installed in 1969, the 21,000 pound life-size blue whale model made of fiberglass and polyurethane, is based on a female blue whale found in 1925, a museum press release said. REUTERS/Adrees Latif (UNITED STATES - Tags: SOCIETY SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY) 

U.S. long-distance swimmer Diana Nyad, 64, reacts to a question, while lying on a stretcher, after completing her swim from Cuba to Key West, Florida, September 2, 2013. Nyad on Monday became the first person to swim across the Florida Straits from Cuba without a shark cage, succeeding on her fifth attempt at the feat. Nyad came ashore about 53 hours after she set off from Havana, completing the estimated 110-mile (177-km) journey and setting a record for the longest ocean swim without a shark cage or flippers, according to her crew. REUTERS/Andrew Innerarity (UNITED STATES - Tags: SPORT SWIMMING) 

Jen DeMaria (L) and Harry Appel (R) await U.S. long-distance swimmer Diana Nyad, 64, who completed her swim from Cuba to Key West, Florida, September 2, 2013. Nyad on Monday became the first person to swim across the Florida Straits from Cuba without a shark cage, succeeding on her fifth attempt at the feat. Nyad came ashore about 53 hours after she set off from Havana, completing the estimated 110-mile (177-km) journey and setting a record for the longest ocean swim without a shark cage or flippers, according to her crew. REUTERS/Andrew Innerarity (UNITED STATES - Tags: SPORT SWIMMING) 

U.S. long-distance swimmer Diana Nyad, 64 (R) waves to the crowd from a stretcher, after completing her swim from Cuba to Key West, Florida, September 2, 2013. Nyad on Monday became the first person to swim across the Florida Straits from Cuba without a shark cage, succeeding on her fifth attempt at the feat. Nyad came ashore about 53 hours after she set off from Havana, completing the estimated 110-mile (177-km) journey and setting a record for the longest ocean swim without a shark cage or flippers, according to her crew. REUTERS/Andrew Innerarity (UNITED STATES - Tags: SPORT SWIMMING) 

Betty Chambers, of Key West awaits the arrival of U.S. long-distance swimmer Diana Nyad, 64, who completed her swim from Cuba to Key West, Florida, September 2, 2013. Nyad on Monday became the first person to swim across the Florida Straits from Cuba without a shark cage, succeeding on her fifth attempt at the feat. Nyad came ashore about 53 hours after she set off from Havana, completing the estimated 110-mile (177-km) journey and setting a record for the longest ocean swim without a shark cage or flippers, according to her crew. REUTERS/Andrew Innerarity (UNITED STATES - Tags: SPORT SWIMMING) 

Members of the public wait near the shore for U.S. long-distance swimmer Diana Nyad, 64, as she completes her swim from Cuba to Key West, Florida, September 2, 2013. Nyad on Monday became the first person to swim across the Florida Straits from Cuba without a shark cage, succeeding on her fifth attempt at the feat. Nyad came ashore about 53 hours after she set off from Havana, completing the estimated 110-mile (177-km) journey and setting a record for the longest ocean swim without a shark cage or flippers, according to her crew. REUTERS/Andrew Innerarity (UNITED STATES - Tags: SPORT SWIMMING) 

U.S. long-distance swimmer Diana Nyad, 64, gestures to her mouth in response to a question, while lying on a stretcher, after completing her swim from Cuba to Key West, Florida, September 2, 2013. Nyad on Monday became the first person to swim across the Florida Straits from Cuba without a shark cage, succeeding on her fifth attempt at the feat. Nyad came ashore about 53 hours after she set off from Havana, completing the estimated 110-mile (177-km) journey and setting a record for the longest ocean swim without a shark cage or flippers, according to her crew. REUTERS/Andrew Innerarity (UNITED STATES - Tags: SPORT SWIMMING) 

Lender Jan Brzeski walks into the bedroom of a multi-million dollar home that was part of a spec renovation project he worked on with developer Scott Ryan in the Hollywood Hills area of Los Angeles, California August 5, 2013. Brzeski is a private money lender running an investment firm in Los Angeles that provides loans to house flippers, investors who buy a home, refurbish it, and sell it on at a profit. Many flippers go to money lenders because they can't get banks to provide such short-term, quick financing. Eighteen months ago Brzeski and his firm, Arixa Capital Advisors, were lending investor money to flippers on very different properties: $250,000 single family homes in southern California's up-and-coming low to middle class blue-collar neighborhoods. Most of the deals involved foreclosed homes that were totally refurbished, and then sold quickly. Brzeski now focuses on developers working on high-end flips of mansions and townhouses in exclusive neighborhoods, such as the Hollywood Hills and Bel Air. There has been a surge in high-end and luxury flipping nationwide. Between 2011 and today, flips of homes valued at $1 million or more have risen almost 40 percent across the United States, according to RealtyTrac, the housing data company. Picture taken August 5, 2013. To match Insight USA-HOMES/FLIPS REUTERS/Jason Redmond (UNITED STATES - Tags: BUSINESS SOCIETY REAL ESTATE) 

A view of the master bedroom in a multi-million dollar home that was the spec renovation project of lender Jan Brzeski and developer Scott Ryan is seen in the Hollywood Hills area of Los Angeles, California August 5, 2013. Brzeski is a private money lender running an investment firm in Los Angeles that provides loans to house flippers, investors who buy a home, refurbish it, and sell it on at a profit. Many flippers go to money lenders because they can't get banks to provide such short-term, quick financing. Eighteen months ago Brzeski and his firm, Arixa Capital Advisors, were lending investor money to flippers on very different properties: $250,000 single family homes in southern California's up-and-coming low to middle class blue-collar neighborhoods. Most of the deals involved foreclosed homes that were totally refurbished, and then sold quickly. Brzeski now focuses on developers working on high-end flips of mansions and townhouses in exclusive neighborhoods, such as the Hollywood Hills and Bel Air. There has been a surge in high-end and luxury flipping nationwide. Between 2011 and today, flips of homes valued at $1 million or more have risen almost 40 percent across the United States, according to RealtyTrac, the housing data company. Picture taken August 5, 2013. To match Insight USA-HOMES/FLIPS REUTERS/Jason Redmond (UNITED STATES - Tags: BUSINESS SOCIETY REAL ESTATE) 

A view of the master bathroom in a multi-million dollar home that was the spec renovation project of lender Jan Brzeski and developer Scott Ryan is seen in the Hollywood Hills area of Los Angeles, California August 5, 2013. Brzeski is a private money lender running an investment firm in Los Angeles that provides loans to house flippers, investors who buy a home, refurbish it, and sell it on at a profit. Many flippers go to money lenders because they can't get banks to provide such short-term, quick financing. Eighteen months ago Brzeski and his firm, Arixa Capital Advisors, were lending investor money to flippers on very different properties: $250,000 single family homes in southern California's up-and-coming low to middle class blue-collar neighborhoods. Most of the deals involved foreclosed homes that were totally refurbished, and then sold quickly. Brzeski now focuses on developers working on high-end flips of mansions and townhouses in exclusive neighborhoods, such as the Hollywood Hills and Bel Air. There has been a surge in high-end and luxury flipping nationwide. Between 2011 and today, flips of homes valued at $1 million or more have risen almost 40 percent across the United States, according to RealtyTrac, the housing data company. Picture taken August 5, 2013. To match Insight USA-HOMES/FLIPS REUTERS/Jason Redmond (UNITED STATES - Tags: BUSINESS SOCIETY REAL ESTATE) 

A view of the fireplace and living room in a multi-million dollar home that was the spec renovation project of lender Jan Brzeski and developer Scott Ryan is seen in the Hollywood Hills area of Los Angeles, California August 5, 2013. Brzeski is a private money lender running an investment firm in Los Angeles that provides loans to house flippers, investors who buy a home, refurbish it, and sell it on at a profit. Many flippers go to money lenders because they can't get banks to provide such short-term, quick financing. Eighteen months ago Brzeski and his firm, Arixa Capital Advisors, were lending investor money to flippers on very different properties: $250,000 single family homes in southern California's up-and-coming low to middle class blue-collar neighborhoods. Most of the deals involved foreclosed homes that were totally refurbished, and then sold quickly. Brzeski now focuses on developers working on high-end flips of mansions and townhouses in exclusive neighborhoods, such as the Hollywood Hills and Bel Air. There has been a surge in high-end and luxury flipping nationwide. Between 2011 and today, flips of homes valued at $1 million or more have risen almost 40 percent across the United States, according to RealtyTrac, the housing data company. Picture taken August 5, 2013. To match Insight USA-HOMES/FLIPS REUTERS/Jason Redmond (UNITED STATES - Tags: BUSINESS REAL ESTATE SOCIETY) 

A view of the living room in a multi-million dollar home that was the spec renovation project of lender Jan Brzeski and developer Scott Ryan is seen in the Hollywood Hills area of Los Angeles, California August 5, 2013. Brzeski is a private money lender running an investment firm in Los Angeles that provides loans to house flippers, investors who buy a home, refurbish it, and sell it on at a profit. Many flippers go to money lenders because they can't get banks to provide such short-term, quick financing. Eighteen months ago Brzeski and his firm, Arixa Capital Advisors, were lending investor money to flippers on very different properties: $250,000 single family homes in southern California's up-and-coming low to middle class blue-collar neighborhoods. Most of the deals involved foreclosed homes that were totally refurbished, and then sold quickly. Brzeski now focuses on developers working on high-end flips of mansions and townhouses in exclusive neighborhoods, such as the Hollywood Hills and Bel Air. There has been a surge in high-end and luxury flipping nationwide. Between 2011 and today, flips of homes valued at $1 million or more have risen almost 40 percent across the United States, according to RealtyTrac, the housing data company. Picture taken August 5, 2013. To match Insight USA-HOMES/FLIPS REUTERS/Jason Redmond (UNITED STATES - Tags: BUSINESS SOCIETY REAL ESTATE) 

An exterior view of the multi-million dollar four-bedroom and four-and-a-half bath home that was the spec renovation project of lender Jan Brzeski and developer Scott Ryan is seen in the Hollywood Hills area of Los Angeles, California August 5, 2013. Brzeski is a private money lender running an investment firm in Los Angeles that provides loans to house flippers, investors who buy a home, refurbish it, and sell it on at a profit. Many flippers go to money lenders because they can't get banks to provide such short-term, quick financing. Eighteen months ago Brzeski and his firm, Arixa Capital Advisors, were lending investor money to flippers on very different properties: $250,000 single family homes in southern California's up-and-coming low to middle class blue-collar neighborhoods. Most of the deals involved foreclosed homes that were totally refurbished, and then sold quickly. Brzeski now focuses on developers working on high-end flips of mansions and townhouses in exclusive neighborhoods, such as the Hollywood Hills and Bel Air. There has been a surge in high-end and luxury flipping nationwide. Between 2011 and today, flips of homes valued at $1 million or more have risen almost 40 percent across the United States, according to RealtyTrac, the housing data company. Picture taken August 5, 2013. To match Insight USA-HOMES/FLIPS REUTERS/Jason Redmond (UNITED STATES - Tags: BUSINESS SOCIETY REAL ESTATE)