If I were to speculate about the outlines of the “shell company” loophole you describe - I figure you would form a company to own the property, and then sell th

If I were to speculate about the outlines of the “shell company” loophole you describe - I figure you would form a company to own the property, and then sell the company instead of the property directly? Is that right, and if so, any reason you can’t do that for a house?