I sometimes hate these flip/flop shows
Tonight, there is a show where a good looking blond and her snarky ex husband flip houses in California. They bought a 3 bedroom, 1,000 square foot house to flip. It costs $510,000.
For 1,000 square feet.
That is insane, and one reason why homelessness is on the rise in cities experiencing rapid growth in high paying jobs.
Of course, they always find a major problem early in the show...whether it is asbestos, a cracked foundation, mold, something they did not expect. And it is like that with every show! Always a problem.
By the way....they plan to put $75,000 in renos in the house and then sell it as an entry level house to a young couple just starting out.
When Jackie and I started out, we had a similar financial decision to make: buy the wood grained contact paper or the light tan. We then took two cardboard boxes and wrapped the contact paper around the box, creating two end tables. Not sturdy end tables, but they did hold a lamp.
Her dad ended up giving us some old steel tables that we used for years. And we used our cardboard ones for storage and as a base for our first Christmas tree...a two footer.
I guess young couples starting out today are a little better off than we were.
Peace and Love
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