I watch all those shows too!!!

I wish we could have had DESIGNED TO SELL when we were selling my mom's house!!!

If my brother lived closer....we would have bought a cheaper house & had him update it all!
When he finally does our bathroom.....it will be updated....in our minds when we bought this house!
Everything but the kitchen and bathroom were updated!!! Now that we have a brand new kitchen in the remodel......the bathroom is left.....but the rest of the house now looks dated!!!!

I have to reprogram myself....pretty new towels & accesseries will make a world of difference...say that over and over.......and over........!

Designed To Sell is great!...the decorator Lisa is really creative..I have learned alot from her ideas...keep in mind though that she only gets $2000 to make the house sell quickly...but....she has that nice staff of carpenters to make it all happen ...i have some ideas, however...no nice carpenters to implement them....boo hoo....
Also...Chatty...wasn't that episode of Flip This House so scary when all of those rats started running around that amazingly huge house in NC?
I had some wild dreams or should I say "nightmares" after seeing that one..when you were involved with your house flipping, did you do it in as little time (under 3 months) as on the show? How much fun was that for you? I would love to do it sometime...Las Vegas is a really hot real estate market, how great that you got in on it...you are a very smart lady...

My sister is house flipping, now in Michigan. She and her very talented carpenter husband just love it. They work exceedingly hard , doing it all themselves, (he has years and years of experience tho'- started out as a carpenter, but then ended up building huge bridges, water treatment plants, hospitals etc. So that's kind of like cheating, huh? ). Their idea is to do this as perfect as possible but in a short amount of time also. But I know Chuck only too well, and he is a real stickler for those details, so i"m sure it will take them longer than most..... And my sister has HER figure back, Chatty - without dieting OR paying a gym!!Hmmmmm.....They both are in their sixties too. (Maybe this IS the way to go gals......)

But here's what my brother did. He figured out that if you build a house, live in it for 2 years, by the time you you build the 7th, you will have gotten it free. Of course that depends on market, location, etc. I think he's on his 5th or 6th. But geez, could ya' move every 2 years with young children and all? I might have a free house by then, but I'd be a crazy woman who didn't give a rip.....and 14 years older to boot!!!! But he and his wife have the dedication and the business sense to do it - so more power to them!!!

So where's my cool money-making idea? Am I a throw-back or somethin? Chopped Liver? Not the sharpest knife in the drawer? What's up with that? (oops, whining again....)O well, I'm SURE my idea will be coming forthwith - I'm just one of our late-bloomers, that's all!!! Ya'll just wait and see, you just wait and see!!!!

Searcher...

You are too cute! When the student is ready - the teacher will come (lol) (is that right)?

I need your address darling. Please "PM" it to me.

Danita

Yea, you could do a lot with $2,000 if you have a crew of professionals to demo, build and install! It's taken me over 2 years to remodel my house and I've done 95% of the work myself - also spent waaaaayy over $2,000! Of course I'm working a full time job also.

You could not drag me from my house to leave all my hard work behind - well, not unless you're tall dark and handsome with a large nest and nest egg. I have no desire to remodel a home alone again.

Daisygirl

Its my job to find the houses and then the money man makes the deal and we have another all around genius guy that can do most of the work with his partner. I then do the interior design and the place is put on the market and yes about 60 to 90 days is right on the money....

It is so sad how some people treat even fairly new homes allowing them to fall into such disrepair.