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dar512 · 05-14-2004, 12:51 PM

~25 years ago, I bought my first house for 27k. Long commute and a real fixer-upper.

I gutted the place, put in insulation, shimmed the walls (really old house - nothing was square), and put up drywall. Cost me about $1000 in materials. I sold the house for 34.5k. It took all my spare time for a year, but it got my foot in the housing market.

The profit from the first place was my down-payment on a newer home in a better (and closer) suburb.

05-14-2004, 12:51 PM	#11
dar512 dar512 is now Pete Zicato Join Date: May 2003 Location: Chicago suburb Posts: 4,968	~25 years ago, I bought my first house for 27k. Long commute and a real fixer-upper. I gutted the place, put in insulation, shimmed the walls (really old house - nothing was square), and put up drywall. Cost me about $1000 in materials. I sold the house for 34.5k. It took all my spare time for a year, but it got my foot in the housing market. The profit from the first place was my down-payment on a newer home in a better (and closer) suburb.

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