[Lanza]

I know quite a few people that do that here too. Since I have never done it myself (except sell our own home to move to another), I just wondered why put it on the market while still remodeling, or even redecorate Elizabeth's room if they are selling. Then again, I know that real estate in that price range doesn't move as fast, so maybe they think they could possibly be there for a while.

[Utah Girl]

It's a lot of work to remodel and/or build a home. A brother of mine just moved into their new home, he, another brother, and my dad built almost all of it. And now the other brother is building a new home, with the same help from my dad. Only he has his eye on a new lot. His wife is not happy about this.

I know where I live, the housing market is in a bit of a slump. Houses are tending to stay on the market longer, and this might be the case with the Smart's home.

[GovernmentShrinker]

My boss (whose day job is banking) has made a boatload of money buying and reselling houses in the Greenwich, CT area where he lives. He made about $250,000 on one that he bought, spent two weekends with some hired help cleaning up the overgrown yard, had the interior painted, and then rented for a year. He'd been planning to do a lot more to it, but the people who were renting it decided they wanted to buy it "as is" for $250,000 more than my boss had paid for it. He's never lived in the houses he's fixing up to sell, though.