My flip was saved by a 5 year old!

[Scott Hawley]

I wanted to share a funny story with you about a recent flip we did. This is a quick local condo flip where you are putting in about 20-25k which included an all new kitchen, floors, paint, bathroom, etc.

Everything went smoothly in this flip except it took 1-2 weeks longer than normal. Otherwise, right on budget. We list and it sells the first weekend for full price.

The surprise came 3 weeks later on the evening before it was going to record. The buyer's agent called and said that this deal was going to fall apart and not record unless 3 things happened:

1. The contractors left the old toilet in the storage room off the deck. Haul it away. [ok, no problem]

2. The smoke detectors needed to be installed. [they were in a box on the washer, but sure, no problem]

3. Plug in the fridge [this seemed a little petty, but our agent already axed many of the petty requests off the list, so sure, no problem]

Well, after completing #1 and #2, we learned why #3 was such a big deal. In the middle of the project, when ordering the cabinets, the GC made a decision to adjust the location of the fridge and the cabinet space. I'm a little embarrassed that I didn't catch this, but he didn't consult us but it looked fine. The problem is, that the outlet was not moved. So the power cord is just dangling behind the cabinets, which I can barely see through a drawer which does not come out easily at all and would need to be disassembled in order to pull it out, grab the cord and stretch it to the far side of the drawer and plug it in.

After trying to reach this any way possible, my agent and I were kind of scratching our heads and wondering what we would buy at Home Depot to plug this in and avoid taking apart the drawer/cabinet.

I called out to my awesome 5 year old, Kahlan, who wanted to come with Daddy to the house and asked if she thought she could fit in this drawer and if she wanted to be a hero. She was super happy to help!

She hopped in the drawer, then we had to close the drawer all but an inch so that just our flashlight app on our cell phones fit in the drawer, and then Kahlan was able to reach the cord, spin around, and plug it in.

She was a hero and we recorded the next day!

[Bob B.]

@Scott Hawley

You need to pay her a couple thousand $ for saving the flip, open her a ROTH and you both save money.

Great story.