$123 success story. Yeah, you read that correctly.

[DJ Cummins]

Well, when life hands you lemons, you mix those with some vodka and have a cocktail.  I think that is the old saying, right?  

So my wife and I bought a SFR a few weeks ago, and have been getting it ready to rent. We bought this FSBO from a friend of my cousin, and it was an odd deal, that we almost lost because the sellers had to bring 5k in cash to closing. The sellers had used this place as a rental for 7 years, and decided they were tired of dealing with it. It needed some love, but we got a pretty solid deal in a great area on this one. Due to almost losing the deal on closing day, we didn't get a chance to do a final walk thru, but we just went with it. That was a mistake. There was a ton of junk left behind, and we are going to probably fill an entire dumpster just with junk from the basement and shed. This was very annoying.

But, you have to do what you can to make the best of things, and to try and make a buck whenever possible.  My brother had a yard sale over the weekend, so for the past week, I have been hauling anything salvageable from the house and shed outside, and took it all to my brothers house.  We ended up selling a bunch of "junk"(that wasn't even ours) for $123, which will cover most of the dumpster rental that we will have to use at our new property.  All in all, we had some good family time on the first HOT day of the year in the STL area, and we made a few bucks.  I also helped my precious 6 year old niece run her lemonade stand all day which was fun(and she made $98.00!).

This business is about perseverance, improvising, and some times adding a little sweat equity.   All of that paid off this weekend.  Remember my friends-if life hands you lemons, just break out the vodka, ice, and your blender and make the best of it!

Have a great week!

DJ Cummins