We paid $5,000 for this house | Before & After Renovation

Sometimes you get what you pay for. Lincoln couldn’t pass up the opportunity to buy a house for $5,000 in Brownwood, Texas near where he grew up. Condemned by the city and scheduled to be demolished will the Flipsters be able to save this home and restore it to its former glory? How in the world will they manage a construction project that is 2.5 hours from Austin? Stay tuned to find out how the 5K house turns out.

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Exterior Paint: Benjamin Moore Soot
Trim: Benjamin Moore Silken Pine
Front Door: Benjamin Moore Sheer Romance
Interior: Sherwin Williams Drift of Mist

Kitchen counters: Leathered Granite
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[tannerrienbolt]

You bought a $5000 piece of land and it came with a free house lol

[LaLadybug]

Louisianaian here...Yes, you paint porch ceilings blue to keep bugs/spiders/ wasps from building their webs and nests on your porch! It truly works-

[Rommy]

"We are both happily maried, but not to each other" Legendary Quote

[rh]

I lived in a house that was built in the 40s and two of the three bedrooms had external doors with small, private porches. I was told that this would allow a woman whose husband was away at war to earn an income by renting out one or both of those rooms, while still maintaining her home and caring for her children. I loved being able to open the doors and windows to catch the breeze!

[tailsfannew]

Just bought my first house with my bf for $5500, used to be a hoarder house. Smells like death. Trying to renovate it for under $9000. Wish us luck! 😥

[susewambold]

To those who keep saying “why didn’t they change the floor plan”, this is meant to be a rental property. Bedrooms sell!

[emilee]

Not only does the light blue on the porch ceiling help keep bugs away, the practice actually originates from Gullah folklore from the Lowcountry sea islands of South Carolina. The Gullah/Geechee people believe that painting the ceiling of your porch blue will help keep the Haints (evil spirits) from entering your home. The haints supposedly cannot cross over water and are fooled by the blue ceiling. This color blue is commonly referred to as “Haint Blue”, especially here in South Carolina and Georgia!

[lggxdin]

Impressive video. I started a bit late (graduated from my doctorate program at age 30 in 2016 with 170k in school loan debt). Managed to pay off my debt by 2019 and currently have a house and 250k total in investments (combo of profit share, 401k and a brokerage account). I'm not very knowledgeable in investing, so I just have my investing currently in index funds mainly voo, but have been putting a lot into schd the past few months. I dunno if that's the optimal strategy, but psychologically it is very set it and forget it, and prevents me from obsessing over individual stock performance.

[mizzysparrots]

I dont understand all the negatives. If this video isn't the info you're looking for then don't watch. The title said before and after and thats exactly what it was. They never claimed they were going to show a step by step. I thought this came out nice considering how the city was ready to tear it down 🤷‍♀️

[gongoozleriam]

"and we're happily married"
"but not to each other"
Me: welp that was awkward ...lol

[spder]

I don't get this comment section? He's a freaking real estate agent, they are SUPPOSE to talk a lot. And notice that's it's an HOUSE TOUR so again, THEY'RE SUPPOSE TO TALK. And he was going through what he was doing with the house.. 🤦🏾‍♀️

[chrisarredondo]

This house is 3 blocks away from my house. I always thought that house was beautiful. Now I see why. Great work.

[mandyshutters]

Great job, but I honestly don’t understand with so much of the house having to be rebuilt, why didn’t y’all knock down some walls and relocate certain things like the kitchen, and do more of an open concept instead of making the weird layout pretty?

[tickledpink]

For all the geniuses yapping about the foundation here's a primer for you.
In Texas we get droughts regularly, 3 months of no rain at my house this summer is not even considered a drought...just normal. We have limestone and clay soil. When you have a concrete slab foundation and there's a drought guess what happens? The ground splits. You either spend a great deal of time and money (not to mention harming the environment) leaving a water hose running around the perimeter of your slab or in a few years you have a cracked, busted, heaving slab. I have seen beautiful, newer homes demolished because the slab was beyond repair. So the very intelligent builders a couple hundred years ago started using pier and beam which allows for shifting with no damage to the home. Those multiple stacks of "small tiles" are where a "foundation" leveler has gone in and jacked up the house incrementally. Those tiles are very easy to pull a few out or stick several in raising or lowering as needed. My current home is 98 years old and will need leveled within the next couple years, but it will cost me less than $1, 000 and hasn't been done in almost 30 years. Just because you're not familiar with it doesn't make it wrong.

[TravelTheWorld.]

I've been renovating a distressed property in Texas also. I've been spending a lot and sometimes feel there's no end in sight. Seeing your finished product give me a boost. Thank you

[kareensmith]

“It has been de-ghosted so that will add a lot of value to the house.” 😂 lol the best comment.

[alasiabender]

I’m not gonna lie. Waking up to all those windows would be a dream come true. Y’all did a great job on this house ✨👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽✨

[falcone]

Neighborhood is my top consideration. I wouldn't live in that flashy house when all the neighbouring homes look like slums.

[aok]

Fast forward 3 years and you were spot on about the rental market and taking advantage of low interest rates

[kippen]

Impressed by the lack of graffiti in a derelict house with no security.
The lack of curtains in the finished house did weird me out.