Tanisha A. Sykes

Gabrielle Olhausen, 25, and husband Donald Olhausen Jr., 34, remodeled their home in 2018.

Donald Olhausen Jr., a 34-calendar year-old true estate flipper in San Diego, did a key home remodeling job on his 2,200-square-foot Mediterranean-model residence in 2018.

“We wholly renovated the kitchen area and loos, changed carpet, upgraded electrical and plumbing fixtures, and did carpentry function on the interior and exterior of the home,” states Olhausen. “We also additional sod and new fencing to the front lawn to aid with control appeal.”

The job was quite an enterprise, but additional than worth it for Olhausen and his spouse, Gabrielle, 25. To pay for the renovation, Olhausen, who was sole owner of the home at the time, borrowed $25,000 from his future father-in-legislation.

“It was dangerous due to the fact I had only regarded him significantly less than a calendar year, and he was heading out on a limb for me,” he suggests. “It was certainly really worth it mainly because the home appears to be like wonderful.” Olhausen has because repaid his father-in-law in entire.

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