Home Improvement

Since I was younger I've always enjoyed hands-on projects. I helped my dad do handy-man projects at the house and when I was in junior high I built my own chicken coop and raised my own chickens. My dad showed me how to install a hot water heater when I was in my teens. Doing all these projects only facilitated my thirst for all home improvements.
When I was 21 I bought my own home. I owned it for one year when I helped put on a new roof. When my wife and I were serious we tore up all the carpet in the house and refinished the hardwoods. We also put a new ceiling in my bedroom.

After my wife and I got married we bought a flip home for $8,000. That turned out to be a disaster, but we didn't know it at the time. We financed for an additional $8,000 and an additional $16,000 we finished it. The home went up for sale for $41,000 and this all happened the time the housing market went to the toilet. We ended up selling it to an 80 year-old lady (who was buying rentals to invest in her retirement) for a lovely $22,000. We lost our pants on the deal. All those months of spending weekends/evenings at the place making the house that was once infested with cats urinating all over the hardwood floors to a home that smelled and was livable.

That being said the house we are living in now we have almost completely remodeled. I did all the tile in the bathroom (working on the 2nd bathroom now) and am planning puttin in Allure flooring in the kitchen/hallway plus putting in a small picket fence in our front yard. I think I'm a glutten for punishment. It seems every single time I start a project it always costs double what we estimated and takes twice as long. Yet I get burnt out and decide never to do another home improvement project 3 months down the road I put myself back into yet another project!

I think my business degree will help me get a better job, but won't let me do what I love to do: anything with my hands that involves working on a home. I say sometimes I hate it, but I really do enjoy this kind of work. I wish I could make big money doing construction or flipping homes, but my last experience has put a bad taste in my mouth.
If you ever need anything done give me a call. If anything I have all the tools you need, probably.