[Bill Douglas]

Another way of looking at the situation...

Buyers have been paying huge money for freshly renovated "do ups" around here. There were so many people buying places and doing a make-over then moving them on, a few years ago, that there was very little money in it for them. But now that most of the do-ups guys have lost their shirts and gone back to their regular jobs, the freshly made over places (relatively speaking) are something of a rarity. A buddy of mine has been using contractors for everything in here renovations and making big money on the sales.