Ya think it's easy?

“All Mammals can be house-trained. Dogs just got it worked out for them first.”

I’m rehabbing a house right now, and I’m good at it. I’ll end up spending $15K, a lot for me, over two weeks, but in that time I’ll take the property from trashed to treasured – and then I’ll sell it wicked fast.

As with everything, a praxis is just theory plus the practice to put it to the test, but the orchestra of effort that goes into doing that much that fast – it’s fun for me to watch, even as I’m waving the baton.

Here’s the funny part: I’ve never gotten paid for my end of this work. I’m always turning over a rental property or prepping a home for sale. I can, could and should be flipping, but for now all I’ve done is all the executive work for none of the compensation.

That will change, over time. The inventory shortage shows no sign of abating, which makes new wine in old skins taste vintage. And I know how to do a job, quickly and economically, that others find daunting.

I could not be more self-employed, already, but I’m looking to make my world even less dependent on people who imagine they have power over me.

In other news:

Housing Wire: Red-hot US housing market begins to cool.

CNBC: America is short more than 5 million homes, and builders can’t make up the difference.

Mike DelPrete: The Real Estate Disruptors Serious About Mortgage.

Alex Berenson: Quite frankly: The arrogance of Anthony Fauci, and what it means for the rest of us.

American Thinker: The Disposable Children of the Pandemic.