Anita's focus on the "story" in a property helps her design functional, highly attractive living spaces for the properties the Corsinis flip.
equations, but to her love of “the story” behind every deal they do. “You are taking an old house and basically turning it into something new, but the story in the property is still there,” she said. An example of this is a 100-year-old tear-down that the two opted, ultimately, not to tear down. “I hated to even let Ken sell that one because I love it so much,”
Anita laughed. The property will likely be featured during the second season of their television series, and it was, in Anita’s words, “very dilapidated” at the time of purchase. “Dilapidated is a really nice word for it,” she said. “The foundation was literally held up by rocks,” Ken explained. To Anita, the deal did not just look good
on paper; it also was intensely appealing from an emotional angle. “When we looked at the property for the first time, we realized we could bring that house back to life in a way. Sure, the house itself is not alive, but its story could be.” About $100,000 worth of rehab work later, the property is stunning and the neighborhood is thrilled. “Neighbors and even some of the people who used
2009 Ken starts work on his
2015 Casting director calls
master's degree in building construction and general contractor's license
2014 Launch of boutique new-construction business and shift focus to flipping
2007 - 2014 Focus on turnkey rentals
2003 Ken & Anita start Red Barn Homes
22 | think realty magazine :: september 2018
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