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CREATIVITY
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Extreme Makeover: Creativity Is a Must! ALTHOUGH EVERYONE LOVES AN EXTREME HOME MAKEOVER, THERE ARE REAL TRICKS TO COMPLETING ONE SUCCESSFULLY.
by Michele Van Der Veen
lmost all extreme makeovers require one thing: creativity. How creative you can ultimately be determines whether you can pull off a project as large and as complex as an extreme makeover! Getting creative means more than coming up with great designs, however. It also means being able to work outside your comfort zone, which some people may not be able to tolerate. But, if you can push yourself through A
and stay creative, you’ll inevitably realize a greater profit. Let’s look at the particulars of one extreme makeover.
homes. You could say it was a diamond in the rough. But with only two bedrooms
and one bathroom, the first issue that needed to be addressed was the square footage. Adding more bedrooms and more bathrooms would help justify investing large sums of money to make the home pencil out on paper for a profit. The home’s construction materials sent up some definite red flags as
ADDRESSING THE GLARING ISSUES
This home was a drug house for more than 10 years. On the positive side, it was located in a neighborhood of newer custom-built
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