Investors seeking a quick buck will sometimes buy a rundown house, renovate it, and re-sell it, i.e., "flip" it. Does the church need to be flipped?
Flip? Or flop?
That's the question that's addressed on the HGTV show Flip or Flop. A husband and wife named Tarek and Christina attempt to transform run-down properties into valuable homes.
Tarek is a house flipper -- a specialist in renovating distressed properties. Christina is a real estate agent who has an eye for design. Together, they snatch up foreclosed homes, restore them and attempt to sell them at a profit
One week, they won an auction on a 1920s Spanish-style house in California. They could see that it needed a complete overhaul, but sensed that its charming original architecture would add to its value. Unfortunately, their contractor found structural damage to the foundation and roof -- problems that could be difficult and expensive to repair.
Tarek and Christina worried that these structural issues would blow their entire renovation budget. The Spanish-style house could turn out to be a profitable flip ... or a regrettable flop.
In today's psalm, we read about another...
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