A 29-year-old American was able to acquire a home in Tennessee for free after she began swapping a hairpin in May 2020.
Demi Skipper started bartering in May 2020, offering a hairpin to exchange on Craigslist, the American equivalent of Le Bon Coin. At the end of 2021, this young 29-year-old woman managed to acquire a small house near Nashville, Tennessee, without spending a single penny.
This modest house to renovate, with a large garden, is her 28th transaction since she embarked on this project called “Trade Me Project”. Demi Skipper shared her incredible adventure with 5.1 million subscribers on her TikTok account.
A VIP Chipotle card that was worth gold
“There were so many negative people who said it wasn’t possible. I was willing to do this for five years to get to a house.”, explained the happy owner to The Guardian. After exchanging a bunch of more or less expensive items, including a laptop, an electric cargo bike, a rower, a Ford Mustang or three tractors, it’s his penultimate barter which turned out to be decisive.
This is a card ofa VIP Chipotle card, the American fast food chain specializing in Tex-Mex cuisine. This map, fromworth $ 20,000, allows its owner to eat free and unlimited in Chipotle for one year as well as a catered dinner for 50 people. After months of research, she received an email from a Canadian named Alyssa, a die-hard Chipotle fan. The latter agreed to him exchange a caravan with solar panels worth $ 40,000 for the precious card.
The caravan then allowed Demi Skipper and her husband toget the attention of a Tennessee real estate agent who had followed their TikTok journey. Following a phone conversation the day after Thanksgiving, the couple from San Francisco flew to Nashville for dinner with the real estate agent who promptly greeted them. given the keys to their new home, against those of the caravan.
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Woman manages to buy house after swapping hairpin
This modest house to renovate, with a large garden, is her 28th transaction since she embarked on this project called “Trade Me Project”
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Woman manages to buy house after swapping hairpin
Demi Skipper shares her incredible adventure with 5.1 million subscribers on her TikTok account
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Woman manages to buy house after swapping hairpin
“There were so many negative people who said it wasn’t possible. I was willing to do this for five years to get to a house,” the proud owner told The Guardian.
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Woman manages to buy house after swapping hairpin
After having traded a bunch of more or less expensive items, including a laptop, an electric cargo bike, a rower, a Ford Mustang or even three tractors, it was his penultimate barter that turned out to be decisive.