Stay-At-Home Mom’s Dream Job? House-Flipping
Alissa Blake wants to buy the ugliest house on the block.
The stay-at-home mom is in the process of starting her own house-flipping business in Prairie Village.
“Houses in this area (Prairie Village) have two-car garages, two baths and two incomes paying for them, but no time for the owners to do projects,” she said. “So some houses aren’t left as maintained as they should be.”
After six years of living in Prairie Village and attending several open houses in the city, she has fallen in love with what lies beneath the surface of each home she visits.
The ambitious renovator has been helping to make homes beautiful her entire life. Her father owned a hardware store in western Kansas and she spent her high school years by his side, assisting customers. She also helped her parents with projects related to their 130-year-old house.
Alissa Blake’s gift for house flipping was confirmed when her business plan won third place in the 2007 Kansas Community College Business Plan Challenge. A business student at Johnson County Community College, Blake was thrilled her hard work paid off.
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