This 14-Year-Old Girl Just Bought A House In Florida

[jeffrey]

One day, she went to a house that an investor wanted to flip. "It was filled with all kinds of stuff!" Willow says. "I was like, 'I can sell this stuff if he'd want to let me have it.' "

That was fine with the investor. So Willow sold the furniture and appliances from the house on Craigslist. She did the same thing with a bunch more houses. After a while, she was clearing about $500 a month, and saving a lot of it.

One day, Willow's mom, Shannon, saw a two-bedroom, concrete-block home on auction for $12,000 — down from $100,000 at the peak of the bubble. Shannon was telling her husband about the house, when Willow piped up...

This 14-Year-Old Girl Just Bought A House In Florida : Planet Money : NPR

[GrimJack]

I just heard the story on NPR - what a really cool story. She wants to buy her mother out then in a while buy another house. I wish we had $12,000 houses here in Seattle, or even $100,000 houses. A 14 year old skater grrl makes good, what a story.

[kork13]

Good. I hope she does well for herself. Clearly her parents taught her well enough to do very well in life, if she came up with the idea to make some money by selling other people's stuff on Craigslist, saving much of it, and having enough to buy a home (albeit at auction). I'd be proud to have a kid that smart....or to be that kid.