09/08/2026
Chowen Park is a teardown neighborhood. When an older house lists, developers move on it. You act fast or you don't get the lot.
I paid $600,000. Fourteen days later, the lot behind mine listed at $550,000. It sold for $527,550. That's $72,450 less than I paid, for a comparable lot, two weeks apart.
I'd move that fast again. In this market, waiting can mean no lot. But it does mean committing before you know what the next two weeks will show you. It is what it is.
Selling it right away would have just meant I paid a bunch of closing costs for nothing, and even more closing costs on the sale. So, onward.
First episode of The Real Deal on Drew. Every week, one real number from this build. Budgets, bids, actual costs. Wins, regrets.
What number do you want to see?
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