Donnie and Kathy Fulbright just scored BIG TIME on the sale of their home. Notwithstanding the turbulent real estate market, they managed to sell the home they purchased for $6,000 for $1.7 million. No, it wasn’t because of a superstar real estate agent, they just happened to be at the right place at the right time. The couple had lived in the modest home located in rural Maiden, North Carolina for almost 34 years.
Apple was very interested in purchasing the land (1 acre) that the Fulbrights’ home was sitting on to build a $1 billion data center. Apple made two offers which the Fulbrights declined, they just weren’t motivated to sell. Apple then asked them to “name your price.” They did and Apple paid it… If it were only always that easy!
This is the home they originally bought for $6,000:
With the proceeds of their sale, they built a custom 4,200 sq ft dream home with a spectacular jacuzzi and a man made pond with bass and catfish:
Wherever you live, there is always money to be made in real estate. However… don’t expect Apple or Google to come knocking, focus on the fact that there are motivated buyers and sellers out there, you just need to turn over more rocks to find them.