My wife is insane and it made us 185k?

A husband shares the story of how his wife’s bold idea led them to financial success. After dating for only three months, his wife proposed buying a house together, despite their young age and limited resources. She had found a foreclosed property, which they purchased for $200K.

Despite the initial risk, their decision paid off when they sold the house for $385K, making a $185K profit. The husband credits his wife’s vision, determination, and passion for the successful investment, highlighting how her confidence and foresight shaped their financial future. read the original story below…

‘ My wife is insane and it made us 185k?’

So I posted earlier about how much I love my wife and I truly cannot emphasize that enough. My wife is such an amazing person and she has had to overcome so much crazy s**t in her life. The most heartbreaking thing anyone has ever said to me was when she once told me “you are the only man in my life I’ve ever felt safe with.”

Anyway, when my wife and I first met we fell in love so fast it was scary, but only 3 months after meeting she came to me with an insane proposal. We had been discussing moving in together and rather than renting a place, she asked me to buy a house with her.

I was 23, just starting my career, I wasn’t even thinking about buying a house, but she was so passionate about it. She had apparently been looking constantly at the market and she found this foreclosed starter home, but couldn’t quite afford it on her own.

We had literally been together 3 months and in most contexts this just would have been a terrible and insane thing to do, but I was so in love with her and she explained what a good investment it was so convincingly that I agreed. I put down 8k, she put down 12k and we bought this place for 200k together.

We got married 9 months after buying it, had our first kid 12 months after that. Not only was this place our first home (we had many happy memories there), but we used it as a rental after getting a slightly bigger home and it pretty much was what enabled us to afford childcare comfortably.

We just sold it for 385k, 185k more than what we paid for it. It is entirely because of my wife that we did this. She is just so f**king awesome it’s wild.

Let’s dive into the reactions from Reddit:

Lucasbasques −  Cool, it’s great when these type of crazy situations go right

pataconconqueso −  I love reading posts of people who love their partners so much it reads like cute aggression on the post.  Happy to have you in the club, I’m obsessed with my wife too haha 

WinstonRandy −  “So crazy, it just might work…..”

Electrical-Injury-23 −  I thought I was going to read about someone selling tinfoil hats on Ebay……

daisies4me −  My husband was 19 and I was 20 when we met, 3 months later we bought a house together that we still live in. This February will be 30 years together and 29 married. Sometimes it really does just work out perfectly.

YMBATDALB_Darling −  We had literally been together 3 months and in most contexts this just would have been a terrible and insane thing to do, but I was so in love with her and she explained what a good investment it was so convincingly that I agreed. You may be a little crazy too homeboy. Congrats.

Flat_Cupcake_6467 −  I was 20 and my parents and me had to convince my then bf of 4 months we beter buy an appartement in old neighbourhood (mortgage costs almost half the rent of new appartement) than rent. We sold it 3y later with 30.000 profit.

Bought a house again in old neighbourhood not new and sold that with 180.000 profit 6 y later. Then bought our dream home…. he gaslit me, embezzled all our and my own money from inheritance, cheated, replaced me with 18y younger ‘foster’daughter and left me broke. He managed to build up wealth because of my choises.

I had a good lawyer, it took a hard fight 2 years but I got a big chunk-not all- back. Your wife is amazing🫶. I was amazing too. But if you ever do to her what my ex did…. ☠️ please be her amazing husband.

chuckaholic −  I couldn’t even afford groceries until I was 30.

Silver_Wolf2842 −  She sounds like a keeper. And it sounds like you love that she has initiative and grit. I hope you have a lifetime of adventures. Congrats!

ChicagoAuPair −  this place for 200k. Cries in Northern Californian.

What do you think of the couple’s quick decision to buy a house together? Have you ever made a bold financial move that paid off? Share your thoughts below!