{"id":381203,"date":"2021-12-15T03:13:53","date_gmt":"2021-12-15T00:13:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/i-scored-a-free-home-by-trading-up-from-a-bobby-pin\/"},"modified":"2021-12-15T03:13:53","modified_gmt":"2021-12-15T00:13:53","slug":"i-scored-a-free-home-by-trading-up-from-a-bobby-pin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/i-scored-a-free-home-by-trading-up-from-a-bobby-pin\/","title":{"rendered":"#I scored a free home by trading up from a bobby pin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong>#I scored a free home by trading up from a bobby pin<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>It\u2019s the house that TikTok built.<\/p>\n<p>A California woman is now a h<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>y homeowner after trading up increasingly more expensive items over the past year and a half \u2014 starting with just a hairpin. <\/p>\n<p>Demi Skipper, 30, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@trademeproject\/video\/6828330302277029125?is_copy_url=1&amp;is_from_webapp=v1\">declared on TikTok<\/a> in May 2020 that she would swap her way up to a home. She acquired everything from a Peloton bike to a diamond necklace, using each item to score a bigger, better asset. In total, she made 28 trades, according to her TikTok and <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CAq_9pWnO5l\/\">Instagram<\/a>, where she documented the ambitious endeavor, dubbing it the Trade Me Project.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m trading a bobby pin up until I get a house,\u201d she said in her first video, which was followed by a trade for cheap earrings, then four margarita glasses, a Bissell vacuum cleaner and so on. Skipper, who lives in San Francisco, said she used Craigslist, eBay and <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a> to make the trades one at a time.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"682\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/bobby-pin-house-trade-02.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=682\" alt=\"Skipper traded a Peloton bike for a 2006 Ford Mustang GT Deluxe. \" class=\"wp-image-20493187\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/bobby-pin-house-trade-02.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1023 1023w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/bobby-pin-house-trade-02.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=682 682w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/bobby-pin-house-trade-02.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=341 341w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/bobby-pin-house-trade-02.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 682px) 100vw, 682px\"\/><figcaption>Skipper traded a Peloton bike for a 2006 Ford Mustang GT Deluxe. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">TikTok<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>For instance, she found someone online in need of a carpet cleaning to give her a $95-snowboard in exchange for the vacuum. After that, she traded the snowboard for a $180 Apple TV 4K.<\/p>\n<p>Often, she upgraded after finding out what people were willing to take a loss for. For example, when she found someone desperate for the $320 Xbox she scored, he was willing to part with his MacBook Pro, which cost about $400. When she found a man who wanted her Jordan 1 Reverse Shattered Backboards, she told him she would part with the coveted sneakers for an iPhone 11 Pro Max. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-instagram wp-block-embed-instagram\"\/>\n<p>Skipper amassed more than 5 million followers on TikTok documenting her scheme. As her project gained steam, she appeared in a sponsored video for Chipotle, which helped her get even closer to her home. The fast-food company reached out to her about trading her three tractors for a \u201ccelebrity card,\u201d which gives the cardholder free burritos for a year plus a catered dinner.<\/p>\n<p>The bigger-ticket items included multiple kinds of cars, a tiny cabin, an electric bike food truck and a trailer equipped with a Tesla Powerwall 2 \u2014 the latter of which led to her home in Nashville, Tenn. on the day after Thanksgiving.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI can\u2019t believe this,\u201d she said in a video after seeing her house for the first time. \u201cA year and a half of trading a single bobby pin until I get a house, and I\u2019ve done it. And look at it, this just shows you \u2014 it\u2019s possible!\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/bobby-pin-house-trade-03.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=683\" alt=\"This month, Skipper and her husband moved into the house.\" class=\"wp-image-20493210\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/bobby-pin-house-trade-03.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/bobby-pin-house-trade-03.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=683 683w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/bobby-pin-house-trade-03.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=342 341w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\"\/><figcaption>This month, Skipper and her husband moved into the house.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">TikTok<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Skipper told\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/pop-culture\/pop-culture-news\/tiktoker-traded-way-bobby-pin-dream-house-rcna8552\">NBC News<\/a> that the process was surreal, noting she and her husband plan will make the move to Tennessee from California in January.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople really have doubted me, and I certainly did at times during the journey, too,\u201d she said. \u201cBut I learned a lot about myself in the process, and I was really amazed by my ability to stick with it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She wasn\u2019t the first to trade her way up to a house. In 2007, entrepreneur Kyle MacDonald traded a giant red paperclip for a two-story home. <\/p>\n<p>The Post has reached out to Skipper to verify the scheme.\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async defer src=\"https:\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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A California woman is now a happy homeowner after trading up increasingly more expensive items over the past year and a half \u2014 starting with just a hairpin. 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