I renovated my backyard for my son's wedding. The $40,000 investment paid off when we sold the house years later.

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• I spent 11 months fixing up our house so my son could get married in our backyard.
• We ended up spending around $40,000 to renovate the kitchen and backyard.
• We decided to sell the house a couple of years later, and we had an offer within a week.

I walked in the door after work, and I got a notification on my personal phone, it was a Facebook alert. My son's girlfriend...