Originally Posted by edk370

You know on that show Pawnstars. I remember one episode, where Rick was looking at this custom Ford hotrod that was totally clean and had a 400+hp new Chevy small block...Anyways, the owner poured $100,000+ into it, but Rick ended up taking it off his hands for $60kish. The owner had grips on reality, because he knew it was difficult to ask what he poured into it. He was just trying to mitigate his losses.

It's cliché but when you do these kinds of things, it's considered a "labor of love" and you will not recover the money put into it. Ditto for houses too....I digress.