12/10/2025
BOUGHT AT 23 → WORTH $400,000 TODAY
$37,500 ➜ Over $360,000 in equity gained 📈
I was just 23 years old when I bought this home back in 1979 for $37,500.
I’m 69 now, and I’ll be 70 in February… and I’m still moving forward.
All the beautiful updates you see today are complete — but a lot of the major improvements started with me, long before the current owners took over.
Here’s some of the work I personally did:
🛠️ Installed some of the windows
🚿 Built a full bathroom from the ground up
🧼 Converted the original half bath into a full bath
🏚️ Converted the left-side carport into a whole new living space, including a large family room and that additional full bathroom
❄️ Installed central air conditioning from scratch for that new section
🪚 Removed walls to open and modernize the layout
🛏️ Reworked the master bedroom, including the circular window wall
🔧 Hands-on improvements throughout that added comfort, value, and equity
Today, this home is estimated around $400,000.
If I still owned it and sold it right now?
That would be over $360,000 in profit — from one smart decision at age 23.
Don’t let distractions delay your destiny.
Don’t let discouragement steal your success.
If I could do it then — you can do it now.
Real estate builds wealth, opportunity, and legacy — one step at a time.
🏡 Start where you are.
💪🏽 Build what you have.
📈 Let time do the lifting.
— Harvey Brown
Realtor® | KW The Marketplace
📞 702-591-3116
S.0196490 | Las Vegas, NV