Do people who hire others to work at companies care if the only way someone has earned money is by buying fixer-upper houses and repairing them?

We all know that logic isn't your strong suit. You can stop telling us now.

Based on, yes, but 10 years (40 quarters) is enough to be eligible.

Not exactly. You (and your spouse) collect the greater of your SS or half your spouse's. If both worked, each will likely have a SS greater than half their spouse's. The ten years comes in here because you have to have been married ten years to collect on the spouse's contributions. You do not have to be married to collect.

Think: Jerry Sauk

He's doing a rather good job of trolling. Perhaps there's money to be made there.

Except tell the truth and work hard, apparently.

Cindy Hamilton

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Where I am, it's not against the law -- but if you flip more than (I think) one house every two years, you are required to have a general contractor's license. It's not anti-flipping, it's pro-licensing. It's the same as building and selling houses without a license -- you can build one for yourself (either doing the work yourself or acting as the general contractor), and even sell it later, but if you do it regularly you are required to have the license.

Edward

I imagine that's unenforceable if you live in the house that's being "flipped". The tax rules still apply, though.

Thank you, I will use this information on job interviews. I could say that flipping houses is one of two or three things that I've been doing.

It'd be interesting if your prospective employer(s) googled for you and found what you've been saying on this newsgroup.

Cindy Hamilton