And many will only be able to afford a fixer-upper.

It turned out to be a fixer-upper of the worst kind.

After one car broke down, she recently got another fixer-upper to get by on.

And the house, always a fixer-upper, no matter how new.

The same is true for Kelly, who bought a fixer-upper five years ago.

This home is what's generally referred to as a fixer-upper.

If your body is a temple, mine was a real fixer-upper.

As a piece of real estate, this one is definitely a fixer-upper.

But cultural change may also be forcing the fixer-upper's fall from grace.

It was a fixer-upper, but I had come to this renovation with certain experience.

The problems: Obtaining finance for a fixer-upper is not easy at the moment.

To call it a 'fixer-upper' would be the understatement of the century.

But his favorite place to live is a five-bedroom fixer-upper some 250 miles up.

A gilded fixer-upper, to be sure, but still a work in progress.

If you own a fixer-upper, you're in real estate hell because those houses just aren't selling right now.

It was a fixer-upper that took a lot of time and money to repair, Schneider said.

I can afford to wait for a good one, not get derailed by some total fixer-upper.

The price was certainly right," said Vickie, "even though the husband involved is a fixer-upper.

Many are willing to consider a fixer-upper, she said, if there is enough time before the wedding to do the repairs.

Even so, Will remains positive about squatting and is shopping for a new fixer-upper.

Companies are like houses: it is often smarter to buy the fixer-upper than the finished product.

We put the dogs in a downstairs powder room and let the professional fixer-upper have at it.

Quentin actually has some real experience to bring to bear here, being something of a serial fixer-upper herself.

If you're buying a fixer-upper, make sure you understand what you're getting into.

But he was looking for a fixer-upper and found it in DeKalb.

To call it a 'fixer-upper' would be the understatement of the century.

He loves a project and found a foreclosure/fixer-upper.

With the boat moved to my yard, I arrive at the status of Fixer-Upper.

And sure enough, a neighbor revealed, this little fixer-upper was a not-too-long-ago suspected meth lab.

A $4 Million Fixer-Upper In this market even a wreck isn't necessarily a bargain.

Take the example of the home fixer-upper who watches the Discovery Home and Leisure channel now.

Well, the reason I'm in this trade in the first place is that I'm an inveterate 'fixer-upper' of things.

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One broker said bitterly that her bargain fixer-upper "was being used by other agents to sell against - they lie about how much work it would take to fix it up.

At the top of 41st Street, overlooking Bowery Bay, is a 27-room mid-19th-century fixer-upper whose owner, Michael Halberian, puts on the market periodically; he says he might part with it for $5 million.