But within days of moving in, her dream home began to unravel. First, a brand-new vent cover collapsed onto the toilet mid-use. Then, when she turned on the stove’s exhaust fan, the kitchen side of ...

Oddly enough, a home that hasn’t been fully renovated can be a better deal. “One upside to buying a flip,” says Fox, “is that you’re not paying for someone else’s bad taste.