Kyle MacDonald Completes His Quest

Via CNN (full article here):

One year ago, the 26-year-old blogger from Montreal set out to barter one red paper clip for something and that thing for something else, over and over again until he had a house.

On Wednesday the quest is ending as envisioned: MacDonald is due to become the proud owner of a three-bedroom, 1,100-square-foot home provided by the town of Kipling, Saskatchewan. MacDonald and his girlfriend, Dominique Dupuis, expect to move there in early September.

That’s pretty damn cool.  Not exactly the best location (umm, cold?), but he achieved what he set out to do.  I probably would have stopped once I got a free year’s worth of rent in downtown Phoenix, but he was on a mission.  His blog is located here which recounts the past year’s journey.  Congrats Kyle!

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