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This certainly eclipses any kind of trade I've made in my life to date. Even trading in the stock options from my last employer resulted in a gain that was less than a typical down payment.

Man Trades Items From Paper Clip to House By BRIAN BERGSTEIN, AP Kyle MacDonald started his quest last July with an ad on Craigslist.org (July 10) - Taking a paper clip and turning it into a house sounds like a cheesy magic trick or a phony instance of resourcefulness on the 1980s TV show "MacGyver." Kyle MacDonald, however, has pulled it off. 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... [ Full Story ]