When an abandoned high school in Homestead, Pennsylvania, was listed for sale in 2019, Jesse Wig saw an opportunity.
The sellers were asking for just $100,000.
The 34-year-old real estate agent bought the school and then reached out to a friend who connected him to Adam Colucci, a 35-year-old real estate investor and owner of an audio-video business.
“I was made aware of the school, and to be very honest, I wasn’t sure what made the most sense to do with the building,” Wig told CNBC Make It. “But for that price, I had to acquire it and hoped we could come up with a good option in the future.” See the full story here