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On July 12, 2005, Kyle MacDonald thought it would be nice to have a house but remembered he does not have the money. So he wondered if he could trade something. He spotted the red paperclip lying on his desk and swapped it for something better and kept swapping until he had a house.

12 months later, July 12, 2006, he's done it and he was offered a house.

It only took a blog and these 14 swaps:

From One Red Paperclip
to one Fish Pen
to one Doorknob
to one Stove
to one Generator
to one Beer Keg (with Neon Sign)
to one Skiddoo
to one Trip to Yahk
to one Van
to one Recording Contract
to one Year Free Rent
to one Afternoon with Alice Cooper
to one KISS snow globe
to one Movie Role
to a House

What can we learn from this? Swap!