Meanwhile, having successfully flipped several houses in Salt Lake City, Connie and Keith purchased a home in Old Town, remodeled it and sold it, continuing the trend with homes in Park Meadows, Deer Valley and Kamas.
“We never meant to flip these houses — we truly remodeled every home, even the ones in Salt Lake, like it was going to be ours for- ever, and then we always found a reason to sell and find something else for ourselves,” Connie says. “It was never about making money. I just thought it would be fun. It became a job and lucrative business that really, I never saw coming.”
In 2014, Connie purchased a small property management com- pany from a friend and grew it to 45 properties in eight years. And although she claims to be fully retired today, she and her husband have bought another property to remodel. This time, it’s a 14-acre parcel on Bitner Ranch Road. And this time, Connie says it’s the one.
“Well, hopefully this is the final one,” she laughs. “We absolutely love this property and are fully transforming it.”
Looking back, Connie says, “I think my success comes from taking chances; I just kind of went for it … I never bought a home to flip, I always bought to live in for the rest of my life. Didn’t realize how much fun I had remodeling and building.”
Connie is grateful for her childhood Park City experiences, which inspired her family’s move in 2002 and enabled her children to grow up in the community.
“We’re so fortunate here because so many people come into this community and are so dedicated to making Park City a truly wonderful place. People really are the backbone of Park City,” she says. “The experiences my kids have had growing up here have been wonderful. Park City Mountain helped raise my kids, just like it did me.”