July 8, 2006...10:42 am

From a paper clip to a house via trading on the Net

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It took almost a year and 14 trades, but Kyle MacDonald has been offered a two-storey farmhouse in Kipling, Sask., for a paid role in a movie.

MacDonald began his quest last summer when he decided he wanted to live in a house. He didn’t have a job, so instead of posting a resumé, he looked at a red paper-clip on his desk and decided to trade it on an internet website.

Read this story from the CBC News

UPDATE: CNet interview with Kyle MacDonald

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