DIY....... more like a giant steady headache

There are a wealth of fantastic DIY shows on TV now.  My favorite show is Home Town with Ben and Erin Napier.  Filmed in their hometown of Laurel, Mississippi, the soft-spoken couple flips adorable cottage homes into gorgeous Southern gems.  I'd also like to point out that each of the homes Ben and Erin flip have really catchy character to them-- not boring cookie cutter tract homes.

That being said, DIY shows tend to glaze over the very hard work that goes into flipping properties.  For someone who doesn't own a home (or doesn't participate in any sort of rehab whatsoever), there is a delusional aspect that is conveyed with said DIY shows, giving the viewer a false sense of how flipping really is. Flipping is hard, painstaking, slow, unpredictable, and at times freakin' frustrating as hell.  Pardon my language.

Our first flip was a year-long project that basically began as a raccoon habitat.  Here we are in flip #3 and at somewhat of a crossroads.  We bought our current home very cheap-- too cheap to pass up.  Chris has done an amazing job renovating everything except the master bath and kitchen ($$$$).  Do we complete the work and move on, or stay and enjoy the fruits of our labor?