How the Property Brothers Turned $250 Into $50,000 on Their First Flip

When Drew and Jonathan Scott turned seven, their father told them each to get a job.

Not even old enough to get the usual kinds of jobs for kids, the twins began a series of odd-ball, entrepreneurial ventures that they continued throughout their childhood and adolescence. They sold coat hangers for 25 cents each, performed as clowns for hire, and sold personal alarm devices door-to-door in high school, among other jobs.