Starting with one red paper clip, MacDonald wondered whether it was possible to make enough trades to eventually get a house. His inspiration was a childhood barter game called Bigger and Better.

July 9, 2006 — -- Kyle MacDonald's goal was simple -- to trade one red paper clip all the way up to a house. The 26-year-old Canadian began his quest almost a year ago. He had no job ...

One year ago, the blogger from Montreal set out to barter one red paper clip for something and that thing for something else, over and over again until he had a house. On Wednesday, says MacDonald ...

If you dream of owning your own house, then trading a red paper clip over the internet might not be the obvious way of doing it. But Canadian Kyle MacDonald has achieved exactly that and will see his ...

A 26-year-old Montreal man appears to have succeeded in his quest to barter a single red paper-clip all the way up to a house. It took almost a year and 14 trades, but Kyle MacDonald has been ...