My wife and I bought a fixer-upper house last year, and I've been really enjoying working on it. But I always keep in mind that kind of work is more of a hobby

My wife and I bought a fixer-upper house last year, and I've been really enjoying working on it. But I always keep in mind that kind of work is more of a hobby than a financially savvy thing to do, since I can hire someone else to work on the house at less than 1/4 of my software consulting rate!