Celebs Who Quietly Work A Regular Job

In "Avengers: Age of Ultron," Jeremy Renner's character has a running gag about how he's constantly doing renovations to his home. Perhaps that was a way for the filmmakers to give a nod to the actor's other passion: house flipping. Actually, to call what Renner and his real estate business partner, Kristoffer Winters, do "house flipping" is an understatement.

According to a 2016 interview with Robb Report, one of Renner's most lucrative projects was a Holmby Hills estate that sold for $24 million dollars. So, he's not exactly spending his nights and weekends hanging drywall. In fact, Renner seems to act in more of a project manager capacity for these high-end renovations. He said, "With the houses we build, I make all the decisions about design, materials, fabrics, furniture, everything. These homes are beyond turnkey; they're fully loaded. Fresh-cut flowers, linens, towels, the whole bit. You just bring some clothes, and you're good to go."

Amazingly, Renner's success in real estate actually ran concurrent to his Hollywood stardom and not as an extension of it, like most would think. In the beginning, he and Winters would sink every penny they had into a flip, often resulting in them temporarily squatting in their project houses with no running water — including right when his career took off with his Oscar nod for "The Hurt Locker." During the 2010 awards season, Renner explained, "I'd throw on a tuxedo, jump in a limo, and stop at Starbucks so I could brush my teeth." So, he basically went from homeless to Hawkeye in just a few years? Not bad.

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