Lindsey Bennett isn’t the first woman to dare her real estate business overhaul, but she’s doing it smartly and with class. Lindsey is an American real estate mogul, interior designer, and television celebrity who found huge success with her partnership with her husband on the TV reality show called Desert Fins. The TV show started in 2016 and has been a hit ever since. The Bennetts are often compared to real estate energy couple Joanna Gaines and Chip Gaines.
Read on to find out all about the witty, intelligent Lindsey and her funny husband.
Lindsey Bennett – Bio
Her full birth name is Lindsey Rene Schniederborn May 25, 1979 in the United States of America. She grew up with her brother Mike between her grandparents’ home in Lodi and her parents’ lakeside home in Madison, Wisconsin. She is the daughter of Leroy and Constance Schneider. Her father and brother took care of their grandpa, who was in real estate construction; the father and son are renowned house builders with several houses built on their own within their locality. So it’s not surprising that Lindsey decided to follow a similar path that was already ingrained in her family by joining the real estate business.
She received her education at the Madison AreaTechnical College before entering the Public Research Business School at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Lindsey Bennett has local knowledge and experience gained alongside her brother, cousins and even ex-husband who were real estate agents, contractors and brokers. With such a wealth of experience, her interest and love for the job grew that she made a living out of it. The decision has paid off. Below is everything you need to know about the TV star.
Everything you should know about the TV actor
1. Lindsey Bennett met Eric Bennett at a design house
Lindsey Bennett first met her husband Eric Bennett when she was attending a job interview at the Draft House in Verona, while Eric happened to be at the same place eating out with his friends. Without much ado, he introduced himself to Lindsey and they soon found that they shared the same interest throughout their passionate discussion.
2. You immerse yourself in the reality television series
Lindsey Bennett and Eric Bennett are both hosts of the real estate reality television show called Desert Flippers. The show aired on Discovery Incorporated Cable channel HGTV beginning in 2016 and ran for approximately three seasons. The exhibition shows all the operations ranging from finding available houses in the market to assessing the viability of the property, architectural designs, plans, lifting, parting, carpentry, tiling, scouring and cleaning of the houses after they have been remodeled as well as the financial collapses of the project.
Through their partnership together, the couple have shown that they can turn even the worst dump into a spectacular building. This in turn has brought large chunks of income. They’ve flipped over a hundred houses since the start of their show. The show has received good ratings in return, alongside other shows that are in the same industry as Joanna and Chip Gaines ‘ Fixer Up Show, Flip or Flop, a Tarek and Christina Anstead Show and Loved Ones, or list it among others.
Lindsey Bennett’s foray into television has also seen her and her spouse Jonathan vs. Drew episode The Brother vs. Brother reality show, which is equally airing on HGTV. They appeared on the show as judges.
3 children
Power couple Desert Flipper finally legalized their union in 2011 in Lake Monona with a beautiful reception party on a cruise ship named the Betty Lou. They were blessed with three energetic sons named Graham, Roman and Dean.
4. Facts about Eric Bennett
Eric Bennett, on the other hand, is from Wisconsin. He graduated from the University of Wisconsin (UW) and holds a master’s degree from La Crosse from UW. His work experience includes a brief stint as a loan officer with a real estate company. Eric dreamed of being a radio disc jockey before fate brought him and Lindsey together. She persuaded and encouraged him to take a full swing with her in constant real estate frenzy.
They have been lovable parents to their children, taking them from one event to the next and even planning some of their work-related trips, which are usually full of family fun while bonding through the trips.
Lindsey’s family is quite happy, she constantly posts her daily activities on social media – Instagram (lindseybennetthgtv).
5. Your salary and assets
Lindsey Bennett knows her onions as one of the best interior designers in real estate. She has been in the game for over a decade and has renovated more than one hundred properties with as much as a $25,000 return on investment (ROI) per home sold. We’re pretty sure she made a lot of money from this trade, putting her net worth in the 6-plus figure range. Many media outlets put her fortune at just over $1.6 million. Additionally, Lindsey and her husband jointly own four separate properties in Dane County and another in Whitefish Bay.