Exclusive | Sprucing up for the Cup: Meet the owners whove dumped $20K on home renovations to make big soccer bucks

Emily Aguirre is a good sport. The newly engaged New Jerseyan is temporarily giving up her new home — which she and fiancé Gerardo just spent roughly $10,000 remodeling — to strangers in need of a cozy place to stay this month. But her sacrifice isn’t exactly altruistic.It’s economic. “This is supposed to be our first home together, but because the FIFA World Cup is bringing thousands of soccer fans to New Jersey, we decided to renovate the house, postpone moving in, and rent it out for the next few weeks to make some money,” Aguirre, 30, exclusively told The Post. Aguirre, a director of operations at a childcare facility, and Gerardo, 31, a general manager at a luxury fitness company, closed on their three-bedroom, one-and-a-half-bathroom abode in Newark, New Jersey, in March, and almost immediately started a pricey makeover. Their home is less than 20 minutes away from Met Life Stadium, in East Rutherford, where eight World Cup matches, including the final, will be held once the tournament kicks off on Thursday, June 11.The bride- and groom-to-be are in the huddle of homeowners nationwide who are rushing to revamp their addresses into attractive Airbnb listings for worldwide out-of-towners — hopefully making bank in the process.  For many, it’s an expensive, albeit worthwhile, endeavor that could pay off in spades. Some property owners surveyed by The Post have high hopes for windfalls exceeding $20,000 and reaching a whopping $45,000.From the windows to the walls, the Newark couple has spent countless nights and weekends DIY painting, tiling, sanding, glazing, lighting, removing and restoring nearly everything in the house in preparation for any number of the millions of FIFA fanatics expected to descend upon the tristate area. The blood, sweat, tears and loot they’ve sewn into their home overhaul will, they hope, reap rich rewards from tourists seeking short-term rental accommodations, said Aguirre. “We hope to make back the $10...