An example of a $2.5 million property in Seattle: 4-bed, 4.5-bath 2-story in Magnolia 4,440 sqft 5,029 sqft lot 2008 property tax bill: $18,286 “sweeping sound and mountain views” An example of a $2.5 million property in Wisconsin: 2-story stone lodge in Couderay 407 acres 37-acre private lake 2008 property tax bill: $14,948 8-car garage…
Category: Humor
Need a Little Green? MS Paint to the Rescue!
Okay this is just too funny not to post. Over in my favorite forum thread Detrimental Listing Photos Everett_Tom spotted this gem [update: the listing photo has since been changed—original screenshot here], where the (presumably) brown grass in the listing photo has been extremely poorly painted over in bright green in the only photo on…
Homebuying Tips and Traps from 1996
I was looking through the real estate section Half Price Books recently and stumbled upon an interesting book: Tips and Traps When Buying A Home, by Robert Irwin. The edition of this book I was thumbing through was published in 1996, and was just chock full of all kinds of helpful advice, such as this:…
Dilbert: “I Can’t Afford My Mortgage…”
I think yesterday’s Dilbert is front-page worthy. At least for a Saturday.
Foreclosure Flipping Scam Spam
The foreclosure scammers are out in force, and they’re coming at the “opportunity” from all angles. Not only are there unscrupulous people out there trying to dupe struggling home debtors out of their money, but now even the financially stable (homeowners or not) are apparently becoming targets. Check out this spam I recently received: From:…