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The first property I ever bought in my life was a small house – – I think it’s called a “patio home” since it’s a freestanding structure, but it’s a part of a bunch of homes on a large plot of land. It was way back in 1989, and I was recently down there in Sunnyvale and drove by it.
I was looking at old posts of mine, and I stumbled upon one in which I was examining overpriced properties around here. Here was one of them, which has been sitting, unpurchased, for five years now:
I present to you Pennsylvania Real Estate (symbol PEI) with a suggested stop-loss price of $3.55:
Here’s an interesting little graphic from our friends over at Statista – – it shows a variety of countries and how their citizens vary in terms of renting or owning their residence. It looks like Russia does The American Dream way better than America does.
My latest pop culture obsession is the classic documentary Grey Gardens, which I’ve watched a number of times over the years. I re-watched it recently, and it’s as fascinating as ever.
