Rentier Nation
Slope of Hope Blog Posts
Slope initially began as a blog, so this is where most of the website’s content resides. Here we have tens of thousands of posts dating back over a decade. These are listed in reverse chronological order. Click on any category icon below to see posts tagged with that particular subject, or click on a word in the category cloud on the right side of the screen for more specific choices.
Septuagenarian Homebuyers
The map below shows how many years a person would have to save to buy a median-priced housed. Here in Palo Alto the market is white hot, so I suspect the years would be in the triple digits. Just a few doors down for me a house when on the market for $6.5 million and sold for $7.5 million. The dimensions on the palace? 2800 square foot house on a 6500 square foot lot.
Can’t Buy? Just Die!
Here’s the way to acquire real estate in California: have your parents kick the bucket.
The American Ream
Houseflation
