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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.
The American Ream
I bought my first house when I was 24 years old. I did so without any help from my parents. It’s not that I was well-paid, either. I started at Apple at $34,000 per year (their top intern salary at the time) and managed to scrape enough together to make it happen.
How times have changed………..
Buy A Home? Oh.
The Feds Own the West
It is truly remarkable how little land in the western U.S. is privately owned, even these days.
Curb Schlemiel
Very few houses go on the market in Palo Alto, and on my little street, it’s a real rarity. However, recently, a house was put on sale. I took this picture to show it to you.
