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Jackson to lose Neverland
0 Comments Published by Jason February 26th, 2008 in Destinations, Finance, Real Estate. Share This
Its like Superman losing the Fortress of Solitude or the President being evicted from the White House: Michael Jackson appears to be losing his famed Neverland Ranch.
“You are in default of a deed of trust …,” Jackson was told in the five-page filing, according to a copy of the document published by FoxNews.com. “Unless […]
Whitney Stump, Local Hero
3 Comments Published by Joel January 31st, 2008 in Real Estate. Share ThisWhitney Stump of Muncie, Indiana, couldn’t get his local government to paint a crosswalk at his local intersection, so he painted it himself. Then the city threw him in jail for 10 days. Now he’s sworn to finish the job.
Stump, a 27-year-old Ball State University graduate student and father, says he was arrested once on […]
Cities collapse due to unsustainable growth? Naw it’ll never happen. We have science. [unsw.edu.au, creationmuseum.org]
Home-Owners Associations: Vigilant or Vigilante?
15 Comments Published by Joel July 5th, 2007 in Real Estate. Share ThisI’ve never had the pleasure of owning a home, but it’s something I’ve been thinking about a lot more lately. I haven’t yet bought a place because I live in New York, where buying anything nice costs a million dollars, and also because I’ve been waiting for this housing bubble to burst so I can […]
Victory Lane: Subdivision for Race Fans
4 Comments Published by Joel May 8th, 2007 in Cars, Real Estate. Share ThisI hate subdivisions. Grew up in ‘em in my teen years. Just aren’t my scene. Not enough character.
But if I were going to move into one—and god forbid a faux “luxury” one—it would be “Victory Lane,” the under-development community being built in the hills of Georgia. At Victory Lane’s heart: a 4.5-mile race track, including […]
Morning Tonic: My Rooftop Flood
0 Comments Published by Joel April 16th, 2007 in Real Estate, Tonic. Share ThisWhen it rains, our apartment leaks. Minor leaks, usually through the air vents in the bathrooms, which make very little mess. Occasionally we’ll have to toss out a soggy roll of toilet paper.
A good-sized storm blew through New York yesterday, slowly but assuredly soaking everything for hours. Our bathroom drips soon turned to a steady […]
Morning Tonic: Buy a House, Get a Gun
3 Comments Published by Joel March 27th, 2007 in Fighting, Real Estate, Tonic. Share ThisBecause if there’s anything a cop needs, it’s another gun.
A Russian real estate magazine accidentally puts a picture with a (tiny) hobo taking a leak on its cover. [EnglishRussia.com]
I know dickall about real estate, but I’m trying to keep an eye on this failing housing market, perhaps to swoop down in a few years to pick through others’ mistakes. This guy is a pessimist, but I like pessimists. [The Housing Bubble Blog]
Clips: 100-Year-Old Church Moved by Truck, Theme Song
2 Comments Published by Joel January 30th, 2007 in Real Estate, TV, Tonic. Share ThisI apologize for posting so many movies today, but this one just seems so right on for this here website. It’s a documentary video of a 100-year-old church being moved from one location to another with lots of time-lapse shots, set to a sort of rock-and-roll choir piece written specifically for the video of the […]
Solar-Powered, Hydrogen-Generating 3k-ft Home Has Zero Util. Bills
0 Comments Published by Joel January 17th, 2007.New Jersey prototype home generates power, saves it as hydrogen for the winter. Getting closer, but: “Caminiti argues that the cost of the hydrogen/solar setup works out at about $4,000 a year when its $100,000 cost is spread over the anticipated 25-year lifespan of the equipment. That’s still a lot higher than the $1,500 a year the average U.S. homeowner spends on energy.” [Reuters]
For sale: Purpose Built Large Scale Mushroom Cultivation Building in Granada, Spain. Cheap local labor! Only 210,000 € (negotiable). [Viviun]


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