A “For Sale” sign grew on my house’s front lawn last night. It is now for sale for $3.88 million. (That’s $100,000 cheaper than the sale price house next door. Bidding war?)
The owner’s lackey called me today AFTER putting up the sign, and said not to worry because, in a nutshell, they’re asking WAY TOO MUCH and they plan to leave it on the market for up to a year to test the market.
But, who really knows what’ll happen. Last year when it was previously sold, it sold within a day of the sign going up. I mean, if Vancouver wins the Stanley Cup, that’ll really put us on the map as a World Class City, and ... oh wait, that was the Olympics that was supposed to do that, wait, I mean Expo 86.
Is Vancouver weird? Yes. I would have to pay rent for 124.3 years at our current rent payment to pay for this house—not including interest.
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