Tag: real estate

  • Our Housing Nightmare: Coming Soon

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    Kristen and I have doozy of a story to tell. It will make you laugh. It will make you cry. It will make you call your congressmen. It will make you sell your stock in banks. Most importantly, it will show you the difference between media hype about the housing market and Main Street realities. If you liked The Perfect Storm, you’ll love our story.

    It will start something like this, “In America, we expect stories to have a happy ending.  But this is no fairy tale, this is a real estate story from Michigan 2008. Watch as our American Dream turns into a nightmare.”

    The last couple chapters of the real story are yet to be written. When it’s all officially done and the dust has settled, I will write all about it.

    Until then, my friends, just know that we’re doing fine. To be continued…

  • New sidewalk

    This isn’t the greatest picture, but it does show something very cool here at la casa de McLane. Our front walkway was a bit of a hazard. The concrete had shifted and was more of a hill than a nice entry point. 

    Well, some friends from church came over and hooked us up. I got to be the “unskilled labor” and mix concrete while they expertly poured us a new sidewalk. It looks 1000 times better now. Looks better and is safer… I only wish we’d done it before. 

    Last night I took Stoney (our 4 year old yellow lab) for a walk. Since I had our walkway on my mind I started noticing that we were one of the few houses in our neighborhood making improvements. It could be that people just haven’t started yet… but it could also be that people just aren’t going to be making many improvements in 2008. 

    Speaking of the house. Here’s our listing.