Saturday, January 21, 2012

Take on the house stalker

Anybody who has done a fair share of house hunting knows both the joy
and frustration of basically being able to legally stalk somebody.
It's one of the only chances you have to be truly nosy and feel no
repercussions and it does feel a bit creepy. You walk into
somebody's home and go through their closets, check out the water
pressure in their bathroom, see what they have in their fridge, check
out their CD collections, open up drawers and peak under beds and it's
all completely acceptable.
I see the family portrait hanging in the hallway, and an immediate
story starts to enter my mind. The guy worked on Wall Street but
lost his job during the recession, they are struggling on a much
smaller income and they apparently have already traded in the BMW for
a Hyundai. The wife is a stay at home mom who's miserable cause her
kids are now in school for 6 hours per day and she feels a but lost.
They spend weekends in Vermont, summers in Rhode Island but this year
they may try camping again The daughter hopes to be a ballerina, the
son a baseball player and the baby scream every night

But since they are desperate, maybe they'll sell for 20% under asking

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