We have a bunch of houses like that in Tulsa. That one probably sell for about 189 or so here.
--- Kaleb C. Striplin Cox Auto Trader 730 PP Supervisor ----- Original Message ----- From: "Redghost" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com> Sent: Friday, August 17, 2007 2:31 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] Not in Kansas anymore .... > Dang, That is a nice house. Around seattle that would fetch at > least $650k as long as the neighborhood was nice. I wonder if I > should sell and move to the midwest and get a giant house instead of > this tiny place I live > > clay > > > > On 17 Aug 2007, at 11:16, Donald Snook wrote: > >> Bill R. wrote: >> >> >> >> "Don - You are selling your car and your house ... did your wife lose >> her red slippers?" >> >> >> >> Well, the car, as you know, has been for sale for a while. It is still >> for sale, but I have been doing much to get it sold. It drives great, >> runs great, still looks good and is comfortable. I let my >> autotrader ad >> expire and I have not done anything else to sell it. The reason the >> house is for sale is because of a mistake. We live in a really >> interesting neighborhood called College Hill. All of the houses are >> old. >> The trees are large and many of the streets are cobblestone. A lot of >> the houses have old carriage houses for garages and the houses all >> have >> lots of character. Some people would say that it is for the rich and >> snobby people. What they don't realize is that the neighborhood is not >> just for Rich people (because I am NOT rich - maybe once I get my damn >> student loans paid off I will be closer). The houses in the >> neighborhood range from $1.5 Million to less than $100,000. That >> is one >> thing that is very interesting about it. The $1.5 Million house is >> only >> 2 blocks east and 2 blocks south of my house. But, my house is only >> $160,000. at any rate, my wife and I were bored one Sunday afternoon >> and it was beautiful outside, so we decided to go for a drive. We >> noticed that a couple of houses in College Hill were having an Open >> House. So, we went and looked. Now, we didn't look at the $500,000 >> house that we couldn't afford, we looked at one that was actually >> pretty >> reasonable. We thought it was too expensive and therefore no >> danger in >> looking at it. That night we actually put pen to paper and determined >> that we could afford the house. In fact, between what we paid for the >> mortgage and the home equity loan - we were paying for a much nicer >> house. So, we talked to realtor and she told us how much we could get >> for our house. We took the plunge and put it on the market. In the >> interim we decided against the against the house that had originally >> inspired us to sell our house. We are still looking for our next >> house. >> Now, is not a good time to be selling the market is very slow. So, >> if it >> doesn't sell that is okay we love the house and we can wait until the >> market is better. >> >> >> >> The frustrating thing is we have had TONS of people looking at the >> house. We have had appointments almost everyday for the 40 days it has >> been on the market. But, despite all the activity it has not sold. >> >> >> >> Here is the listing for our house: >> >> >> >> http://www.wichitalistings.com/property/property.asp? >> PRM_MLSNumber=22135 >> 2&PRM_MlsName=wichitaKS# >> <http://www.wichitalistings.com/property/property.asp? >> PRM_MLSNumber=2213 >> 52&PRM_MlsName=wichitaKS> >> >> >> >> >> >> Donald H. Snook >> >> 1990 300SEL 139K (For Sale) >> >> _______________________________________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ >> For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ > For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
