Real Estate Investing

I always get a little melancholy - like the rest of the human population - when we have rain and cloudy skies for days on end.  In this reflective state of mind, it makes me think about people who lived before me and what their lives were like.  Fortunately, with Halloween approaching we get a small taste of that with ghost stories all over the blog world!  My friend Aunt B. is writing a series of stories during October about local hauntings.  Today’s story talks about a good man who was also a good neighbor.

And when Mr. Anderson needed someone to stand under the hood of his old beater with him, Mr. Macon was knowledgeable and brought beer.

And one day, Mr. Macon died.  He sat down to rest on the swing on his front porch and never woke back up.  It was as mild a death as one might have.  Which is, perhaps, why it didn’t seem to slow him down.

When the new neighbors moved in, the wife came running over to the Andersons’ one morning, almost in tears.

You think you have a ghost in your house?  Life Hackery gives us some tips on how to live in a haunted house.  Let me just say it’s this last suggestion I would take most seriously if a frightener came to see me!

Leave the house. If the entities are very hostile, causing physical and psychological distress to you and your family, don’t waste time in getting out of that place immediately.

At the end of the article is a link to the Top Ten Creepiest Haunted Places.  I’m very pleased to see that none are near me!  Enjoy your weekend!

When I played Monopoly oh-so-many-years-ago, I always wanted to be the boot, the race car, or the dog.  Since there were six kids in my family and we picked youngest to oldest, I usually ended up with the thimble.

Today there’s no need to fight over which silver piece represents your place on the board … you can play virtual monopoly using Google Maps.  It’s called Monopoly City Streets and you can show your real estate investing prowess to the world without spending a penny of your own money … just the $3 million the banker gives you as you start this online version!

The game introduction says,

Start your property empire by buying any street in the world. Construct amazing buildings on the streets you own to collect rent. 

You can also sabotage your friends!  I just bought the main street in my hometown.  Since I can’t tear it down like I’d like in real life and start over…. I’ll just do it in this virtual world!  Go play now and let’s see how you do!  The game won’t be out there forever!

 I love the Fail Blog.  Sometimes what they post is dicey (kids toys that have inappropriate … ummm … designs).  Other times the videos are hysterical.  But for laughs this Friday at Banks.com, here are the FAILs for builders.

And while we’re at it, here’s a funny handyman video.  NOTE: No sound, but that’s okay with me!

Have a great weekend!