Investment Property Dreamer Gifts

'We did have one property in your price range, but I'm afraid we sold it in 1943.'

"I can't believe how great my life is now: We used to live in an apartment, but now, I have my own garden..."

"Enough with how great the public schools are. Just tell us – is there a Trader Joe’s nearby?"

"I agree, the place was a tear-down, but I just remembered we were only renting it."

"I've invested in property..."

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'Wake up! You should be worrying about our investments!'

'Oh look, the tide is coming in.'

'We're quite confident this lull won't last long.'

'Gee! You must have lost some on this property!'

"It's not so much a fixer upper as a tear it downer."

'Your mortgage is under water...so what's the problem?'

"This one has nicer sand, but I think I prefer the tree on the last one we saw."

'We do have a property in your price range, but we need a time machine to go back and visit it!'

'Do you have anything right on the beach, but not so near the water?'

The End of the Property Boom is Nigh.

"The roof is old and leaks. The good news is when it rains you'll get an additional 3 showers."

"You have $3,098 in the bank? I'm impressed! So...do you think about investing it?"

Business plan.

Implausible Retirement Housing Options

'Now that you have a job, Tom, Dad and I are turning your room into a condo!'

Early House Hunting.

"You've got termites."

"Your dream of a house with a white picket fence is still feasible, at least for the picket fence."

'If you promise to never try to openthe locked attic door, the owner will take $20,000 off!'

"Occupant, apartment 5C: Congratulations—you may already have won the all-electric Colonial split-level house of your dreams...."

'Bless. Wayne's made his first affordable home sand estate.'

'Here's the 2 acres of beachfront property you bought - too bad it's only six inches wide.'

"Admittedly, it is a bit of a 'fixer upper'."

Monopoly game - "You just gazumped me!"

"Yes, it's nice, but it's lost twenty per-cent of its value in the past year."

"Want to put the house on the market so we clean it?"

Model Village/Realistic Model Village.

The housing market begins to deflate.

Burying cash. 'You misunderstand when I said put your money in land.'