The Weblog of Daniel Tashian

Spent the better part of the afternoon, once again, house shopping. This time East Nashville was the locale. There were some interesting places, the kind of houses you would say to yourself: “That’s pretty neat, with a coat of paint, and some new light fixtures, maybe a kitchen and bathroom re-mod, it could work.” and you’d (or should I say I’D) expect to pay maybe 100, maybe 125 thousand tops…only, the price would be (gasp!) 225 thousand!! I realize this is not a king’s ransom for a house, but please! The realization of the price would send me scurrying to the backseat of Barbara’s Volvo, to the comfort of my snack pack, while I waited for the girls to finish pacing out the premises. Leslie and I discussed it later, both of us feeling we were behind the curve in this area. “Go to East Nashville, ” my mom said;”That’s an up-and-coming-area. You’ll get more for your dollar over there. It’s an ‘edge’ neighborhood. ” Well…it would appear that it’s already-come-up, and now, the people who bought into it when it was up-and-coming, are interested in making some profit on people like us who are late-to-the-table. So there….maybe back over to this side of the river, where 100 thousand dollars is still 100 thousand dollars! The quest continues!