"That Doesn't Look Like a Very Good House"

And so I am browsing the listings this evening and my young daughter walks in and says "Hey, that doesn't look like a very good house". And I say, being a good parent and all, "Oh, it's not so bad" when in fact what I want to say is "No, it's not; it's a boring, pink, stucco PoS". This Strawberry structure, built in 1943, comes in at 797 sq ft and sports 2 br 1 ba. The best the realtor can muster is to say that it is in "move in condition!" (they just always have to add that exclamation point like it is really going to seal the deal) and alludes to "updates" that for some inexplicable reason go unelaborated upon. And so how much shall you pay for a boring, Mill Valley, stucco waste? Why, a mere $775,000. That shouldn't be a problem at all to the 90% of all Marin residents who cannot afford the median priced house.