This babe is probably $3 million.

Been in Upstate New York visiting the house my daughter intends to purchase. While I know the housing market in florida has exploded 160%, (2023 stat,, with a new 3 bedroom /2 bath ranch over $500,000), I shouldn’t have been shocked. And in cruising the postings of the local real estate office window perhaps she got a deal, as nothing was less than $750,000 in those suckers.

In her town she is paying over $200,000. for a 2 bedroom cottage on a small parcel of land. When I saw the place I was shocked, calling it a dump, insulting her, and making our visit one which reverted to her teen years, and it was ugly. However, at 67 I called a truce because quite frankly I’ve lost the energy to fight, and realize it is her life and I am late for the party. She has fallen in love with the place, she’s 41, and while that love may turn to angst or divorce as she spends the next 5 years renovating “the cottage,” so be it. I can only hope she proves me wrong..

So what do we do with children who are unable to launch, or find affordable housing?? 

Here are some creative suggestions…

• House them in the cellar
• House them in the garage
• Have them join the military
• Enlarge their current bedroom to fit their entire family
• Tent the yard, and install heaters in the tents
• Buy a small home on wheels, and hide it in the bushes
• Find them a job which includes housing
• Don’t answer the phone when they are living on the street
• Move
• OR.. to maintain your sanity – give them the down-payment for a house.

Tough choices, and still unsure if this is funny.

Guess Joe better get working on this, but that’s right he already is..