Real Estate Stories
America's Favorite Pastime
I don't think America's favorite pastime is baseball. I think it's sitting on the back porch with a cup of coffee discussing what you're going to do to your house "one day."
June 20, 20265 min read
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The ones I still tell at dinner.
Real Estate Stories
Yes, You Really Could Order an Apartment Complex From a Catalog
A look back at the boldest mail-order idea in American housing: the catalog apartment building, offered by Sears & Roebuck.
December 2, 20256 min read
Real Estate Stories
My Open House Go Bag (Or: Why There's Toilet Paper in My Trunk)
Open houses work. They have always worked. But like most things in real estate, they only work when the agent does. A field report from twenty-five years of Saturdays.
June 8, 20266 min read
Real Estate Stories
Who Will I Be When I Don't Live Here Anymore?
An unofficial biography told in house plans — from the childhood yard I still dream about to the forever-for-now home where my boys are growing up.
August 14, 20255 min read
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