Take This House and Shove It

A bad temper?

Or a case of the "Mondays?"

This poor realtor probably got sick of people calling on the house, and finding out the bank is asking $100,000 more than a brand new house with a green lawn.

Take This House and Shove It

Take this house and shove it

I ain't livin' here no more

My equity's done gone and left

All the reasons I've been workin' for.

My banker better not try to stand in my way

When I'm a walkin' out that door

Take this house and shove it

I ain't livin' here no more!

I've seen a lot of neighbor's leavin'

and brown lawns galore

I'm losin' the shirt right off my back

and the bill collector's a knockin' at my door.

So take this house and shooooovvvveeee it

I ain't livin' here no more!

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On the Auction Block

Bids anyone, on this gorgeous bungalow with a quaint brown lawn?

California House Rush

Actual name of the street....

...sitting right in the yard of a foreclosed house.

Time and time again history has proven to repeat itself, just like an old tune with new lyrics. Gold fever or house fever...it's all the same thing with the same results. This synopsis of the Gold Rush, from Wikipedia, could easily read the exact same way for this era if "gold" is replaced with "houses."

The California Gold Rush (1848–1855) began on January 24, 1848, when gold was discovered at Sutter's Mill. As news of the discovery spread, some 300,000 people came to California from the rest of the United States and abroad. These early gold-seekers, called "forty-niners," traveled to California by sailing ship and in covered wagons across the continent, often facing substantial hardships on the trip. While most of the newly-arrived were Americans, the Gold Rush also attracted tens of thousands from Latin America, Europe, Australia and Asia. At first, the prospectors retrieved the gold from streams and riverbeds using simple techniques, such as panning, and later developed more sophisticated methods of gold recovery that were adopted around the world. Gold worth billions of today's dollars was recovered, leading to great wealth for a few; many, however, returned home with little more than they started with.

Real Estate Rhymes

Red Sky at Night...Sailor's Delight...
Red Sky at Morning...Sailor Heed Warning.

Brown Dried Up Lawn...Homeowner Long Gone.

Empty Corona Boxes Out Front...House is a Dump.

Handwritten Sign...Running Out of Time.

Cashed Out

Somebody cashed out on some property.
Looks like his very own castle surrounded by his very own kingdom.

Everyone's Favorite Neighbor

Why?

I Can't Sell My Car...Either

Looks like tough times are ahead for the automobile industry too. This was a once successful Ford dealership, and now they are closing up shop. It is amazing how much housing affects the entire economy. Maybe we should get the government involved, because everything they touch turns to gold. Heh. In fact, they should bailout all the people who are upside down on their SUV loans. After all, you've gotta have a car...to park in front of your house that is on the verge of foreclosure. Where else will people live if they lose their house? Rent? [Shudder]