A Prime Lot

They're back - the real estate people who want us to sell our houses, even though we are living in them and have no intention of going anywhere.  There was this:

And there was this:

These both came in the mail, maybe they didn't mean it; it was just a mass mailing, and John and Dan didn't really mean *my* house -- it was a mistake, they really just meant to send these to people who actually wanted to sell their houses.  There was no mistaking the intent for this one:

This was an interesting communication, with the handwritten note, and "Please" underlined three times.  "my client would like to purchase your home for her sister name your price" suggests that (1) there is a client with a sister, (2) the client is in the market for a house for her sister, (3) and the client specifically wants *my* house.  It's a sister who needs a place to live, and she wants to live in my house.  She's probably a lovely person who would come to block parties, pick up the neighbors' mail when they are out of town, and babysit in a pinch.  

Except I don't think she does want to live in my house.  I think she wants to buy my house, reduce it to rubble, and build a custom dream home, just like the card says.  On their website, Mikel Muffley describes the program as offering "Prime Lot Location & Acquisition." That's what my house is, it's a prime lot.  That's where Justin works, for the Lot Acquisition Team, not the Team That Finds Nice Houses for Clients' Sisters Team.

In the meantime, the incredibly large house with the nice views of the neighbors' back yards is nearing completion, there's not much obvious work going on at the duplex since they took the trees down, and the lots where the apartments used to be are still empty.  There's a small pond there.  When it gets warmer, maybe we should put some fish in it, to eat the mosquito larvae.  

If the sister really wants a house on my street, there are lots up the street.  It's not necessary to knock down any more houses and cut down more trees.  Really,