In these bad
times I got a pleasant surprise "out of the blue." It was Christmas,
2018. A family came back from Christmas shopping in the evening. She left Christmas
packages on the stove. She decided to run the oven cleaner to clean the oven.
Many of us have this feature on our stoves. What most don't realize is that the
oven goes up to 800 degrees Fahrenheit as it does the automatic clean. The
Christmas packages eventually caught fire. I understand that the house had no
smoke alarms. A devastating fire followed. The house was left as a burned-out
shell. A fast fire department response prevented any fatalities or serious injuries.
The burned-out wreck of a house sat for
a long time. Then an intrepid Palestinian immigrant named Waleed came along. He
bought the burned-out wreck. Soon all sorts of construction activities were
going on. When he finished his work, a beautiful home was offered for sale. One
Saturday afternoon I had a chance meeting with Waleed. He was gracious. He gave
me a complete tour of the house. I was impressed. The $1,900,000 price was out
of my price range.
Then the pandemic hit. The house sat for
sale for quite a while. Yesterday I got the news that it had sold for the full
sales price of $1,900,000 on 12 July. It was an all-cash deal I understand. In
this time of between 20 and 40 million people out of work in the US and
businesses closing for good every day, it is amazing to see that those with
serious money are doing quite well.
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