Sorry not to have responded earlier but I just got back today to AZ from NY. I have been trying to sell my house up there for 6 months. The market has really sucked. This week I slashed the price by $200k to $1295. If you go onto the nytimes.com website and click on real estate you will be taken to a site where the listings are. Plug into the zip code window 12550 ( NEWBURGH, NY )and my house is about the 5th one down. Even if I sell the house at the offering price, I will lose money after inflation. AND I BUILT IT IN 1995 !!! FFF has had poor experience in the stock market because more than likely he "invested" in the high flying touted crap. FFF, you give me pointers in RE investing and I will do the same for you in stocks. My track record in residential real estate has obviously not been stellar !! I hope my reverse Midas touch doesn"t rub off onto Watersound Beach, FFF. The big difference is I don't invest in RE, I live in it and enjoy it. I invest in stocks and bonds but only the best of the best. Oh and btw, I also invest in designer straw hats not the honky tonky type Shelly displayed !!