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Wordless Wednesday - Rags To Riches Is All In How You Think

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Rags House

Riches House

Kenneth Cole
Weichert Realtors Appleseed Group, 2043 Richmond Ave. S.I.N.Y. 10314. office phone 718-698-9797, Appleseedhomes.com... - Staten Island, NY
NYS Licensed Real Estate Salesperson

Just thinking, I wonder who would be the happier occupant?  And why?

Jan 12, 2010 11:34 PM
Matt McLaughlin
The Pest Force - Myrtle Beach, SC

I think the train may have forced the previous tenants out in the first picture.

Jan 12, 2010 11:39 PM
Leslie Helm
Tennessee Recreational Properties - Jamestown, TN
Real Estate For Trail Riders

Hey, Gary. Cute post. The castle has bigger closets, with more room for shoes.

Jan 12, 2010 11:48 PM
Kristin Johnston - REALTORĀ®
RE/MAX Platinum - Waukesha, WI
Giving Back With Each Home Sold!

Gary, I enjoy your perspective!  Thanks for the wonderful way to start my Wed!

Jan 12, 2010 11:52 PM
Cherise Selley
Selley Group Real Estate, LLC - Colorado Springs, CO
Colorado Springs Realtor

Good morning Gary...many worldviews inspired by those beautiful pics...Cherise

Jan 13, 2010 12:01 AM
Valerie Osterhoudt
Johnson Real Estate, Inc. - Cromwell, CT
ABR, Cromwell, CT Real Estate ~ 860.883.8889

Gary.. It is all in the eye of the beholder and occupant.  You can have next to nothing as far as a home, and a very fulfilled life.  On the other hand you can have a castle and only be able to afford corn flakes for breakfast.  So who is the one that truly has the wealth?

valerie osterhoudt

 

Jan 13, 2010 12:08 AM
Home Loan Search.Online
Home Loan Search Online - Newnan, GA

Nice photos. I think I would choose the quiet solitude that would come from the little cabin in the woods.

Jan 13, 2010 12:14 AM
Loreena and Michael Yeo
3:16 team REALTY ~ Locally-owned Prosper TX Real Estate Co. - Prosper, TX
Real Estate Agents

Gary - When I saw these 2 photos, just this thought came to mind. Whether we live in a shack or a castle, it's all in the state of mind. However, location is KEY. I think you just sparked a candid post for tomorrow. Thanks for the inspiration.

Jan 13, 2010 12:14 AM
Jo-Anne Smith
Oakville, ON

Gary,

The castle picture is beautiful...do you know where that location is?

I think the train would blow the little shack right off it's base...hmmm.

Jo

Jan 13, 2010 12:32 AM
Chris Ann Cleland
Long and Foster Real Estate - Gainesville, VA
Associate Broker, Bristow, VA

Gary:  These must be computer generated images.  Very cool.   Can't imagine cleaning that castle.  By the time you finished, it'd be time to start all over again.

Jan 13, 2010 01:22 AM
Yuno Marioni
Bothell, WA
- Your Home, My Goal -

Great post!  No words needed! 

Jan 13, 2010 01:22 AM
Linda Greco Rich, ABR, SRES
Exit Preferred Realty - Bel Air, MD
Harford County Specialist

Gary, I think I would like to be somewhere in between without the taxes ; )

Jan 13, 2010 01:24 AM
Mary Douglas
United Country Ponderosa Realty, Red Feather Lakes, Colorado - Red Feather Lakes, CO
REALTOR, Red Feather Lakes, Colorado

It is all in how you think - some live in castles and are so poor in meaningful things, and others who don't have very much materially, are rich beyond all imagination.

Jan 13, 2010 04:12 AM
Carla Muss-Jacobs, RETIRED
RETIRED / State License is Inactive - Portland, OR

Seems that both the tracks and shack are abandoned.  There's a lot of people in castles that are equally gone.  I prefer the happy medium.

Jan 13, 2010 04:49 AM
William Feela
WHISPERING PINES REALTY - North Branch, MN
Realtor, Whispering Pines Realty 651-674-5999 No.

Gary, give me the place in the first picture!  Although right on the tracks, it is still worth more in my eyes than the sterile environment of the castle!

Jan 13, 2010 05:29 AM
Tom Braatz Waukesha County Real Estate 262-377-1459
Coldwell Banker - Oconomowoc, WI
Waukesha County Realtor Real Estate agent. SOLD!

Gary

I love that first picture by the tracks; being rich in perspective and happiness in ones heart can find beauty in lots of different light. Any history with that first picture?

Jan 13, 2010 09:02 AM
Chanda Barrick
Keller Williams Indy Metro Northeast - Indianapolis, IN
in referral

WOW, both of those pics are awesome shots.  Did you take them?

Chanda panda

Jan 13, 2010 10:07 AM
Don Sabinske
Don Sabinske, Sabinske & Associates Inc. - Zimmerman, MN
Sabinske & Associates Inc.

I'll go with the first one...less upkeep, easier payments. 

Jan 13, 2010 01:55 PM
Guy Thomas
WR Starkey Mortgage - Colorado Springs, CO

Like they say, beauty is in the eye of the beholder. For most, the hardest part is not judging what another is contentg with in life.

Jan 13, 2010 02:44 PM
Dorie Dillard Austin TX
Coldwell Banker Realty ~ 512.750.6899 - Austin, TX
NW Austin ~ Canyon Creek and Spicewood/Balcones

Hi Gary,

What wonderul images to get your point across. You could ponder these two pictures for several days and come up with different thoughts!

Jan 13, 2010 04:52 PM