Comments on: Comment of the Day: That Was My Home Too http://swamplot.com/comment-of-the-day-that-was-my-home-too/2009-09-10/ Houston, Texas real estate development, home buying, landscape, and design Fri, 19 Mar 2010 02:15:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Scott Bodenheimer http://swamplot.com/comment-of-the-day-that-was-my-home-too/2009-09-10/#comment-42577 Scott Bodenheimer Thu, 10 Sep 2009 22:50:10 +0000 http://swamplot.com/?p=12168#comment-42577 500K in 1951 was worth 4.2 million dollars today: http://www.dollartimes.com/calculators/inflation.htm 500K in 1951 was worth 4.2 million dollars today:

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]]> By: matt http://swamplot.com/comment-of-the-day-that-was-my-home-too/2009-09-10/#comment-42560 matt Thu, 10 Sep 2009 19:44:52 +0000 http://swamplot.com/?p=12168#comment-42560 It is a fabulous home but it's not THAT fabulous. Maybe your mother meant $50,000 which in 1951 was still a lot of money. Similar homes scattered around Los Angeles were probably selling for $50,000 in 1951. And that's with a little extra for the builder. Maybe the extra $450,000 was for hidden rooms behind the closet walls and basement hideaways with secret trapdoors and if so, well, let's all go on a treasure hunt! Did your mother keep the keys by chance? It is a fabulous home but it’s not THAT fabulous. Maybe your mother meant $50,000 which in 1951 was still a lot of money.

Similar homes scattered around Los Angeles were probably selling for $50,000 in 1951. And that’s with a little extra for the builder.

Maybe the extra $450,000 was for hidden rooms behind the closet walls and basement hideaways with secret trapdoors and if so, well, let’s all go on a treasure hunt!

Did your mother keep the keys by chance?

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