Well, it depends on where you look of course. “Location, location, location.” (barf)
In downtown Raleigh’s Historic Oakwood neighborhood, a Victorian house built in the 1800s complete with a turret.
In New York City’s Harlem, 2 of 3 windows across one of the floors of an apartment building (though if you’re lucky, it’s been renovated):
And no, this isn’t one we’ve made an offer on. I’m just saying … YAY!!
Seriously, we’re trying to buy a house, and when the stocks fall from $27/share to $21/share it makes it a lot harder to estimate what kind of house we can buy. So come on, do a fun, young couple a favor and either buy high or just hold on to them for a little while.
Step 1: C tells me he needs to fly to another state for 3-day training course.
Step 2: methinks, “Hmm … that’s the Tuesday after a long weekend, and we have family & friends in that thar state”
Step 3: C books flight leaving on Thursday night instead – paid for by his company
Step 4: I book a seat on the same flight – paid for by part of a travel voucher from a bump earlier in the year
Step 5: Much merriment ensues with family & friends over holiday weekend (YAY!)
Step 6: Monday: C & me make our way to the halls of our old offices and find mobile places to plug in. Y voila … we’re both online & plugged in, working our work, online and available for meetings.
Result: Holiday of sorts; reconnect with fam & friends we miss now that we’ve moved away; flights: free-ish; hotel paid for by spouse’s company with no additional expense for the little woman.
Cool! For the amount of griping I do, this is one of the benefits that so many people can’t take advantage of and, well, we think it’s pretty neat 
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