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On Fri, 17 May 2013 19:57:49 -0400, Dave Smith
> wrote:

> I am reminded of a my friend<?> Cheap Bob, who was boasting about a deal
> he got on a house in the middle of nowhere. He was proud of having paid
> only $68,000 for a house worth $95,000. We tried to explain to him
> that it had been on the market for 5 years and that if, after 5 years on
> the market it was only worth $68,000, that is what is was worth.


Something is only worth what someone else is willing to pay for it.
You can put in a million dollars worth of upgrades, but if some else
is only willing to pay $400,000 for your little project - then that's
what it's worth.

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