Think back about …
My Real Estate Story
We all have a real estate story — the house you bought for a song or that great rent-controlled apartment with the river view. Or the fixer-upper that milked you dry, the roof that leaked, or the sink hole in the backyard, the noisy upstairs neighbor you took to court and the landlord or the tenant from Hell. Or that lucky day you found your dream house! Think back about My Real Estate Story and share forward!Stories on This Week's Writing Prompt
Little House in the ‘Hood
by
Khati Hendry
At last I was successfully disentangling from a bad relationship with an incipiently psychotic partner and needed to move [...]
Selling a House in a Pandemic
by
Laurie Levy
The process of preparing our house to go on the market felt like peeling an onion – layer by layer, my life there disappeared.
The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe Most New Yorkers have either a good or a bad real estate story. Here’s mine and it’s [...]
New Stories on Old Prompts
Joy and Arthur
Hi, I came across your story of Joy and Arthur quite by chance after a random google search. I married my childhood [...]
Prompted By An Unforgettable Person
April 27, 2024
Past Stories You May Have Missed
Lamp Man Day
by
Nick Wyman
It is Monday, October 2, 1978. As I wait for my flight to Pittsburgh, I watch Bucky Dent break the hearts of thousands of [...]
Prompted By How We Met
August 23, 2016
Celluloid Heroes
by
Suzy
“Everybody’s a dreamer, everybody’s a star,” sang the Kinks in their 1972 song “Celluloid [...]
Prompted By Best Picture
February 26, 2018
Think back about …
My Real Estate Story
We all have a real estate story — the house you bought for a song or that great rent-controlled apartment with the river view. Or the fixer-upper that milked you dry, the roof that leaked, or the sink hole in the backyard, the noisy upstairs neighbor you took to court and the landlord or the tenant from Hell. Or that lucky day you found your dream house! Think back about My Real Estate Story and share forward!Upcoming Prompts
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