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Title: Meet YourNew Neighbors: Phoenix Abuzz as a Palin Buys a Home Nearby
Source:
NYTimes
URL Source: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/26/u ... cs/26palin.html?_r=1&src=twrhp
Published: Dec 25, 2010
Author: staff
Post Date: 2010-12-25 11:35:45 by buckeroo
Keywords: None
Views: 166
Comments: 10
PHOENIX — Bristol Palin, the 20-year-old daughter of Sarah Palin, has bought a five-bedroom house in Maricopa, a modest community south of Phoenix, setting off a flurry of speculation as to exactly what her plans — and those of her famous mother — are for the desert dwelling. The Palin family, which calls Wasilla, Alaska, home, offered no comment. But the sale certainly created plenty of buzz in Maricopa, where for-sale signs are everywhere and celebrity buyers are rare. “That a ‘Dancing With the Stars’ phenom by the name Palin would invest there is a bolt of lightning for the housing industry there,” said Jason Rose, a publicist in nearby Scottsdale. Edward Farrell, Maricopa’s vice mayor and a fourth-generation resident, gave Todd Palin, Ms. Palin’s father, a tour of Maricopa earlier in the year and was under the impression that he was looking for a house for the entire family. “I left the meeting thinking that maybe he and Sarah were looking for a place to live,” said Mr. Farrell, who was surprised when he learned that Ms. Palin was listed as the buyer. Property records from Pinal County show that Ms. Palin bought a brown stucco house in the Cobblestone Farms development several weeks ago for $172,000 in cash. The price was not bad considering the house has 3,900 square feet and a three-car garage and sold for almost $330,000 four years ago. The house went into foreclosure in January and was bought by investors from North Dakota for $137,200. They spruced it up for resale. “I’m not sure why she wanted to buy that home, but we are real happy for her,” Michael Smith, who owned the house with his wife, told The Arizona Republic. “She seems like a nice girl. We’re excited for her.” Mr. Farrell said Cobblestone Farms happened to be the same neighborhood he lives in. “It’s not about glitz and glamour, but about quality of life,” he said. “I think she bought in the best neighborhood that Maricopa has to offer.” Maricopa is nearly an hour’s drive from the fashionable communities of Scottsdale and Paradise Valley, home to most of the Phoenix area’s well-known residents, including former Vice President Dan Quayle. An article in The New York Times called Maricopa a “boomtown mirage” in 2008 as tract home after tract home began to go into foreclosure. A real estate Web site notes that Ms. Palin’s new neighborhood has a community park and a swimming pool and is “an easy walk to Ace Hardware and several eateries.”
Poster Comment: Maybe Bristol will meet up with Red Jones and teach him how to "tap dance" more professionally on the Internet.
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#1. To: Red Jones (#0)
"In a free society we're supposed to know the truth," ... "In a society where truth becomes treason, then we're in big trouble. And now, people who are revealing the truth are getting into trouble for it" -- Ron Paul, circa 2010-12-02
That's good, she can walk to work at the hardware store or the restaurants. She is using her money wisely, but she could have bought a lot of homes in Detroit for the same amount of money.
God is always good!
Yeah, she does seem nice, I hope she has a good life.
God is always good!
Perhaps not so much as bolt of lightning as a demonstration that Palin (namely, Sarah because I doubt Bristol had either the money or inclination to move to Maricopa) is willing to exploit the sufferings of communities being foreclosed in order to get a bargain.
So, is it your contention then that the houses should be left vacant to turn into a ghost town? While I am not a member of the Sarah, life support system for a set of tits, Palin fan club methinks your comment is more reflective of your dislike of Sarah Palin than of people buying a home.
"“Believe nothing merely because you have been told it. Do not believe what your teacher tells you merely out of respect for the teacher. But whatsoever, after due examination and analysis, you find to be kind, conducive to the good, the benefit, the welfare of all beings - that doctrine believe and cling to, and take it as your guide.” ~ Gautama Siddhartha — The Buddha
Funny, just about anyone else would find themselves in prison and the money seized under the guise of USAPATRIOT Act violations. I guess some animals ARE more equal than others.
Guessing that cash meant certified funds, and that there is no lien on the property. m2c
Somewhere in Kenya, a village is missing its idiot.
Maybe things are different at the jew York Times, but here in Hoosierhickistan, cash means cash.
I wonder what Sarah will look like after she visits and gets a tan?? :-o
__________________________________________________________ Cash/cash at settlement prolly would merit a visit from HSA/FBI/CIA and who knows who else?
Somewhere in Kenya, a village is missing its idiot.
#2. To: buckeroo (#0)
is “an easy walk to Ace Hardware and several eateries.”
#3. To: buckeroo (#0)
“She seems like a nice girl. We’re excited for her.”
#4. To: buckeroo (#0)
#5. To: Shoonra (#4)
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#6. To: buckeroo (#0)
...Ms. Palin bought a brown stucco house in the Cobblestone Farms development several weeks ago for $172,000 in cash.
Mike Flaherty: Yeah, it's been there a long time. I wish I knew which corner.
My Man Godfrey (1936)
#7. To: Esso (#6)
#8. To: Lod (#7)
Mike Flaherty: Yeah, it's been there a long time. I wish I knew which corner.
My Man Godfrey (1936)
#9. To: buckeroo, Original_Intent (#0)
"This man is Jesus,” shouted one man, spilling his Guinness as Barack Obama began his inaugural address. “When will he come to Kenya to save us?"
-Schweizerische Schuetzenzeitung (Swiss Shooting Federation) April, 1941
#10. To: Esso (#8)
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