There is a block that I have to walk (sometimes run) down in order to catch the bus into school. There are six houses on the block. Today a new ‘for sale’ sign went up which means that three of the six houses are now for sale. What’s more, two of the other houses sprouted ‘for sale/for rent’ signs last year (both were rented). Now I happen to know that the two houses for sale are not distressed sales (at least not yet), but there were young people who bought into the neighborhood despite being in school and not planning to stay for more than a few years. I don’t know much about the third house for sale. The two houses that rented this fall have been rental properties for a while. Still it’s a lot of turn over for one block. I wonder what the people in the sixth house think? What happens if one of the rental houses goes up for sale again; I wonder if it would scare off potential buyers?

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