Real Estate Humor

Affordable in Rochester? Yes. Understandable? Not Even Close.

By Mimi Perez / June 24, 2026 /

The first time I looked at the photos of this week’s Wednesday WTF home, I felt as though some big, hairy space alien had picked me up with their mind powers and shook me like a ragdoll. Then, they twirled me around like a street corner arrow advertising a new sub shop. Once their arms…

Whoever Taught Arts and Crafts in Bell Buckle, Tennessee Deserves a Raise. Meet the Star Student.

By Mimi Perez / June 10, 2026 /

I’m going to go out on a limb and say that the recreation center in Bell Buckle, Tennessee has one heck of an arts and crafts class. The star pupil in that class is the owner of the house featured in this week’s column and woo doggy are their talents on display. It does not…

This Georgia House Is an Architectural Migraine

By Mimi Perez / June 3, 2026 /

Fair warning, I have a headache. At the end of this column you will have a headache. It is what it is. No one ever said life was fair. Life is pain. You just get used to it. Look, stop with the eyeball/forehead rubbing. It’s not going to help and you haven’t even seen the…

Are Ya Friggin’ Kidding Me? There Is No Way This Townhome Isn’t in New Jersey

By Mimi Perez / May 27, 2026 /

Chapter 58 of the book “You Never Really Know What’s Going on Inside a House” takes us to Yardley, Pennsylvania. Yardley sits right on the border with New Jersey. During the American Civil War, Yardley was a station on the Underground Railroad, and now that we know those two little tidbits of information, the interior…

This Florida Foam Dome Looks Like a Fluffernutter Sandwich Gone Wrong

By Mimi Perez / May 20, 2026 /

One of the grossest sandwiches from childhood was a fluffernutter. It’s a sandwich that encompasses peanut butter and marshmallow fluff. You mash those two ingredients in between two pieces of white break and voila, you have a fluffernutter sandwich. Yeah, I didn’t eat that crap. I always found it hurl-worthy. Mark Boackle was always eating…