Your car might be worth more than Dennis Kucinich's house...

[Hippo_Tron]

http://realestate.boston.com/galleries/pres_res/10.html

Talk about a modest guy, it's really amazing that he's come so far having so little of his own money to spend.

[onebigbadwulf]

1. Wow compare that to Kerry's 6.9 million dollar boomstick

[burrowowl]

2. Interesting post

They underestimated the price of building the new Bu$h home in Crawford. Unless he got some work done for free.

[diamondsoul]

3. Thanks for posting this.

I kept meaning to go have a look so I scrolled through them all. I noticed I really liked what he has to say about that house, too. It's exactly how I've always felt about owning my own home.

Something else- Practical people who have been through a lot of hardship in life like Dennis seem to have this grasp of not making more work or difficulty for yourself. It's not a huge house, and I'm told it's very sparsely furnished. It's just practical, like its resident.

[burrowowl]

4. Bump

This really is interesting. It also shows that DK didn't go into public service to make money.

[JohnKleeb]

5. Yep

He lives like many of his constiuents do. Indeed he has come such a long way from living in a car with his brothers and folks. Good guy. If elected president, I Would think his background would be the most humble ever.

[tobius]

7. not exactly what voters are looking for, is it? n/t

[KFC]

6. I think they misplaced a decimal point

A fairly large house in Cleveland going for 26K? I think 260K is more like it. And still very modest.

[diamondsoul]

11. Say what??

What "fairly large house"??

When I was house-hunting, I wouldn't even look at anything less than 1500 sq. ft., Kucinich's house is 300 sq ft too small! There are six rooms, with 3 bedrooms that would have to include an eat-in kitchen, single bath, and living room. That's it, no frills, no garage nothing un-needed.

His house is downright dinky by most family standards, and it was purchased in 1976. If I'm not mistaken it's in a working class neighborhood which means the cost isn't going to rise above what the people living there can afford to pay, and it doesn't appear to have a very large parcel of land to go with it.

Cripes, considering all that I feel like my little hovel is a castle! LOL

[MercutioATC]

13. Actually, a search of the county auditor's website reveals the following:

It's on Milan Ave. in Cleveland (NOT a great neighborhood). He bought it in 1973 for $24,800.

The lot's only 35'x105'. The total assessed value for the building and land is $26,220 woth an estimated market value of $74,900.

He pays $1477.90 in real estate taxes per year, and is paid up.



Source:

http://auditor.cuyahoga.oh.us/auditor/repi/general.asp?txtParcel=01824028

[dsc]

19. Cleveland has some of the lowest housing values in the US

for a major city. That is what happens when you lose population like crazy.

[corporatewhore]

8. No.I am supprised the family clunker is still working

[stickdog]

9. My car? Not even close.

Kerry's car? Probably.



Driveway basketball at Dr. Dean's, anyone?

[Straight Shooter]

16. Hey, check out the mailbox.

Someone likes a little bright color in their life :)

[NoMoreRedInk]

10. He makes $154,000 a year - more than 90% of America....

that's hardly poor.

[diamondsoul]

12. The OP never suggested he was poor.

The comment was about how he was able to build up a reasonably secure life from very poor beginnings. What, you have a problem with him because he work(s/ed) his rear end off and manages to achieve something?

[BigMcLargehuge]

14. Howard Dean's is modest too

hell, there are houses across the street from me, duplexes, with higher assessed value and I live in NH.

http://realestate.boston.com/galleries/pres_res/6.html

Interesting piece, thanks for the post :)

[diamondsoul]

15. I noticed that too!

I saw some pictures of the inside once or twice, a long time ago, and it looks a little ritzier from inside than outside. Even so, given their professions and income levels I was pretty surprised.

[Vernunft II]

17. You can get a house in the USA for $26,220 ?????

Bloody Hell.
You wouldn´t even get a garage for that money over here and I AM serious :/

[MercutioATC]

18. Read post #13.

Oh, and yes, you can buy a house for much less that $26k. I once bought a single unit of a 16-unit row house in Cleveland for $10,500 (it needed about $4500 in repairs). It had 3br, 1ba and was about 1200 sq ft.

The Cleveland housing market is priced very reasonably at higher levels, too...