“Structure must be moved prior to closing, preferably before spring thaw.”

A friend of mine grew up on a bay near Cleveland where people would ice fish. He and a couple of friends would mark the location of where the shacks were. If they were left for the thaw by negligent owners, they would retrieve the shacks from the bottom and resell them the next winter.

http://blogs.wsj.com/developments/2012/07/02/listing-gone-stale-extol-the-virtues-of-ghost-free-living/

http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304782404577491182459746076?mod=WSJ_hps_LEFTTopStories&mg=reno64-wsj&url=http%3A%2F%2Fonline.wsj.com%2Farticle%2FSB10001424052702304782404577491182459746076.html%3Fmod%3DWSJ_hps_LEFTTopStories#1

My personal favorite extra is the proclamation that the house is “fog resistant.” There’s talk in the first article about humor not being well thought of in real estate, which I do not get. For me, as long as the listing agent is professional, knows his/her stuff, is honest and thorough, I see no problem with tossing in a bit of fun. Now if the listing and showing processes were about fun first and business second, that would be a different story. But as you can see from the lengthy video at this listing – http://jakepalmer.ca/61-riverview/ – Mr. Palmer seems like a highly competent agent. I say more power to him for lightening the weight of what’s likely the biggest transaction most folks will ever make. Go Jake! :D

There’s no mention of sanitary facilities (aka a toilet), but ya know.. I’m OK with that. Really… I don’t need/want to know. The old adage “don’t s**t where you eat” is threatening to start ringing in my mind if I don’t move on…

Regardless, for around $2200 American, it might be a bargain. There are much more expensive hobbies and, hey, this one let’s you bring home dinner!

Took a look at a map. Appears to be about 75 miles east of Maine. But it’s also around 10 miles from a mysteriously blank spot on the map, around 225 sq miles of… nothing. Just… beige. Um… Canadian military proving grounds perhaps? Area 51 of the North? I don’t know about you guys, but map locations with “no there there” make me nervous. Yes, even more nervous than hard core ice fishermen…