Eagles Over the Kennebec

that's a beautiful, charming house. And the price seems incredibly low to those of us in Cali. That said, a house that old will have higher ongoing maintenance costs (and hassle). The odds of major reno being needed are nontrivially higher. But new ones have no soul (and smaller yards, worse locations, etc), so that's a tradeoff. And, as someone who dabbles in real estate, I'm not crazy about the market price or direction, but YMMV...Frankly, that's so cute, and if it suits you...and if you get in over your head you can just write *lots* more novels for me to buy! :)