Just ASK Bacon: How Can You Help the Housing Market?

Well I announced my candidacy for public office and I’m already hitting the campaign trail! In my spare time, I still get to read my “Just ASK Bacon” mail from great visitors like you! And speaking of great visitors, I received this wonderful note from Becky Williams of Sonoma, California. She writes:

Dear Bacon,I saw you’re running for public office and I think that’s great! You know you will have my vote! One question though, and it may be a tough one. Other politicians talk about the war in Iraq, health care, education, immigration, and so on, but I have yet to hear ONE politician tell me how he/she is going to fix the real estate market. It’s so hard to sell a house these days! Thanks!

Becky, I’ve heard the housing market is tough nowadays. Thankfully, I always have an affordable home in the freezer at the supermarket! Well let’s see how bacon can handle this mess.

There are many reasons why the housing market in the United States exploded in 2004 and 2005, then imploded in 2006 and 2007. Those reasons range from low introductory mortgage rates on adjustable rate mortgages (ARM) to risky loans that made thousands of people first-time home buyers whose income couldn’t keep up with the housing costs. (For more on why the market is what it is, check out this extremely helpful website)

One look at neighborhoods across America and you will see realtors doing ANYTHING to move a house: price reduction, paying closing costs, throwing in a free HDTV and other electronics, and on and on and on. Still, buyers are nervous about going through the economic hard times sellers are experiencing now so the market is a bit stagnant. So how will I make this different? Simple!

With all of the bells and whistles every realtor adds to try to sell a house, all you really need is a big ol’ plate of bacon in the house. That’s right, place a plate of me in the kitchen… or in the living room… or in the bedroom… heck, put me in the bathroom! My splendiforous odor will waft through the house and really make a house feel like home. A new HDTV may make that football game on Sunday look better, but does it really warm the heart and make you feel as good as a nice steaming plate of bacon? I don’t think so!

So there you go, Becky. The answer to the housing market problem is… me! Spread a little bit of bacon love around that house you’re trying to sell, then spread out the dollar bills all over your satin bedsheets and cackle like a movie villain!

Got a question for Bacon? E-mail him at: bacon@justaddbacon.com!