At 76, I Bought Back Our First Home for $3—The Mayor Called Our House an Embarrassment—One Year Later, It Was Worth More Than His Mansion

address out loud to Edith yet. He had barely said it to himself.

“One dollar,” the auctioneer repeated.

Frank raised his paddle.

A man in the third row chuckled.

“Do I hear two?”

Silence.

Frank should have stopped at one. He had no reason to bid against himself. But something about buying that house for a single dollar felt disrespectful to the life that continue reading …