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

Nobody thanked Edith at first.

But everyone noticed.

In July, the county newspaper sent a reporter.

The headline ran the next week:

The $3 House: Retired Couple Transforms Ridgeway’s Worst Property Into Its Most Beautiful Home.

The article included Frank’s 40 years as a structural engineer and Edith’s landscape architecture degree, earned at 22 and finally continue reading …