For those that haven’t heard, legendary car builder Boyd Coddington died Wednesday, February 25th in Whittier, CA. Here is a link to one of the news stories. He was 63.

If you don’t know who Boyd Coddington was, here is a quick rundown.

Coddington wheels… he started the billet trend.
Hot Rods by Boyd.
Chip [...]

Beginning a week or so into March, I will be producing an electronic newsletter to be mailed out.  It will carry highlight articles from Garage with a Detached Home and GarageHomesUSA.

I have mailed a few hard-copies out to selected addresses, and you are always welcome to be added to that list as well, but the [...]

If you didn’t know, this little thingie (≠) is the ‘does NOT equal’ sign.
photo credit: ejhogbin

So many people have an idea that price and value are connected… or more specifically, discount from original list and value have a connection… they don’t.  Bluntly, two buyers could go out and buy properties in the same neighborhood.  [...]

And my wife would be happy to provide a list…  But, this is about real estate.  Specifically, short sales.

A short sale in real estate is selling a property below the mortgage payoff, and getting the bank to take the loss.  They are done, but they are pretty rare… and I ran across a great post [...]

Local 4wd club, GBR4WD will be hosting their 5th annual Mud 4 Blood Drive at Bass Pro Shops on Saturday, May 10th.

They have been doing this for several years, and each year’s event has been bigger than the last.  Last year they pulled in over 140 pints of blood for LifeSouth.  For several years, Mud [...]

There is fast on TV, so I thought I would post up slow here…

While getting ready to watch the NASCAR Race in CA, I thought I would post up a little bit of 4wheeling in Moab, UT. The first clip is a Hummer H1 in Pritchett Canyon. H1s are very capable vehicles. [...]

*** This is re-posted from my blog on Active Rain***

I heard voices…

And they were smart voices.

Wandering around in the Rain, there have been scores of bloggers pointing out that the federal government trying to “fix” the foreclosure crisis.  Now, Inman News is saying the same thing.   (the link will only be good until it [...]

Two items from the REALTOR® Magazine Online Daily Brief:
A masked gunman held up an Athens, Ga., bank on Thursday, saying that he was only getting his money back after the lender had foreclosed on his home.

The man entered Regions Bank wearing a black ski mask and pointed a handgun at a teller and said, “You [...]

I have figured out that I am having a problem with email delivery. The issue so seems to revolve around addresses that come from:

Google G-mail
Yahoo mail

If there are others, I don’t know about them yet. We are trying to figure out what the deal is… but, it is tough to know what I [...]

I have added it to my GarageHomesUSA site, and also put it up here.  What do you think?  I had to tweak it a little… just the hot rodder in me.

I will be using this logo with the new media buys we are setting up.  As soon as things are solidified, I’ll announce it here.  [...]