"Cass Corridor flophouse sold to DTE for rumored millions"...

Translation: "New McMansion to be Built in East Dearborn Soon"

i had this crazy idea that one could plausibly start a very lucrative business in selling Detroit houses to people in other cities. Digs like this Temple Hotel would go for $3.7 Million in Brooklyn and no one bats an eyelash. here, it's big news, and the blg is not even part of the equation; it is merely a "residue" of sorts that must be cleared away.

imagine if you deconstructed these things and sold them to buyers in other cities that are desperate for the old-world architecture that we throw away on a daily basis in Detroit. that recently foreclosed/gutted yet still gorgeous brick bungalow listed for $1000? deconstruct it, put it on a rail car and send it to some buyer in California for ten times the cost.

im no business man however, ill leave it to someone else