Posts with tag LaWanda Flake trading house for car

A disabled mother of six who took to Craigslist last month to swap her family home for a car has finally gotten what she wanted: trading her four-bedroom house in the Detroit neighborhood of Russell Woods for a 6-year-old minivan. The city values the house (pictured above), located in an area where Diana Ross and the... Continue Reading »

A Detroit woman is offering what sounds like the deal of a lifetime. Trade her a car for her four-bedroom, 2,000-square-foot house. She advertised the deal on Craigslist because, she said, she is desperate for a car to drive her children around in. She bought this house at a tax foreclosure sale for $3,500 and says she... Continue Reading »