What's on your porch…or lawn?

The title inspiration for this blog is two fold, the off-the wall and in your face Capital One bank card commercials with the call to action “What’s in your wallet?” which lead me to “What’s on your porch?” after viewing my own property on Google Street View and Wayne Coyne of the Flaming Lips debut on Street View.

Wow, using Street View is a real eye opener. Whatever you were doing, left outside on your lawn or on your porch is now and forever out there for the world to see. And that includes tech savvy buyers who diligently check out all the sources they can when doing their home searches. It’s an excellent way to see what the neighbourhood looks like, often times most candidly.

Listening to “Q” on CBC yesterday they mentioned Wayne Coyne from Flaming Lips captured by Street View sitting in a bathtub on his front lawn. There goes that neighbourhood!

In a world that has concerns about privacy clearly it’s an issue that is increasingly being taken out of our hands because of our most peculiar and contrary desire to have more access. Truly a bit of an oxymoron.

So I guess the moral of the story is to always look your best. Curb appeal counts. Big time! You may not be able to control what your neighbour’s do but you can certainly look after yourself.