My dad was a Detroit Police Officer, parking enforcement.  Circa 1954, a gentleman was illegally parked Ford Model A Coupe, with a rumble seat.  Wasn't starting, pop says move it or ticket it.  Gentleman said "for two bucks I would sell it."  Pop pulled out two bucks, gentleman signed off the title and walked.

I found $20 on the ground once.  

verslagen1 wrote on 04/12/15 at 08:24:59:

I found what I thought was a $5 dollar bill. I picked it up and it was a $50!

Does ALMOST count???

1) When my new wife and began looking to settle down we looked at a dumpy little house ( 3 bedroom 1 bath) on forty acres of GOOD flat crop land. I liked the area because I knew a local millionaire own the land behind it.  Well we passed. 20 years ago the the millionaire set up a sub-division with 2 acre lots for $30k each.  Land in that area commonly goes for $5k to $10k per acre.

2) So we looking in the next county over in the direction that was being built up. We found 40 acres.. no buildings with a pond for $38k. Again we passed. Currently, one of the hottest retail areas in the state. Its now a shopping mall.

3) Lastly, we looked at... and I put down $400 non-refundable to buy 7 acres, ready with water and electric. Again I backed out and lost my $400. Three months later we find out that Nissan would be building a plant about 3 miles away.  This one:

http://www.nissan-canton.com/

so yeah....

I am not that guy....  

LOL, kind of like prices of land down here.... before hurricane Ivan whiped out Navarre beach....
I bought a house and land (two lots 1/4 acre) for 114k, two years later, Ivan whipes out the coast (million dollar homes)... they come back looking for property to rent while waiting for their homes to be rebuilt. There were literally none to be found, realtors made calls.. mine called me... saying "you can sell yours for twice what it is worth".... and I did....sold my house and property for 216k.... paid off EVERYTHING and bought half a house in Illinois... only to return to the gulf 2 years later and be back in debt....sigh...
I learned later that I could have split the property and sold the half with just dirt for enough to have paid off my house .... sheesh!
Oh and to boot... the owner offered me the adjoining properties for only 5k each when I bought my house.....when I sold my house they sold for 89k a piece!