Kicker: Buyer beware

NICK EICHER, HOST: Someone just bought a real fixer-upper, a lighthouse in Chesapeake Bay. Please note I didn’t say near Chesapeake Bay. I said “in Chesapeake Bay.”

And it’s buyer beware.

Given the location, the only access is by boat, which you’d have to tie to the outer ladder of the lighthouse and then climb up.

And once you get inside, you’ll find there’s no sewer, no electricity, no gas, no water, other than the saltwater you’re surrounded by.

Oh, and did I mention the owner is required to maintain the lighthouse as an active navigational aid to the Coast Guard, so you have to resolve that electricity issue right away.

And finally, you’ll need to keep in contact with the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division because your new property is located within the test range. Meaning it’s in a target-practice area for the Navy.

Now, the upside to owning this lighthouse—there’s got to be one—but I am, shall we say, still in the dark as to what it is.

It’s The World and Everything in It.

NICK EICHER, HOST: Someone just bought a real fixer-upper, a lighthouse in Chesapeake Bay. Please note I didn’t say near Chesapeake Bay. I said “in Chesapeake Bay.”

And it’s buyer beware.

Given the location, the only access is by boat, which you’d have to tie to the outer ladder of the lighthouse and then climb up.

And once you get inside, you’ll find there’s no sewer, no electricity, no gas, no water, other than the saltwater you’re surrounded by.

Oh, and did I mention the owner is required to maintain the lighthouse as an active navigational aid to the Coast Guard, so you have to resolve that electricity issue right away.

And finally, you’ll need to keep in contact with the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division because your new property is located within the test range. Meaning it’s in a target-practice area for the Navy.

Now, the upside to owning this lighthouse—there’s got to be one—but I am, shall we say, still in the dark as to what it is.

It’s The World and Everything in It.

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