HOW TO BUY A RENTAL PROPERTY IN TAOS, 1982
File — Box: 131, Folder: 44
Scope and Contents
45 handwritten pages. In 1981, suddenly flush from screenwriting, I decided to buy a Taos "rental" house as a tax shelter. Idiot. I bought a lemon, the plumbing stunk, the roof leaked, the well dried up. Had to drill a new well. The driller hit artesian water he couldn't staunch, almost dropping the house into a sink hole. Halliburton came from Farmington to seal it (for a fortune!) with pressurized concrete. I bailed 6 months later, selling the house, totally broke. And never tried a tax shelter again. But I thought the lunatic story would make a funny novella. This folder has 45 hand-scribbled (impossible to read) pages about the doomed house that I wrote in a manic fit on January 21, 1982. But I never continued further.
Dates
- 1982
Language of Materials
From the Collection:
English
Access Restrictions
The collection is open for research, however, researchers must sign consent form prior to gaining access to materials. Calavera drawings, proofs, and etchings as well as "little diaries" (Boxes 14, 125, 126, 129, 142) are housed in high security and may require up to 24 hours for retrieval. Enlarged photocopies and typed transcriptions of "little diaries" in Box 142 are located in Box 184.
Extent
From the Collection: 184 boxes (172 cu. ft.)
Repository Details
Part of the UNM Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections Repository
Contact:
University of New Mexico Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections
University Libraries, MSC05 3020
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque NM 87131
505-277-6451
University of New Mexico Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections
University Libraries, MSC05 3020
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque NM 87131
505-277-6451