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I did a search for homes for sale on Succotash Rd in Jerusalem RI. Only two listings, both approx same size and vintage of ours, one $549k and the other $345k. I don't know anything about your family's finances, but I would add that this is becoming an exclusive community. These older salt box beach shanties are being bought and torn down and replaced by $ million multi-storey homes. Your investment as a family now - like the investment my wife made 50 years ago - could yield a healthy return when you no longer need it.

As I mentioned earlier, there is only one road into the community from US #1 and it has always been a bit isolated. The beach is private and there are safeguards to keep city beach combers from invading. The only business that I know of in Jerusalem is Skip's Dock, although at the small bridge leading in on Succotash Rd there are a couple of modest eateries.

When my wife bought there you could only buy the house; the land was a dissolved family estate under legal hassles. That has all been settled and obviously what you are really purchasing for your investment is the land, not these little 400 square feet single storey beach shanties.

BUT the 'little beach shanty' provided many years of wonderful summer fun for families and children.

Enough of a slide for a not really sales pitch (I don't make nuttin off of its sale.) I found a map of Succotash Rd to help clarify what I am talking about. I will see what the family decides later in April.