Write An Essay, Win A Home

Item: Mica Flats couple willing to swap home for a winning essay /KREM

More Info: A Coeur d’Alene couple is willing to unload their home to the person who wins an essay contest. The assignment, in 1,500 words or fewer, is:  Why should Dick and Wendy Webb’s house become your house? … To enter the contest, you have to write an essay and write a check for $150 dollars.  The Webbs are hoping for 4,500 entries, which would be close to what the house is worth—approximately $675,000.  Area college students will pick the winners. Web link here .

Question: Would you be willing to chance $150 and the time to write a 1,500-word essay to win a rural home valued at $675K?