The intro to this weekend’s seminal TheReal Estate Issue [The For-Sale Society [NYT]](http://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/05/magazine/305opener.1.html) asks the question:

>What could be more solid, more firmly rooted, than real estate?

Polis, in her [Primer on Sunday Mag Real Estate Issue](http://nycenvirons.blogspot.com/2006/03/primer-on-sunday-mag-real-estate-issue.html) says _It’s a bombshell, alright. Like getting a stock tip from a shoe-shine boy, when the Times weighs in with a 200+ page issue devoted to a single topic, it’s O-V-E-R._

No one knows the ultimate outcome, but it sure is fun to read about.