Alla Wagner is a 58-year-old with limited mobility after a fall. She could no longer live comfortably in her 5,000-square-foot home in the foothills of the Canadian Rockies, so she put it up for sale last year in order to downsize to a smaller bungalow. The market was slow and prices low in Alberta, so she decided to "think outside of the box.” Late last year, she came up with a contest called "Write a Letter, Win a House." Entrants were instructed to explain how owning the home could change their lives. She set the entry fee at $25 with the goal of receiving 65,000 entries to cover her investment in the house.
Wagner will pick the top 500 essays by July 5 and a panel of independent judges will choose a winner. If she doesn't reach her monetary goal by then, she plans to return all entry fees.
Photo: The Canadian Press / Jeff McIntos
Source: https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/win-a-house-alberta-homeowners-trying-to-sell-properties-with-essay-contest-1.4419002
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