Do you live in Chevy Chase? Was your down payment $500? I think it’s safe to say that’s off by a factor of around 200. Either you find this extremely amusing or slightly depressing. That amount of money in 1911 is probably worth $20,000 today. That also probably makes you a little depressed. Chevy Chase ain’t cheap.
![Thomas J. Fisher & Co., Inc. advertisement - April 9th, 1911 (Washington Herald)](https://ghostsofdc.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/7/2012/08/screen-shot-2012-08-08-at-3-58-12-pm.jpg)