Ed. note: Thanks to contributing Advance News’ historical columnist Rene Torres, retired South Texas professor, for sending in this old ad dated 1923. What a deal. The seller will even pay the taxes for the first year. If you really had the money, you could have bought all 71 lots for only $7,100. Of course, in today’s dollars, adjusted for inflation, the 71 lots would cost you approximately $127,000.