Editing Jim Ryun (section)

===Townhouse purchase in 2000===
On December 15, 2000, Ryun bought a townhouse in the District of Columbia from [[U.S. Family Network]] for $410,000.<ref>[http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/docs/townhouse-purchase/?resultpage=2& Deed for sale of U.S. Family Network's townhouse.] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060831011846/http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/docs/townhouse-purchase/?resultpage=2& |date=August 31, 2006 }}</ref><ref>Paul Kiel (March 28, 2006), [http://www.tpmmuckraker.com/archives/000207.php "Just How Sweet Was Ryun's Townhouse Deal?"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060420234240/http://www.tpmmuckraker.com/archives/000207.php |date=April 20, 2006 }}, TPMMuckracker.com,</ref><ref>Smith, R. Jeffrey (March 25, 2006). [https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/03/25/AR2006032501166_pf.html "Former DeLay Aide Enriched By Nonprofit"], ''The Washington Post''</ref> The townhouse had been purchased about two years earlier, for $429,000,<ref>[http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/docs/townhouse-purchase/?resultpage=1& Deed for purchase of U.S. Family Network's townhouse, January 12, 1999], TPMMuckracker.com {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060920150711/http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/docs/townhouse-purchase/?resultpage=1& |date=September 20, 2006 }}</ref> to house Ed Buckham's consulting firm [[Alexander Strategy Group]] and Tom DeLay's ARMPAC.

After questions were raised as to the purchase of Ryun's townhouse, his office released official documents showing that Ryun paid $80,000 more than the tax assessed value of the house, that he put another $50,000 into house repairs, and that another home on the same block was sold for $409,000 on the same day he bought his home. According to property records, the other home does not have a garage or a back patio and is on a plot about half the size of Ryun's. It was assessed in 2006 as worth $528,000, compared to $764,000 for Ryun's home. In contrast, homes across the street from Ryun's were sold for over $900,000.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna12073120 |title=Congressman denies improper real estate deal |agency=Associated Press |date=March 29, 2006 |publisher=NBC News}}</ref>