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A Fair Oaks Castle
2007-04-11 08:45:00 Fair Oaks is one of my favorite Menlo Park neighborhoods, partly because of the unpredictable mix of properties. There is a sprinkling — but only a sprinkling, mind you — of McMansions, but the rest are a melange of cottages, Victorians, Craftsmen, bungalows, and small Ranches. Today’s tour offered a surprise in the form of ... More About: Castle , Cast , Fair
Killer Buy vs. Rent Calculator
2007-04-11 04:00:00 I long ago put together a buy vs. rent calculator and it served as the basis for my buy vs. rent series. The New York times has just come out with a pretty good buy vs. rent calculator of their own (might soon disappear behind a paid firewall.) Its conclusions are basically the same as mine: Assuming ... More About: Calculator , Killer , Calc , Rent , Kill
Holy Smokes, Batman, That Was Fast!
2007-04-10 18:54:00 Within 3 hours after my post noting that, quite rightly, 3Oceans doesn't rank for the search term, "San Francisco Potrero Hill Real Estate" … Google has picked it up, and we're now at number 14. Yahoo and MSN often take a bit longer to index new content, so for now we don't yet rank with them. The ... More About: Batman , Hat , Smoke , Fast , That
Introducing The World?s Most Internet-Marketed Property: Come Along for th
2007-04-10 04:48:00 I've been waiting for the right opportunity to really push the envelope of online real estate marketing, and, well, it's here! I'm working on a listing in San Francisco's Potrero Hill neighborhood that fits perfectly into this new online marketing world: it's slick, chic, and contemporary, will likely attract a younger and web-savvy crowd of buyers, ... More About: Internet , World , Market , Property , Inter
Why Can?t The Industry Response Effectively to Zillow? For the Same Reason
2007-04-09 06:00:00 Michael Wurzer, the author of the well-written, provocative, up-and-coming FlexMLS blog, offers an MLS software provider's perspective on the recent Zillow developments, which from his point of view are yawn-inducing. Given that he first heard the news in the middle of the night after having been woken up by a puppy, he's probably grateful. Michael ... More About: Industry , The Industry , Reason , Effect
Lost in Translation 2: Where?s The White Dude Going?
2007-04-09 00:02:00 I seem to have a thing for linguistic errors in Southern Africa; I've told my story about crossing the Border from Botswana to South Africa during December 2005. Many years prior to that, when I was living in Botswana as a Peace Corps volunteer in the early 1990's, I made my share of blunders. First, ... More About: Lost , Dude , White , Here , Trans
The Scarabaeidae Scarabaeinae Contest: What Does Google Consider You An Ex
2007-04-07 03:40:00 A few months ago I put up a brief fun post about dung beetles, surely one of the most comical creatures on this particular planet of ours. Sure enough, Google now considers me the second most authoritative site for the search term Scarabaeidae Scarabaeinae (the scientific Latin name). How did that happen? It appears ... More About: Contest , What , Hat , Test
Zillow?s New Features: Friend or Foe? Media Company, or Redfin Redux?
2007-04-05 03:23:00 If by now you haven’t heard the news of Zillow’s new features, you’ve probably been hiding under a rock. Here’s what’s been reported so far (cribbed from Bloodhound, which has four articles of its own) TechCrunch, Drew Meyers, Jay Thompson, More from me: A screen-shot tour, Joel Burslem at tFoREM, Robbie Paplin at RCG, Webware, ClickZ, ... More About: Media , Company , Features , Comp , Feature
What can a stager do for me? Part 3 of a 4-part series
2007-04-04 06:36:00 The previous installment of this series proved the benefits of vacant staging and how it can turn a blah space into a livable place. But what do you do when you?re living in your home while it?s on the market and can?t move everything out? Don?t worry ? you can still stage it! ... More About: Series , What , Hat , Part , Part 3
The Bay Area Ain?t The Only Place With Long-Term Gravity-Defying Real Estat
2007-04-04 05:35:00 My recent post about my fictitious buy-side clients Bob and Betty garnered a number of comments, ranging from skepticism that first-time home buyers could buy a $1M home (hard to believe, but true here in the Bay Area ) to commentary on other high-priced areas. The writer of the latter was Bruce Smeaton, author of the blog ... More About: With , Real , Place , Only
Redfin Launches Consumers? Bill of Rights
2007-04-02 17:30:00 Industry maverick Redfin today launched an initiative aimed at defining and protecting real estate consumers’ rights. (See Inman’s coverage here, unfortunately behind a subscription wall.) CEO Glenn Kelman gave myself and some others a preview of it yesterday and asked if we would be willing to put our name down in support of it. ... More About: Rights , Consumer , Bill O , Launch
Scribd: Youtube for Real Estate Disclosures
2007-04-02 17:00:00 Monday morning geekage: Hat tip to the White African for alerting me to Scribd, which is essentially Youtube for documents. The premise is that just as people love sharing video, they might love to share documents they’ve created: school papers, poems, academic treatises, scholarly research studies… I was skeptical at first about any potential real estate application, ... More About: Estate , Real Estate , Tube , State
Carnival of April Fools? Frivolous Fun
2007-04-02 07:33:00 As one of the instigators of some of the re.net April tom-Fool ery unleashed on the world today, I thought it only fitting to end the day with a little carnival of my own, before Christine Forgione unleashes the real one tomorrow. The “Please Say It Ain’t So” prize goes to four winners: Noah Rosenblatt claims he’s shutting ... More About: Fun , Carnival , Volo
It?s Official: Joseph Ferrara is More Evil Than Teresa Boardman, But Less
2007-04-01 13:00:00 My curiousity piqued by the ongoing weenie vs. cheez-whiz controversy, I rented a GE pravometer to test the truth behind Greg Swann’s assertion that Joe Ferrara is more evil than Teresa Board man. The results confirmed Greg’s statements: Joe is indeed more evil than Teresa. Let’s put this into perspective. I started by calibrating the pravometer. ... More About: Joseph , Evil , More
Redfin Buys Move.com; Alan Dalton and Glenn Kelman Co-CEO?s of New Company
2007-04-01 10:01:00 In a stunning move announced just hours ago, Seattle-based real estate startup Redfin .com announced it has purchased online real estate giant Move .com. With full details still to be announced, it appears that Redfin CEO Glenn Kelman dug deep into his warchest — and possibly tapped his Venture Capital investors to join in — and ... More About: Company , Comp , Alto
To The New Owners of 730 Seale, Palo Alto: I Want to be Your Au Pair
2007-03-31 00:11:00 Every now and then you come across a home that’s just enchanting and has a story that’s simply begging to be told. Suzie Provo — friend, colleague, and a top local agent — had one such property on tour this morning: 730 Seal e in Palo Alto . Come with me as we take a walking photo tour… ... More About: The N , Your , Want
Palo Alto Sidewalk Graffiti and Argentinian Nationalism
2007-03-30 23:01:00 Seen on Webster street, a relic from the early 1980’s… Consumer, Real estate More About: National , Graffiti , Nation , Tinian , Dewa
Docusign?s Goal: To Become a Verb
2007-03-30 17:27:00 Regular readers know that I’m a big fan of using electronic signatures and that the package I use is Docusign. Their PR firm recently interviewed me for a podcast, which was released this morning. Docusign’s Tom Gonser, also in the podcast, says that their goal is to “become a verb.” People will start saying, “Can you ... More About: Goa , Goal , Come , Sign
Bob and Betty Buy a Home (Part 2): We See Some Homes, But Bob and Betty Get
2007-03-30 07:46:00 Let’s continue the saga of Bob and Betty , our hypothetical first-time home buyers who were introduced in the first of a series of articles I’ll be writing. We met at 9am sharp on Saturday morning at my broker’s office in downtown Palo Alto. Though it’s easier to view homes with clients during open house times, ... More About: Home , Homes , Part , B and B
Subprime loans - Should Palo Altans care?
2007-03-29 18:24:00 If you are a reader of The San Jose Mercury News, or any other paper or media outlet, you know that there is a growing issue associated with home buyers who purchased their homes using subprime loans and are now facing foreclosure as they are unable to keep up with their payments when their rates ... More About: Loans , Loan , Care , Should , Subprime
meeboguest229277, Please Stop Stalking Me!
2007-03-28 06:13:00 I’ve had this eerie feeling for a couple of days now that somebody was, well, paying more attention to me than they should. Nothing I could really put my finger on, just a general suspicion. I think I’ve found the culprit: Anybody want to fess up? Mike? Pat? Greg? The Sellsius boys? Teresa? Athol? Industry, Meebo , Real estate More About: Talk , Talking , Stop , King
Ann O?Connell Wins Bronze
2007-03-27 17:28:00 Larry Cragun at Mortgages Undressed (one of the more creative names in real estate blogging) hosts this week’s real estate carnival, consumer edition. Our very own Ann O’Connell , a stager who contributes stellar content to compliment her stellar staging, won this week’s bronze with her entry on taking advantage of the current spate of good weather ... More About: Bronze , Bron , Wins
Carnival of the Supremes
2007-03-26 21:57:00 Maureen Francis hosts this week’s Carnival of Real Estate at her miOaklandCounty blog. True to her Detroit-ish market she went with a Motown theme, and the clincher of the Diana Ross and the Supreme s award went to a newcomer in the real estate blogging world, the FBS Blog. FBS is brought to us by FBS ... More About: The Supremes
Looks Like I?m Not the Only Thinking of Blackmail this Morning
2007-03-26 18:58:00 Hot on the heels of my tongue-in-cheek — and possibly illegal — suggestion that local Realtors pay me $50/month so that I won’t write about them, the below came by email this morning. GoFindMeOnline promises “permanent” placement on Google for “under $1 a day.” Later in the ad they clarify that they mean “on the ... More About: Mail , Black , This , Morning , Think
If Iowa Hog Farmers Can Be Paid to NOT Raise Hogs, Can I Be Paid to NOT Blo
2007-03-25 22:41:00 Maybe I should submit this one to the Carnival of Brilliant Business Ideas? Maybe I should go on late night TV and try to sell this idea? There are many reasons for people in real estate to be blogging. Premier among these are the essence of blogging itself: enjoying the process of writing, ... More About: Iowa , Paid , Farm , Farmer , Hogs
A View of Mountain View - real estate style . . .
2007-03-25 03:16:00 One of the themes of the 3Oceans blog is discussing new properties on the market. There are a couple of interesting new listings in Mountain View that exemplify the diversity of neighborhoods and electic architectural styles to be found in the city. First up on our virtual tour is 540 Pettis Avenue , a 2 bedroom, one bathroom ... More About: Estate , Real Estate , Style
Fire Engine Red, A Proud Fixer Upper, and More Eichlers: All in a Day?s Pa
2007-03-24 08:13:00 Chomping at the bit to go, I headed straight out of this morning’s broker marketing meeting to see what the new Palo Alto inventory looks like. The outcome? Inventory is definitely on the rise, with both statistical proof (the Altos Research chart on the left) and the general buzz and business of everybody ... More About: Fire , Engine , More , Eich , Proud
MyBlogLog + Amazon Personalized Recommendations = Criteo AutoRoll
2007-03-20 23:23:00 The good folks at Criteo just alerted me to a neat widget they’ve created called “Auto Roll.” I thought I’d give it a test spin. Criteo is a recommendation engine, and AutoRoll is a product designed using their open API. The idea is much like Amazon ’s “If you like this book, you might also like these other ... More About: Personal , Men , Blog
Carnival of Real Estate #34
2007-03-20 02:33:00 Having neglected to submit an entry to recent carnivals, I’ve also been remiss in keeping up to date with the other entries. Time to remedy that shortfall! Michael Price of MLPodcast.com was kind of enough to host this week’s carnival. This week’s winner was Roger, a software engineer at Trulia, who recounted his adventures in selling ... More About: Carnival , Estate , Real Estate , State , Real
How to Live in the Bay Area sans Rent, Mortgage, or Property Tax Payments
More articles from this author:2007-03-19 21:39:00 No, this isn’t some illegal scam that I’ve uncovered. But to make it work you have to be, well, resilient, perhaps a bit of a hermit, and definitely non-conventional. A few months ago I was helping a friend of mine retrieve his boat from the Bay, which had gotten stuck with the rising tide on ... More About: How To , Tax , Property , Men , Mortgage 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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