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Luxury Home DigestLuxury Home DigestBlogging buzz, gossip and news about luxury real estate and homes with occasional off-the-menu commentary. 
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100 Hot Tech Blogs (with Few Related to Luxury Lifestyles)
2007-08-08 06:40:00 by Roberta Murphy Whenever I go to shop for technology of any sort, I head over to CNet to check out editorial and user reviews. Whether I am shopping digital cameras, tablet pc’s or cell phones, I know I can trust what they have to say. It came as a recent wonderful surprise that they have also ... More About: Rants , Luxury , Tech , Blogs , Lifestyles
Busy San Diego Realtor Seeks Committed Mortgage Professional
2007-08-05 18:08:00 by Roberta Murphy I must be crazed to write a title like that because we are courted almost daily by San Diego mortgage lenders and brokers who want our real estate business. We deal with a number of home buyers and feel an enormous responsibility to recommend the best mortgage professionals in the business. I am ... More About: Mortgage , Realtor , Professional
The Ziploc Omelet: Amaze Your Guests
2007-07-30 21:15:00 by Roberta Murphy Unless an omelet chef is employed for the next luxury brunch gathering, one might go ditzy trying to create custom omelets for each guest. This also makes it impossible for all to sit down in front of a hot plate at the same time. I love American ingenuity. This clever trick was forwarded to ... More About: Quality of Life , Guests , Mele
LOVE: La Costa and Acura
2007-07-27 20:43:00 by Roberta Murphy The Acura Tennis Classic is returning to La Costa Resort and Spa July 28 ? August 5?-and glorious Carlsbad, CA weather should greet 56 of the top women tennis players in the world during this weeklong match. These tennis stars will be arriving from all corners of the globe, and include such luminaries as ... More About: Love
Show Me the Money: San Diego
2007-07-22 19:49:00 by Roberta Murphy It?s always interesting to know how metropolitan communities stack up when it comes to median household income, and San Diego is no exception. There were a few surprises. I had no idea Carlsbad would outrank Encinitas, or that Poway would beat out Coronado. When to comes to compiling such reports (and a host of others), there ... More About: Money , Show , Quality of Life
Smart Investor Secret: Luxury Vacation Rentals
2007-07-11 17:25:00 by Roberta Murphy Investment in high end real estate markets can be a challenge for most buyers. If the price of the real estate does not intimidate, then the low cap rate, or return on investment, will. In fact, carrying costs v income on luxury real estate investments are often negative for many years, or until the ... More About: Luxury , Vacation , Smart , Investor , Secret
Smart Investor Secret: Luxury Vacation Rentals
2007-07-11 17:25:00 by Roberta Murphy Investment in high end real estate markets can be a challenge for most buyers. If the price of the real estate does not intimidate, then the low cap rate, or return on investment, will. In fact, carrying costs v income on luxury real estate investments are often negative for many years, or until the property is ... More About: Luxury , Vacation , Smart , Investor , Secret
Interactive Luxury Home Surfaces?
2007-07-04 17:35:00 by Roberta Murphy Much has been written and said about Microsoft’s new surface computing technology. It is the WOW technology of the year. Sooner than many of us thought possible, this technology will first become a defining feature in luxury homes, and as adoption increases and prices drop, it will likely appear as a builder option ... More About: Luxury , Home , Interactive , Quality of Life , Active
The Widget Closet
2007-07-03 16:26:00 A confession by: Roberta Murphy I could write a catchy piece about the cluttered look of most collector?s homes, but the first finger I would have to point would be at myself. My confession? I have inadvertently become a collector of widgets, especially those clickable social ones. Some go straight to social bookmarking sites, others go to friends, ... More About: Widget , Closet
Off-the-Grid and Low Impact Homes
2007-06-24 22:20:00 by Roberta Murphy Several months ago, in an interesting discussion with Marc LaChance, I was introduced to off-the-grid homebuilding. Marc has a plan and the means to build homes where electrical, telephone, gas, water and sewer lines do not run. I saw some early plans for his homes, and was highly impressed with their beauty, functionality and earth-friendliness. It seems when one door opens ... More About: Grid , Homes
Uptown Ruppies and Their Urban Retreats
2007-06-24 07:51:00 by Roberta Murphy Two years ago, I met a wonderful couple who lived in a lovely custom home overlooking La Costa Golf Course. The view from their Carlsbad, CA home was picturesque and their home seemed to suit them perfectly. They were both successful writers, worked from home, and appeared to enjoy an idyllic lifestyle. Their luxury home was on the market, ... More About: Urban , Treats , Uptown , Retreat
Uptown Ruppies and Their Urban Retreats
2007-06-24 07:51:00 by Roberta Murphy Two years ago, I met a wonderful couple who lived in a lovely custom home overlooking La Costa Resort and Golf Course. The view from their Carlsbad, CA home was picturesque and their home seemed to suit them perfectly. They were both successful writers, worked from home, and appeared to enjoy an idyllic ... More About: Urban , Quality of Life , Treats , Uptown , Retreat
New Luxury Real Estate Show
2007-06-22 02:33:00 by Roberta Murphy I just heard from Eric Carlsen that he and Online WalkThru were going to be hosting the new Vox One weekly video webcast. This program will center on the luxury home market, luxury mortgages and lending, newhome and real estate technologies, top luxury real estate agents and changes taking place in the luxury ... More About: Estate , Real Estate , Luxury , Show , Real
Luxe Rocks for Luxury Homes
2007-06-18 19:51:00 by Roberta Murphy Leave it to Italian designers to create the ultimate in luxury rocks for exterior lightscaping. These remarkable lighted rocks by Oluce look as if they might have been swiped from the lawn of a distant planet. In reality, though, they were created by Italian designers Marta Laudani and Marco Romanelli with Massimo Noceto. Made from weather-tested ... More About: Luxury , Homes , Rocks
Hot Tomatoes and Cool Bloggers
2007-06-18 06:56:00 by Roberta Murphy The Real Estate Tomato hosts a number of real estate blogs throughout the country–and provides guidance regarding blogging basics, layout, design and the technical tangles that occasionally plague us all. Keith Jeppson with Salt Lake Speaks suggested that we create a blogroll of all us folk on the Tomato Vine. Since blogrolls ... More About: Cool , Bloggers , Logger , Blogg , Tomatoes
Newspaper Advertising: A Dead Horse?
2007-06-09 18:00:00 by Roberta Murphy Early weekend mornings are quiet around our household. The guys like to sleep in, the parrots are quieter than usual and I have the luxury of spidering around the web and spinning ideas. The newspaper still sits in the driveway, and will remain there until Eric, our middle son, goes out to retrieve it so he ... More About: Advertising , Dead , Newspaper , Horse , Vert
World?s Most Expensive Mansion
2007-06-09 06:41:00 by Roberta Murphy This may arguably be the most expensive and tallest private residence ever built. India’s wealthiest man, Mukesh Ambani, 50, is slated to begin construction of a billion dollar glass and steel skyscraper home in Mumbai City, the financial capital of India. The 27–story building will be designed to house his family of six and staff of 600, with six floors dedicated ... More About: World , Mansion , Most Expensive , Sion , Mans
World?s Most Expensive Mansion
2007-06-09 06:41:00 by Roberta Murphy This may arguably be the most expensive and tallest private residence ever built. India?s wealthiest man, Mukesh Ambani, 50, is slated to begin construction of a billion dollar glass and steel skyscraper home in Mumbai City, the financial capital of India. The 27?story building will be designed to house his family of six ... More About: World , Mansion , Most Expensive , Mans
The Marvel of Mathematics
2007-06-08 06:28:00 by Roberta Murphy A dear old friend and wordsmith from Tuscaloosa, Alabama, Hank Holman, sent this to me recently. It likely has little to do with luxury real estate, luxury homes, or real estate rants, but it makes for a luxurious diversion into one of the marvels of our universe. The symmetry and balance of life and ... More About: Mathematics , Marvel
Wireless Home of the Future?
2007-06-08 04:11:00 by Roberta Murphy Imagine a world uplugged! That future has quietly arrived with the first successful resonant transfer of wireless power over a span of seven feet—and carrying enough power to brighten a 60W light bulb. This humble beginning leads ambitious minds to think of a luxurious home where cell phones, laptop computers, lamps, Roombas and even hair dryers would ... More About: Wireless , Future , Home , The Future , Less
Luxury Home Management: Ask for the Butler
2007-06-04 21:58:00 by Roberta Murphy The Butler is back in demand-and in short supply. The world’s growing number of plutocrats with their enormous mansions and expansive lifestyles are actively seeking household managers to oversee the care of their luxury homes and lifestyles. These enormous residences require ongoing care, along with coordination of property and grounds service providers ranging from pool service technicians, to dog groomers ... More About: Luxury , Management , Home , Mana , Manage
Real Estate and Luxury Blog Roll
2007-06-03 23:59:00 by Roberta Murphy Here is an updated list of our favorite luxury and real estate blogs and sites from around the world. Charlotte Real Estate Eastern Connecticut Real Estate Manhattan Real Estate Michigan Real Estate Virginia Real Estate Homes St Paul Real Estate Henderson Real Estate Cleveland Real Estate News Manhattan Beach Real Estate Long Beach Real Estate San Diego Real Estate RE Agent in ... More About: Luxury , Blog , Roll
How to Avoid Telephone Prompts and Speak to a Human
2007-05-30 05:38:00 by Roberta Murphy Lily Tomlin, where are you??? We’d take your nasal whining anyday over the ubiquitous prompting voices that tell us to tap 1 for English, 2 for Spanish and then 1, 2, 3, 5, 5, 6, or 7 for another computerized menu. Well, fellow agitators, it’s about time we took control of our telephone calls: For those times ... More About: Human , Speak , Uman , Telephone , Avoid
Bouncing Mortgages
2007-05-30 05:09:00 by Roberta Murphy For almost two years now, there have been serious rumblings and grumblings about Option ARM and interest-only loans that could put a number of buyers in default. I initially gave the issue detached interest, because our clients tend to be a conservative lot when it comes to borrowing. We deal with few real estate speculators and ... More About: Mortgages , Gage , Mort , Ages
Potential Real Estate Agent Liability?
2007-05-30 04:16:00 by Roberta Murphy This is an issue that should trouble many real estate professionals…. Some months ago, I met with clients and wrote an offer (at buyer’s request) that was substantially below the listed price (599,000 list price:475,000 offer). It was a rare Carlsbad, CA beach condo property with no recent comparable sales. In prior markets, I might have urged clients ... More About: Rants , Agent , Estate , Real Estate , Real Estate Agent
Pay that Mortgage with Plastic
2007-05-26 19:03:00 by Roberta Murphy I’m a rewards junkie, and American Express probably has the best program around. We us our AmEx cards for groceries, gasoline, every Costco trip and even college tuition. One card provides cash back at the end of each year, and the other accrues points that can be used for airline travel, hotel stays and ... More About: Mortgage , Plastic , That , Gage , Mort
Redfin Fined $50K and Told to Alter Blog
2007-05-18 02:07:00 by Roberta Murphy The Northwest Multiple Listing Service in Seattle has fired a major volley at Redfin . John Cook and the Seattle PI report that Redfin has been fined $50,000 and been ordered to halt home reviews on its Sweet Digs blog, which has over 3000 subscribers. The posts are wriiten by 15 hired hands who have ... More About: Blog , Fine , Told , Alter
Redfin Spins 60 Minutes
2007-05-16 02:34:00 by Roberta Murphy I watched Sunday night’s 60 Minute s segment on the real estate industry and blanched when I heard reporter Leslie Stahl guarantee that Realtors get “six percent on every house they sell…it is sacrosanct.” Leslie Stahl dared to tread where no Realtor would ever step, because commissions are negotiable and anything to the contrary would amount to price ... More About: Redfin , Spin , Spins
La Costa Membership
2007-05-13 00:24:00 by Roberta Murphy One of the questions we frequently answer is: How much is membership at La Costa Resort? This South Carlsbad, CA resort features two 18–hold championship golf courses, world-class tennis facility with 4 clay and 13 hard court surfaces, a state-of-the-art athletic club, a day camp for kids, fabulous pools, a renowned spa, the Chopra Center, ... More About: Ship , Membership , Members
A Solution for Junk Mail
More articles from this author:2007-05-11 15:33:00 by Roberta Murphy There is nothing more annoying than to have solicitors intruding into your life by telephone. Millions rejoiced when Do Not Call lists were instituted and we all reclaimed precious time in our lives by joining it . Not quite so intrusive is all the junk mail that clogs our mailboxes, trashcans and landfills. I would ... More About: Mail , Junk , Solution , Junk Mail 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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