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Tom is coming right along on his major remodel in Bay Park – the photo at the right was taken since Friday’s video (click to enlarge).

Tune in Monday night, February 13th at 8pm when Tom joins me on Blog Talk Radio right here at bubbleinfo.com.

We will be discussing his strategies for finding properties, where he gets his design ideas, the process of remodeling, and the specific strategy of how to sell for top dollar.

There is a funky thing about Blog Talk Radio.

They don’t have any code for leading into the shows – the listening button just goes live at 8:00pm with no notice. So if you tune in a few minutes early and don’t see any place to click to listen, wait until 8:00 on the dot, and it will suddenly appear – and we’ll be rocking!

Also visit Tom’s blog here:

http://tomtarrant.com/

For those of you who wonder if it takes an expert to complete a major remodel – buying an old fixer and adding a second story to get a good ocean view – here is the before-and-after video of a house re-build in Old Carlsbad. 

The last four minutes is the owner talking about the project:

The videos have purpose – I’ll keep showing ones like the previous video that document the frenzy – but others like this one to demonstrate home-improvement ideas.  This house is in the flight path for Lindbergh Field, and has been retrofitted to reduce noise:

Thanks to daytrip for sending this along:

Here’s a spin around a granite-slab yard with a builder’s design rep.

She only mentioned the actual names of the granite for the first and third slabs pictured, so for identification purposes I made up the rest:

Here is Tom T’s youtube tour of his next project, where he describes his plans for this mid-century modern in Bay Park. Visit tomtarrant.com for more details:

Hat tip to Genius for sending this in:

The Painted Lady closed today – for full price, $499,000 VA. 

We knew that the buyer was fully engaged in the house (just by paying the full pop), but like we saw in Diana’s article, agents and sellers never know if you have a sale until the inspection is completed.  But any hurdles are almost always due to the lousy quality of the inspector – click here for Tom’s humorous comments on the inspection:

http://tomtarrant.com/inspections-and-appraisals/

We’re in the hunt for others – and a few stories in the works!

What look or style will endure the longest before being declared old and dated?

DOB sent in this contender for coolest bathtub ever – and with the glass bottom it looks like you’d be seeing fish, crocodiles, and sharks right beneath you!

Plus a few others: