Join us for blog talk radio tomorrow night at 8pm PT with Rich Toscano of piggington.com!
We’ll be analyzing local real estate trends and discussing the right time to buy! We may even have Rich comment on his recent article on the U.S. debt load here. To listen, tune in here at bubbleinfo, and call 1-877-317-7373 with your questions and comments for Rich.
For those who can’t make it, there will be a recording ready right after the show, and the transcript available within 48 hours.
I hope to produce blog talk radio shows with guests on the second and fourth Monday nights of the month at 8pm PT. The next show will be with Tom Tarrant on February 13th, when we’ll be discussing his real estate strategies, and house flipping.
As you probably know, Tom has a project underway in Bay Park – here is a nearby listing for sale:
From Rich:
Here are some topics for discussion:
– countywide price and valuation metrics (the latter is much more interesting)
– the flaws of these countywide metrics, of Case Shiller, etc — I know you’ve spent time on this topic and it’s a valid one.
– how prices and low rates figure into the “is it a good time to buy” question
Don’t know how much of a comp that is for Tom since we couldn’t convince him to go all-in on the master. 😉
That street Nashville is horrible, and notorious for low area comps too. Should have told me you were down in my neck of the woods Jim!
Plastic pool? Never much like pools. Perhaps an article on pool conversions would be called for…especially as the price of water keeps going up it seems.
Agree with #4. Pool conversions or eliminations. I know I’ve been wanting to blow mine up for 15 years?
I have a pool at a Clairemont rental house that I’m filling in this summer. I’ll keep you guys in the loop on how I get it done for cheap.
RE pool removal…have looked into this and the going rate seems to be about $10K, depending on the size/access/other issues. Comparing this to a remodel/redo…plus the monthly costs, it starts to make sense.
Jim, I like the 3 minute videos.
Like a good Rock ‘n’ Roll song.
My take on pools: They add zero dollars to the value of a house. Some people really, really, REALLY want a pool. Some people really, really, REALLY don’t want a pool. Net result is absolutely no change to a house’s value.