We’re a little low on videos currently so let’s re-run an old favorite from February, 2009. This is the second-most viewed video from JimtheRealtor YouTube account, with 27,104 views!
For those who have joined us in just the last couple of years, this was a typical day on the blog during the foreclosure era:
This is #9 on the all-time list, and another personal favorite:
https://youtu.be/CUJOdDZO1v0
I remember that one!
What did that place sell for, and what have the new owners done with it?
Ah, the memories, Jim! So who bought the “pot farm” house? Wish you could go back and do an updated 2016 video…
LOL! Took me a while, but then I got it. “High” on the hill! LOL!
I’ll bet both of those ended up being great buys.
The abandoned Snoop Lloydy Wright home is still my favorite.
The barbecue grill in the front yard meeting facility and the backyard standing broad jump pit sealed has yet to be beaten, imo.
should be:
“the backyard standing broad jump pit has yet to be beaten, imo.”
that’s presuming my post passes the “good taste” test.
Honorable Mention:
The 80-something year old guy who flew in artisans from Poland to build a castle on a hilltop with imported masonry–if I remember correctly. I was rooting for that guy.
Thanks for sharing these Jim. I used to have a YouTube playlist of your “greatest hits,” but ended up deleting it after you made the videos private. Nice to see them again!
“Say hello to my little friend” LOL. Best JTR line ever.
The 80-something year old guy
The old Hungarian didn’t make it to see it through. I was trying to sell the lot for $399,000 with no luck.
A year or two later, his widow wanted me to list it for a million. I told her that I couldn’t sell it for $399,000, why a million?
“The economy is better”.
I politely declined, and she listed with another realtor.
That listing does still hold the all-time record for blog fireworks. When I put the video on the blog, the comments came flooding in from neighbors and other detractors about how the old guy built walls without permits and was a bad guy. I knew him for years and always had respect for him, but I guess a project like this might rub some NIMBYs the wrong way:
https://youtu.be/fFliQGE-A8M
after you made the videos private.
Realtors were using them against me. It’s not easy being me!
“Realtors were using them against me. It’s not easy being me!” -JtR
And that’s why we all love you, Jim. You’re one of the few realtors around who actually had integrity, and works his butt off.
Total respect, JtR, total respect!
It’s why I’ve been a bubbleinfo addict ever since reading that LA Times article (“The Hunter S. Thompson of Real Estate”) back in 2009. There’s a reason bubbleinfo is my home page. Awesome to wake up to… 🙂