It was nine years ago today that we got started! It was early on a Saturday morning that I signed up for a free blog website, hoping to inform and educate sellers about the impending doom on the horizon. It's been a wild ride since! In many ways it's been a full...
The documentary-film production continues, with the crew of four spending two days in town this week. Guy Mossman is the cinematographer - he also did the documentary 'Buck' which won at Sundance: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buck_(film) The video shows us trying out...
Chair lifts are their own cottage industry, and you can spend more than $10,000 on the fancy ones. But you don't hear much about removing them!
Broadview Networks compiled a list of real estate blogs around the country. The common theme among them? Get good help! Check them out here: http://www.broadviewnet.com/top-real-estate-blogs/
It was quite a day today, but hey, they're all great days! I think we are as busy as we've been all year, and for one reason. Logic and common sense are returning to the market. They are being fueled by Zillow and Trulia, because they are providing a baseline - some...
While we are at it, here's another plug for my social-media outlets: Facebook - Every bubbleinfo.com post gets uploaded here, but that's about it. If facebook is your thing, it might be easier to follow the blog here, but no comments though:...
My mother was born on July 4, 1934 - today is her 80th birthday! Last Friday we took her on a tour of the neighborhood where she grew up (Oakland and Piedmont, California) and saw the houses and schools that were a vital part of her upbringing. Along the way, she...
I grew up on the outskirts of Phoenix, Arizona, not far from Taliesin West. Back in the 1970s, it was still wide open desert all the way to Reata Pass, a steak house where they cut your tie off - it was a real cowboy existence. Even though I'm a city slicker now,...
Richard and I split the open house today - I took the second half and had a steady stream of folks until 4pm, an hour after the scheduled closing time. He had the same flow, which means there had to be 60-70 visitors. It's one thing to have a big open-house crowd in...
Check out my new listing of a 2,765 sf one-story house with 3-car garage on a big lot in gated Walnut Hills! The house is loaded with upgrades too - hardwood floors through virtually the entire house, full travertine master bath, granite and stainless kitchen (with...
