Hat tip to CBMark to sending in this gem - it's only $599,999 and open today! The problem with the hoarder home is more than just the mess inside and outside. The hoarder home owner "harasses the children of my best friend, which is directly across the street from my...
I don't know what this means yet for consumers, but realtors have been losing control of our destiny all year - at least News Corp might put up a fight. From HW: http://www.housingwire.com/articles/31540-news-corp-will-buy-move-for-950-million "This acquisition will...
From realtor.org: http://speakingofrealestate.blogs.realtor.org/2014/08/08/whats-the-future-of-real-estate/ In 1991, the National Association of REALTORS® made an “office of the future” video predicting what kinds of space-age technologies would change the home buying...
A tour of a downtown pied-a-terre, which was formerly a two-bedroom unit now converted into one big room divided by Shoji Screen walls: http://www.redfin.com/CA/San-Diego/100-Harbor-Dr-92101/unit-3104/home/5773994
Hat tip to MF for sending this in: Fort Worth officials say the city has ceased all demolition operations until it can figure out how two buildings that were not supposed to be demolished were torn down by a contractor despite city oversight. “It was human error,”...
The board of realtors had me over for a chat, wondering if there were any ideas they could implement to improve their standing and ability to assist our fellow realtors before being run over by the ZillowTruliaRedfin truck. So I laid out my favorite, plus I'll add two...
City crews tear down the wrong house - the one next door! HT to daytrip:
I think daytrip sent this last month: http://www.latimes.com/business/money/la-fi-mo-top-real-estate-issues-20130605,0,4776185.story Addressing a gathering of real estate journalists downtown, kickoff speaker Howard Gelbtuch, chair of the Counselors of Real Estate,...
From NMN: It has been mind-blowing to find out that lenders and servicers have been offering defaulted borrowers up to $45,000 to work with them in a variation on the old Cash for Keys program. But sessions at the recent SourceMedia Loss Mitigation Conference in...
Thanks to Mr. T for sending this along - My favorite is the lake jump at the 3:50-min mark:
