A Maryland woman is going to jail after she posed as a real estate agent and stole jewelry from houses, including an irreplaceable heirloom. Sally Spaisman, 58, was sentenced Wednesday to one year in jail and five years of probation, the Montgomery County State's...
I was never much of a hockey fan, but you gotta love Gordie Howe:
A series of layered photographs provide a colorful tour of Boston. Hat tip to just some guy! http://www.theatlantic.com/video/index/382847/boston-layer-lapse/
One thinks of Americans as more prudish than Europeans, but there are now more than a dozen naturist and clothes-optional resorts in Pasco County, just north of Tampa. The nudist lifestyle has never been more popular. “I started out on my own 10 years ago, but now...
From our friend Karen at BloombergBusinessweek: http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2014-10-15/chinese-home-buying-binge-transforms-california-suburb-arcadia “Oh, hey! How ya’ doin’?” Raleigh Ornelas hollers, leaning out the window of his spotless white pickup truck....
This isn't directly related to real estate, but Jerry's thoughts on advertising are universal. Thanks daytrip for sending:
From the nytimes.com: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/18/garden/leaving-home-but-not-the-folks.html An excerpt: “Some of them are rarely seen,” he said of the handful of parents he has noticed putting down temporary roots in the school’s town. “And it seems like a...
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From nbcnewyork.com: A pair of realtors are accused in a lawsuit of trying to keep buyers away from a New Jersey home so they could use the place for “sexual escapades” which were caught on camera, according to a news report. Richard and Sandra Weiner of Denville,...
Hat tip to daytrip for sending this in, from cnbc.com: At a brand new housing development in Irvine, Calif., some of America's largest home builders are back at work after a crippling housing crash. Lennar, Pulte, K Hovnanian, Ryland to name a few. It's a rebirth for...
