Hat tip to Jason (aka osidebuyer). This nut had to call the TV-news crew on herself:
Train Wrecks
Another Teardown
From the WSJ: Atlanta’s most notorious pink elephant is about to go the way of the dinosaur. Dean Gardens, a huge, and very pink, mansion finally sold, after 15 years on the market and a whopping $25 million price reduction. The buyer plans on demolishing the 32,000...
Turko on Nantucket Part 2
Barratt is the owner of the lot that's designated for the low-income house. The reason it's just sitting there is because they are in bankruptcy court, which has to wrap up sooner or later. Bank of America doesn't have anything to do with the lot being highlighted,...
Turko on Nantucket Part 1
Double Down in La Jolla
This footage was taken in December when both houses were for sale. The agent had told me that he would submit our offers of $1.2 each, that is until a female agent said she'd submit the same, and he forgot all about me. Later he raised the prices to $1.5 million...
Un-Caged
From the L.A. Times: Nicolas Cage is leaving Bel-Air. And not by choice. The fate of the sprawling Tudor mansion owned by the actor, who won an Oscar for his role in "Leaving Las Vegas," was decided Wednesday far from the baronial estate. It was up for auction...
Pathetic MLS
There has been a wave of deceit being perpetrated by realtors around the county - listing agents who inflict short-sale negotiator fees upon the buyers of their listings. If a listing agent needs help processing a short sale, they should pay for it, not the buyer....
Crazy Suzy
hat tip to the Leucadia Blog for sending over Suzy's story, plus they mentioned the Encinitas Extreme Home Makeover house in foreclosure too: http://www.theleucadiablog.com/2009/12/encinitas-monster-house-and-extreme.html...