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So I'm going to be gutting a 3 family home this winter.  And eventually when the units are ready to sell, I'm going to want to put some furniture in there and stage it.  I'm a cheap SOB...I was thinking about going to a few local high end furniture stores in the area, and see if they wanted to ex...
09/18/2006
So not too long ago I recall stories of people purchasing condos in Florida at preconstruction prices, and by the time the construction was done, they'd sell it and make $80k on the deal just kind of sitting on their thumbs.   What a market.Well, now with all this chatter of worst housing slump i...
09/13/2006
I can't say I'm overly suprised to see that an innovation such as the car condo, is being introduced in Miami of all places.  If you've never been down there before, you might not understand the potential there, but a lot of the cars are "car condo" worthy, to say the least.. So it's an interesti...
09/13/2006
Will the internet be the end of Real Estate agents?  Not if I have anything to say about it.  I have grown sick and tired of people preaching about the internet being the end of real estate agents, and how it will eliminate the middle man, and how discount realty will be taking over. Well, discou...
09/11/2006
So I just came across the    2006 Sunset and Popular Science House of InnovationJust wanted to know if anyone in the area has made their way out there yet?the mercury news just let out an article on it.  The entire audio, visual and network system cost $250,000. And they're charging admission for...
09/08/2006
So this is definitely one of the main reasons I wanted to start a blog, so I could post some stats and easily revisit those same stats at later points. Well now is a great time for it. In the past week or so, I have noticed a vast increase in the amount of articles/blogs/stuff FREAKING OUT about ...
09/07/2006
on June 16th I wrote this superbly excellent entry on brookline 2 bed condos . So compared to today:There are currently 132 two bed condos on the market, down from 152.  Prices are ranging from $229,900 to $2.3 million (the same $2.3 million has not moved on price).The months supply is suprisingl...
09/07/2006
So the main question is "What forces effect housing prices?"  There's multiple forces that effect housing prices.  Ultimately it's supply and demand. But to break it down further there's long term interest rates and lending policies, population shifts, wages, market speculation,  and government r...
09/06/2006
The wait is finally over, we got the subcontractors into the property and I got to take my pictures.  Unfortunately, we were only able to get into the second floor unit and the basement, and the second floor is in the best shape out of the three.  So without further ado - the pictures  So I didn'...
09/06/2006
So not too much has really happened this week.  The home inspection went fine, the purchase and sale has been drafted, and reviewed, soon to be signed, the check for the additional deposit has been written, and I'm sitting here waiting to get moving with the property.  So what better to do than.....
08/25/2006
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