Jan
23

Calling All Skaters, Head To The Pool

Posted In: For the Heck of It, Foreclosures & Short Sales
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Skaters are traveling across the country to skate in the pools of homes that have been foreclosed on.  Flashing smiles as wide as half pipes, kids everywhere are finding a surplus of empty pools with which to perfect their acrobatic skills.  To read the entire article, click here: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/29/us/29pools.html?_r=3&partner=rss&emc=rss
Jan
19

Honey, Can We Live In A Spaceship For The Weekend?

Posted In: For the Heck of It, Foreclosures & Short Sales, General Real Estate News, Places
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Calling all Sci-Fi fans.  Last month the famed Spaceship House in Tennessee went up for auction, the second time in a year.  The round, concrete home sold at auction last March for $135,000 but the deal never went through.  This time it sold for $119,000.  The winning bidder intends to “greenovate” the interior, including upgrading the insulation, installing new appliances, and repaint [...]
Jan
05

Krista’s list of what to read in 2009

Posted In: Economy, First Time Home Buyers, For Buyers, For Sellers, For the Heck of It, Foreclosures & Short Sales, Good ol' Fashion Humor
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This just in, the ultimate reading list.  I love to read.  I love to be inspired.  I love to learn.  This list, in no particular order, combines a little bit of each. 1.  Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions.  This sly and lucid book discusses why we make the decisions that we do, including why headaches disappear after [...]
Nov
25

Something to be thankful for

Posted In: For the Heck of It
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Have you heard that the holidays are upon us? Chances are you have. Thursday is Thanksgiving and here in the Bay Area, despite falling home prices and falling leaves, the weather is still warm. At 9am this morning my daughter and I left for our daily walk to her daycare wearing only light jackets. Later that morning my sister called [...]