Tenants In Common (TIC) Thursday
Rumblings of TIC lottery reform and continued coverage of individual loans for TIC units are headlining stories today. To be honest, TICs scare the hell out of us these days.…
No Ice For You!
We hate to even mention it (it’s already gotten more than its fifteen minutes of fame), but in case you were actually wondering, Icer Air 2005 (a.k.a. the Fillmore Fiasco)…
Condo Investing Myths
Ready to cash in on the condo craze? Not so fast. Three condo investing “myths” as dispelled by CNN/Money: Myth 1: Get in early and you’ll be guaranteed a profit.…
Mortgage Warnings
We were pleasantly surprised to learn about a brochure titled, “Shopping for a Mortgage? Do Your Homework First” (jointly published by the National Association of Realtors and the Center for…
Real Estate Subterfuge
This is the kind of stuff that makes our heads hurt like a Slurpee induced brain freeze. Hell, we’ll be the first to point out that there are numerous reasons…
Got Street Trash?
A tip from the SFHomeBlog: …somehow things end up on the sidewalk in front of our houses. Sunset Scavenger won’t take them away with the trash, so what do you…
A Clue From Down Under?
Ever been to Sydney, Australia? It’s beautiful on-the-bay living in a geographically constrained, internationally desirable, and damn expensive city. Sound familiar? So when JPMorgan goes on record stating that house…
Survey Says…
We need a bigger audience. SocketSite’s first “Highly Scientific Real Estate Survey” garnered slightly fewer responses than we hoped (well okay, a lot fewer). Considering we’re tracking around 10,000 views…
Can You Feel The Love?
A group of bloggers (the “Blog Squad“) have organized to provide coverage of the National Association of Realtors (NAR) convention in San Francisco this October. According to Inman News, the…
Opinion Survey: Last Chance
Have an opinion about where the San Francisco real estate market is headed over the next two years? Willing to challenge the “Industry Experts”? Today’s your last chance to take…