How do you get a developer, or investor in San Francisco to begin frothing at the mouth? You use these words: “Russian Hill; Two buildings; Two units each; VACANT with no eviction history; 7 garages…” The rest is fluff.

805-817 Lombard, $2,750,000, hit the market June 15, pending already.

–3130 Pacific: Priced to sell at $12,495,000 and sold at $14,000,000 [theFrontSteps]