theFrontSteps – San Francisco

What do you think of advertising listings in this manner? I guess if you have a hot, sexy voice, or a voice like Darth Vader’s (James Earl Jones), it could be effective, and get you in the mood….to buy property of course! But does the saying, “a picture is worth a thousand words” apply here, [...]

From a reader: a true e-mail interaction between 2 SF real estate watchers on 1303 Alabama St: A: wanna hear some funny shit? no, not 306 Mullen, but that freaky-eco project on alabama and 25th. st. Be the first to see it this sunday 1-4 (and guess what, u don’t have to pay $25 to [...]

They did it again. The crew at sfnewsletter (I am one of them) went down the coast of San Francisco to do, for you, another stage of their Tour de San Francisco (real estate): Monterey Heights edition. Check it out! -Tour de San Francisco (real estate) [sfnewsletter]

Like a breath of fresh air, Curbed SF re-launches, and the new Editor, Sarah Hromack is already impressing me with her writing style. [Photo credit: Curbed SF photo pool] Put it on your radar.

[Update: New drive by photos below!] “I was wondering if you know what the deal is with the copper siding on the new condos on the corner of 17th & Clayton. Some people are saying that it will be the finished look and I am hoping they are wrong. Hideous! Thanks.” Here’s all I know: [...]

I just had to put this up. My favorite quote: “Ten years ago, when he retired, he and his wife migrated south to a bedroom community in Cary, N.C., where it was quiet and green–everything retirement is supposed to be. But ‘I was bored out of my gourd, frankly,’…” Guess where he’ll be living? The [...]

So here’s a story.  In case you haven’t noticed, the weather has been pretty nice.  That usually translates into good surf.  (You out of towners {SoCal} don’t get any ideas, the surf is only marginal here.)  So I’m in the water picking up clients (my board will soon be emblazoned with Zephyr stickers so I [...]

“Hello, I rent an apartment on Grove near Clayton over in the Panhandle/North Park area of the city. Our landlord has recently been bringing brokers by to “view” certain apartments in our 6-unit building. Many properties have been for sale in our neighborhood recently, and everything seems to go like hot cakes. Should we tenants [...]

Originally listed at $4.2M in 2003, 2801 Lake was hacked to $3.6M and just recently hacked again to the current price of $2,995,000. That is a MAJOR reduction that may or may not indicate something about the market, but it sure as hell indicates something about staging and getting your home ready to sell. There [...]

The sfnewsletter has been hard at work cranking out another newsletter today, therefore nothing too spectacular here on theFrontSteps. To keep yourselves occupied you might go check out the Tour de San Francisco (real estate).