Comments on: “…all this posting of properties on blogs just complicates things.”

By: SallyHilvbaters

SallyHilvbaters — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 00:20:00 +0000

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By: Garrett

Garrett — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 17:35:33 +0000

oh alex, there you go again, being all righteous with your web 2.0 lecture. what the eff does that comment mean?

By: Kathleen

Kathleen — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 15:06:52 +0000

Touche on the transparency comment. If this post wasn’t so righteous with its “Web 2.0″ lecture next to a “pocket” (is this 1999 or what?) listing it might have had more credibility. The complexity and flim flam double speak with a gatekeeper qualification process hardly speaks to transparency and open community. Please.

[Editor's note: Huh?]

By: thefrontsteps

thefrontsteps — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 01:20:18 +0000

Every situation is different, and this particular seller wants to keep it very much on the down low. In normal circumstances, yes. The more exposure the better.

By: missionite

missionite — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 00:58:31 +0000

I don’t see how the seller’s interests are served by this. Wouldn’t (or shouldn’t) they want as many bidders as possible?

By: thefrontsteps

thefrontsteps — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 17:24:47 +0000

Mikey,

Thanks for pointing this out. I changed the post. We were not able to disclose the address publicly online on this blog, but should interested parties have contacted us, we screened them, they were either taken to the property, or their agent (after agreeing to cooperate) was given the address. This agent refused to cooperate, but we ended up giving the address to his client anyway.

Transparency comes by providing information about properties that prior to the internet was not readily available.

I ask, would you rather know about an “off market deal in Bernal Heights” that might fit what you’re looking for, and we give you more information after contacting us, or prefer not to know about it at all and potentially miss an opportunity, because the deals we’re talking about are not listed in MLS?

p.s. I’m out of office and away from the computer the rest of the day, so won’t be able to respond.

By: Mikey

Mikey — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 16:58:08 +0000

Alex:

Could you explain the “transparency” involved in needing to swear secrecy on your grandmother’s grave of relevant listing info? Thanks…