theFrontSteps – San Francisco

(Not the catchiest headline ever, but hey. It’s apt. If you can come up with a better one I’ll gladly insert it.) To steal our editor’s thunder a little bit, what can 300K get ya in SF? A one bedroom TIC in the Mission? Well, out in Festus, Missouri, it’ll get you a 17,000 foot [...]

Where readers ask and we (the community) try to answer: Question for any mortgage experts out there. I have a large heloc line. If I don’t use the line, I am at risk that the bank will decide to take it away. If I use the line (even if I keep it in cash), can [...]

It’s for sale ($2,950,000 from an original $3,295,000), or rent ($15,000 per month). It has 3 bedrooms, 5 baths, a wood-burning fireplace…and is that a hockey rink? It’s not a hockey rink (duh!), but it sure as hell looks like that guy is getting ready for a mean slap shot (or painting with a long [...]

From rereport.com: San Francisco Home & Condo Sales Down Sharply in January Sales of single-family, re-sale homes and condos fell into double-digit territory last month. The 81 homes and 60 condos sold set record lows since we’ve been keeping track: January 2000. San Francisco sales of single-family, re-sale homes dropped 38.2% from December, and were [...]

You gotta love when you pick up some clients in the “price is not an issue” category (thanks to this blog mind you), a good opportunity like 2712 Broadway (7 bed, 5 bath, Gold Coast Single Family Home originally asking $9,495,000, immediately reduced to $7,750,000) comes along while your clients are on vacation and unreachable, [...]

From a reader: “The views from the Infinity will be spectacular even after global warming causes the sea level to rise.” Thanks for the good laugh! Anybody else have a “Reason We Live Here”? Feel free to send it to us (thefrontsteps@gmail.com). Photo source send by reader: Flickr

From the San Francisco Business Times: Investors’ growing nervousness about the depths of the banking crisis hit shares of major banks that were seen as weathering the financial storm better than most. San Francisco-based Wells Fargo (NYSE:WFC) saw its shares hit a new 52-week low, closing at $13.69, down $2.07 or 13 percent. U.S. Bank [...]

It is Friday the 13th, and bad things are supposed to happen today. Not if you’re a skier/boarder, and not if you live in San Francisco or the greater Bay Area (of course it’d be better in Tahoe or Utah, but let’s not dwell on that): That’s seven feet of snow in seven days for [...]

I know, it brings a tear to your eye, and you get all choked up thinking how great this city is, but let’s not forget, San Francisco still needs to harden the f*ck up: [Editor's Note: Yes, this is a re-run post, but hey, it's Valentine's Day tomorrow.] [Heart Art by: Gustavo Ramos Rivera]