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Writers, Photographers, Videographers…We Want Your Stuff!

Is this your turf? [Image Source: Ork Posters] Do you love this city as much as we do? Do you have something to say about it? Something to share, but simply don’t have the audience to get your voice heard? Do you love taking pictures of this wonderful city, it’s people, places, and happenings? Do [...]

MLS Alternative, And Real Estate Match Making Service Is Here To Stay

As many of you know, I founded a website for agents to share (and hopefully sell) more real estate (PocketListings.net). A website designed to give sellers an alternative to listing on the MLS, and a way to give buyers a voice in regards to what they desire. Put the two together and it only makes [...]

Attention San Francisco Skiers / Boarders! Teton Gravity Research “Dream Factory” Plays Tomorrow Night!

Fellow ski fanatics and adrenaline junkies that live in and around San Francisco, you will not want to miss this movie! Back in the day it was always Warren Miller that did his thing to get us all amped up for the season, but there have been new players chomping at his heels for years [...]

List Your Home, Go To The U.S. Open Golf Championship At The Olympic Club, San Francisco

So I’m sitting here with these U.S. Open passes in my hand, and I’m wondering if anyone was on the fence about listing their home for sale in the next couple of weeks. Perhaps this will entice. I have room for one person to accompany me on Thursday, and another on Saturday (maybe even Sunday). [...]

San Francisco Association Of Realtors Finally Incorporates Facebook/Twitter Sharing Directly From MLS. Still Trying To Keep Control, However

The San Francisco Association of Realtors and our local MLS are FINALLY getting in touch with reality. That reality being, sharing a listing on Facebook and Twitter should not mean having to go to yet another third party to make it easy. Listings can now be posted on Facebook and Twitter directly from SFARMLS. The [...]

2701 Broadway, On San Francisco’s Billionaire Row, Finds Its Billionaire Buyer

It’s big news for the Billionaires on Broadway. We have it on good intel that 2701 Broadway, a little house on the hill just down the street from the likes of the Gettys, Trainas, and Ellisons of the world (and let’s not forget a Monster of Rock), has found a buyer ponying up an undisclosed [...]

So You’re Wondering What The Property Across The Street Sold For? I Gotcha Covered.

Recent sales…it’s what everybody wants to know. It’s what I get asked when I go to dinner. It’s what I get asked when I’m out surfing. It’s what I get asked when I’m sitting on the ski lift. “What did X property sell for?” Because of this very question that continues to perplex even the [...]

A Message To San Francisco Real Estate Agents…

PocketListings.net is now FREE. We are proud to say, we have secured an additional “Angel Investment” and can now offer our service to you FREE OF CHARGE. That’s right. PocketListings.net and all of the wonderful things we have created for you to do more deals and give your clients an alternative means to listing property [...]

Snooze…

Somebody hit the snooze button on my blogging. In the meantime, get to know your weather, which unfortunately is also on snooze. Back soon…. -Tahoe Weather Discussion

First Ever San Francisco – Lake Tahoe Real Estate Caravan And Ski Extravaganza

[R.I.P. Jamie Pierre] We’re falling into ski season, and you all know I love me some powder. Many of you also know I grew up in Reno Nevada, with Lake Tahoe as my backyard. I learned to ski at the ripe old age of two, I raced, I burned out, I switched to snowboarding, and [...]