theFrontSteps – San Francisco

Another week, another issue of sfnewsletter sent. All kinds of great market info and real estate p*rn for you to peruse. Including many off market opportunities I’ve already mentioned here. Have a great weekend! -Latest issue of sfnewsletter/MarketTracker

Are you, or any of your friends, looking for a single family home in Noe or Cole Valleys (or anywhere in San Francisco for that matter)? Are you getting beat out by multiple offers in the over million dollar price range ($1.5M+), and showing up late to the party? Is your Realtor telling you they’re [...]

I wanted to give my readers a heads up about a Cole Valley Single Family home that is going to hit MLS any day. [Update: It's on the market now. 1340 Cole Street...you had your chance to beat the pack.] I’ve been asked not to share the address or photos (thus the picture of Cole [...]

What better way to start the week than with a glowing recommendation from some happy clients. For about a year we had been reading Alex’s blog and watching Redfin like hawks. Moving to SF from out of state was challenging, and though we had narrowed down our search to four or five neighborhoods, it was [...]

Hi all! I just wanted to give a little update to you from my world of San Francisco real estate. In my humble opinion, the market is extremely hot for the right properties. On Friday I wrote four separate offers (five if you count that one property is two condos), in four entirely different neighborhoods, [...]

You know that feeling you get when you’re about to push over the ledge of an 8 foot Ocean Beach bomb? Or the feeling just before you drop an untracked line of cold smoke pow down your favorite chute? Well that’s how I felt for my buyers when I saw this sign post out front [...]

[Update: This property is Sold. Was sold in 5 days, CASH, for $2,600,000. Wow...] The Living Room was: The Living Room is: The Kitchen was: The Kitchen is: Bathroom was: Bathroom is: (Note: There are now 4.5 Baths, this is just one of them.) Lower Level was: Lower Level is: Rear Cottage was: Rear Cottage [...]

My dear readers, I continue to give you opportunity after opportunity and you have been great. You have been loyal, you have been kind, you have been my source of income (and food and clothing for my two shining young pains in the ass…I mean sons who I love dearly…but sometimes want to wring their [...]

Any of you see this article on Yahoo! about US Cities Where Homes Sell The Fastest? Gather ’round…I have a story for you. Yesterday, on behalf of my clients, I presented a full asking price, ALL CASH (that’s $1,350,000 George Washingtons), two week to close, sellers may “rent-back” ’til November offer on 49 Alma Street [...]

I’ve been riding my bike by this building for better part of four weeks (school started) watching it get prepped and cleaned, and today it’s finally revealed to us on MLS. It certainly doesn’t have that “wow” factor we recently saw on Brokerick, but I expect there to be a bit of buzz around this [...]