theFrontSteps – San Francisco

We have nothing against any agents (colleagues) in this city, and especially those at Hill & Co. (we heart Hill), but should there be a comma between Sunset and Beach on this Sunset Beach Victorian Cottage at 1545 47th Ave.? Forgive our ignorance, but isn’t Sunset Beach in Hawaii, and the Sunset in San Francisco? [...]

The price couldn’t be more right, $999,999, but the photos are so wrong…because they’re MISSING! Haven’t we been through this already? Come on people. You owe it to your clients to at least post to MLS with one photo. Just one. That’s all we ask. (Of course we’ll add the photos once they show up…if [...]

This post has absolutely nothing to do with real estate, unless of course you’re looking to buy a home down at Ocean Beach (Outer Sunset/Outer Parkside), because of our pristine beaches and ideal beach weather, but we thought we’d get the word out. Things won’t be the same down there for a long time. We [...]

Our last attempt at a healthy discussion as to whether you’d choose Pacific Heights or the Marina kind of took a turn for the worse when comments got a little heated and were taken a bit personally, but that isn’t stopping us from trying again. So…if you had to choose, Outer Richmond or Outer Sunset/Parkside, [...]

Call it a fixer, and put a big dumpster out front and fill it full of junk: 1762 42nd Avenue @ Noriega, asking $728,000, needs pretty much everything, and will probably get all that and more. -Good Bones [sfn BLOG] -20 on 40 [sfn BLOG] -1762 42nd Ave [MLS]

How do you attract hordes of buyers to your home?  Put these words in your marketing, “Bring your vision, and contractor!” In fact, if you have a totally remodeled gem just sitting on the market, you might as well make it look like hell.  Fixers sell better than anything. This property, a 2 bed, 1 [...]

“hello, I recently bought a house in the outer sunset district (48th and Ortega ) of San Francisco. I am trying to figure out exactly what are the building/remodeling restrictions for my zone. Specifically I am interested in finding out about height restrictions, such as building a third story for an ocean view or adding [...]

“hello, I recently bought a house in the outer sunset district (48th and Ortega ) of San Francisco. I am trying to figure out exactly what are the building/remodeling restrictions for my zone. Specifically I am interested in finding out about height restrictions, such as building a third story for an ocean view or adding [...]