theFrontSteps – San Francisco

“I’d like to bid $1, Bob”….crowd goes wild, contestant jumps around uncontrollably, Bob Barker raises pencil thin mic to his mouth, opens envelope turning to contestants with gray haired enthusiasm proclaiming, “The actual retail price for these lovely San Francisco multi-family buildings is…..” Ding, ding, ding, ding! Go ahead, make your bid, just don’t go [...]

Something funny to take you into the weekend

Judging by the hand-writing, we’d say the author of this love letter was female, approximately 38-45 years old (not a Cougar), mother of….we’ll say two, likely drives a Volvo or Mercedes “SUV”, we’re thinking blond hair, light colored eyes, ponytail, and definitely not the life of the party. You? Happy Friday…somebody needs a f*cking cocktail! [...]

Turn the volume way up, so everyone in your office/house knows what’s going on with our market, and you don’t have to explain over and over (like us).

From a reader: Could San Francisco tax payers be footing the bill for the street cleaning (in this case vacuuming) in front of the Mayor’s [Gavin Newsom] apartment on Russian Hill? At least the street cleaner curbed its wheels….and our readers still send us quality tips. As a reminder, if you have something to share: [...]

We are very excited to announce that we have been purchased by a large local corporation and will cease regular publication only temporarily to build our new product. It is a great day in the land of theFrontSteps and we thank all of our loyal readers for getting us to this point. We also thank [...]

“How’s the market?” This has to be the number one most common question we’re asked these days by principals and Realtors alike. So we thought we’d give you some answers you’ll likely hear at your next cocktail party (stocked with Keystone Light, and Jose Cuervo, because Lord knows Negra Modelo and Patron Silver ain’t flowin’ [...]

We’re at a loss for words on this one: 2307 45th Ave [MLS]

In Malcolm Kaufman’s most recent “Pulse of the Market”, he makes an excellent comparison of the new buyer mentality as one that closely resembles a play he had seen in his early college days, “Waiting for Godot”, where the play “follows two consecutive days in the lives of a pair of men who divert themselves [...]

Could somebody put a stop to this? What happens if you scroll down the screen you ask? More red…