Category: Just plain fun

The Winners of San Francisco’s First Ever Sexiest Realtor Poll

What a battle it was, but in the end we have two winners. For the women: Claire Chessen of Zephyr Real Estate. For the men: Mark Choey of Climb Real Estate Group (part of Vanguard Properties) In the end our male winner received more votes than both top women nominees combined. Impressive, and possibly a … Continue reading The Winners of San Francisco’s First Ever Sexiest Realtor Poll

…and the Nominees for Sexiest Realtor in San Francisco are:

From a reader inquiry to a full blown contest, we’d like to say thanks to all the people who took the time to send in their choices of nominees for our Sexiest Realtor in San Francisco contest. We narrowed the field down to people that received at least two nominations, and are active Realtor members … Continue reading …and the Nominees for Sexiest Realtor in San Francisco are:

Who’s the Sexiest Realtor in San Francisco, Part Deux

[Nominees have been submitted, GO VOTE by following this link.] Since it’s Friday, we thought we’d leave you with what is turning out to be a very fun post. (Thanks to SFist for their link to the original post, we appreciate it. Who’s next?) We’d actually like to spend the weekend collecting nominees, and you … Continue reading Who’s the Sexiest Realtor in San Francisco, Part Deux

Ask Us: “Who’s the Sexiest Realtor in San Francisco?”

[Nominees have been submitted, GO VOTE by following this link.] Where readers ask, and we try to answer (something tells us this could be the beginning of something fun). After seeing your latest post on the Nob Hill Gazette thing [The Art of the Deal or the Art of Photoshop?], I got to wondering. Since … Continue reading Ask Us: “Who’s the Sexiest Realtor in San Francisco?”

The Art of the Deal, or the Art of Photoshop?

How the hell did they get all those power brokers in the same room, at the same time? From Greg: We can only imagine the sound of all those ringing cell phones. No wonder our calls weren’t returned. –Art of the Deal [Nob Hill Gazette] p.s. To all in the photo, we’re just poking fun. … Continue reading The Art of the Deal, or the Art of Photoshop?

Reason We Live Here #11

Because guys like this can be your friends and clients. Ryan Seelbach, absolutely charging at Maverick’s, and bringing it home for San Francisco! To gain some perspective on the magnitude of this photo and wave, Ryan is 6’6″…Break out your rulers and calculate that wave height for a second. Or go outside and find the … Continue reading Reason We Live Here #11

Comment du Jour: “Deal…SF…Jive”

Where we poach from our readers and their comments to show all you folks that don’t follow or contribute to the comments what you’re missing (and hopefully shame you into getting your ass over their and chiming in). Today, we steal from “anon” (wish you gave us a name) on “Verbatim: Why is Housing in … Continue reading Comment du Jour: “Deal…SF…Jive”

Quote du Jour: “most seafood”

Different than our comment du jour, which is strictly from our readers, this new feature (totally in beta mode) is a quote we found “out there” in San Francisco that is just too good to pass up. From the Chronicle’s “San Francisco Bay opens to fishing, effective immediately“: Tests on fish and crabs show that … Continue reading Quote du Jour: “most seafood”

Comment du Jour: “As Homeowners Volume is Not Very Relevant”

Sometimes we beat our heads against the wall to come up with a way, in a paragraph or less, to describe what is going on in this market. We show the highs, and we show the lows. Today, we pull from our previous post about the 41% dip in volume at the $500-700,000 price range, … Continue reading Comment du Jour: “As Homeowners Volume is Not Very Relevant”

In Marketing, Less is More

Our neighbor’s (Tiburon) “back yard”. (Yes, that is the Golden Gate Bridge on the right, and the city of San Francisco just left of center.) In case you are wondering, that back yard could be yours for $7,650,000, and you get 5300 square feet of “Romantic View Property” to go with it. Can’t afford to … Continue reading In Marketing, Less is More

Comment du Jour: “The best and brightest homes…”

From “eddy” on Tanking Market? Come again? That’s what she said…”: The best and nicest homes will continue to fly in this market. Any home with a story or in disrepair is going to get stale. We didn’t say it, he did. But we’d have to say if “fixer” falls under the category of “disrepair”, … Continue reading Comment du Jour: “The best and brightest homes…”

Battle Royale: North Beach or South Beach, if you had to choose

It’s been a while since our last Battle Royale (SF v. NYC), but that doesn’t mean we’ve forgotten to keep it local. We’ve seen a few of you chime in on whether you’d choose Hayes or Haight, a few more of you duked it out over Pacific Heights or Marina, and let’s not forget the … Continue reading Battle Royale: North Beach or South Beach, if you had to choose

To Floor Plan or Not?

Sophie asks: Should the listing [always] provide the floor plan drawings or not? In Paris (just to mention there), a listing actually ONLY includes the floor plan, square foot, and price… sometimes a photo of a view, if any, or inside if architecturally significant. We’re not going to call this a Stump the Stammtisch question, … Continue reading To Floor Plan or Not?

“What Market Slump”-NY Times

A reader recently forwarded us this article from the New York Times, and thought it might paint a comparative picture of what is going on here, or what could come to be. We’d tend to agree, however, on a much smaller scale (so far). Everybody, ourselves included, likes to keep a watch on other markets … Continue reading “What Market Slump”-NY Times

One Rincon Hill Video Replay

Since Tower Two is a go at One Rincon Hill, we thought you’d like to see some raw video of the construction elevator ride down the outside of Tower One, during consctruction…in case you missed it. –One Rincon Hill Topping off at 600 Ft, with a picture and VIDEO medley [theFrontSteps]