Off Market Single Family Home | Central Richmond | $2,000,000


True off market opportunity here. Property Details: $2,000,000 Circa 1922 Edwardian 3 bed 2 bath Remodeled Hardwood floors Formal Entry Master Suite w/ en suite bathroom and steam shower Formal Living Room w/ wood burning fireplace Formal Dining Room Remodeled Kitchen (with access to deck and plumbed gas bbq) Media Room which opens to sun … Continue reading Off Market Single Family Home | Central Richmond | $2,000,000

SOLD | 662 46th Ave | Outer Richmond / Sutro Heights | $1,825,000


Perhaps you just walked by the house and saw the SOLD sign suddenly out front, or perhaps you just noticed a recent “comp” sale on MLS that many of you knew nothing about (except my awesome readers, of course). Well I’m pleased to report the incredible off market sale of a home in my neighborhood … Continue reading SOLD | 662 46th Ave | Outer Richmond / Sutro Heights | $1,825,000

Hey Buyers! Turns Out There’s More Inventory Than You Thought


Have a look at what hit our email in the past couple months, and the companies heavily marketing “pocket listings”, “off market” property, or “not on MLS” opportunities. You, the buyer, would probably like to know about these opportunities, wouldn’t you? Well…you can’t. Not until these brokerages wake up and join the year 2013, move … Continue reading Hey Buyers! Turns Out There’s More Inventory Than You Thought

Your Noe Valley Dream Home Awaits…Lucky Buyer


Is this your style? Been searching for the perfect Noe Valley Single Family Home that is LEED certified? Dreamt about having a say in the final touches of your down to the studs remodeled dream home? If so, I have the home for you. You, meaning unrepresented buyer. The home pictured is not what is … Continue reading Your Noe Valley Dream Home Awaits…Lucky Buyer

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

Another Purdy Pocket Listing To Ponder In NOPA / Lone Mountain


This wonderful two-level single family alternative only a par 4 from the oh-so-hip NOPA district of San Francisco, and situated on the edge of the Lone Mountain district is currently listed off MLS until the sellers can find a suitable replacement property (if you know of any, don’t be shy). Asking $1,125,000, the home (its … Continue reading Another Purdy Pocket Listing To Ponder In NOPA / Lone Mountain

Wanderlust: Villa De Montaña In St. Helena. It’s Only $16,950,000


I mentioned this one a bit ago, and you can’t deny it “sounds” wonderful. But we never had a look inside the home, let alone inside the gates. That is until now. Have a look at Villa De Montaña in St. Helena an let your imagination soar! Currently not marketed on MLS, this home is … Continue reading Wanderlust: Villa De Montaña In St. Helena. It’s Only $16,950,000

A Fixer Of Epic Proportions “Not On MLS”: 30-32 Prescott, Telegraph Hill


[Update: Property is now on MLS. Keep your eyes on PocketListings.net for your chance at many other off market opportunities, as this one was first posted there several weeks ago.] This is one of those properties where every step you take inside the building you wonder if you’ll end up one floor below, like in … Continue reading A Fixer Of Epic Proportions “Not On MLS”: 30-32 Prescott, Telegraph Hill

A Dream Buyer Carrying $2,500,000 Cash, Looking For A Good Home


Are you a San Francisco Realtor with a Lake District or Sea Cliff home one of your clients would be willing to sell? Well…we just found your dream buyer: Very motivated all cash buyers looking for a SFR that meets the following requirements: -$2.5M or less -3 Beds/2 Baths+ -Around 3000 sq. ft. -Large bedrooms … Continue reading A Dream Buyer Carrying $2,500,000 Cash, Looking For A Good Home

Willis Polk, Joseph Esherick, Julia Morgan, Horatio Livermore, Hal Riney, Karl G. Smith, And The 1915 Panama Pacific International Exposition All Rolled Into One Extraordinary Property Description


Regardless of the fact that some of you might feel we’re simply promoting PocketListings.net as the best and only place the nation will soon share “not on MLS” real estate opportunities, there is some pretty damn good real estate porn popping up on there these days, and we’d bet you’d be upset with us if … Continue reading Willis Polk, Joseph Esherick, Julia Morgan, Horatio Livermore, Hal Riney, Karl G. Smith, And The 1915 Panama Pacific International Exposition All Rolled Into One Extraordinary Property Description

“One Of Only 9 Cooperative Apartments [In San Francisco]” With A Lot Of 3’s, But Missing 3 Letters (MLS)


It might not be on MLS, but this $3,395,000, 3 bed, 3 bath, 3000 square foot, Co-Op on Broadway is surely worth a nod, perhaps even a gander: Elevator service directly into unit, three bedrooms (all with their own full bathroom), library, three remodeled bathrooms, vestibule with marble floor and arched etched glass window, formal … Continue reading “One Of Only 9 Cooperative Apartments [In San Francisco]” With A Lot Of 3’s, But Missing 3 Letters (MLS)

Thirteen Damn Good Reasons To Use PocketListings.net & Six Reasons Not To


[Editor’s Note: We posted this on our PocketListings.net BLOG, but felt it important enough to share here too.] We’ve had a few people ask us what is the point in pocket listing and at what point does a pocket listing become a “listing”? Why should they do it, or not do it, and why should … Continue reading Thirteen Damn Good Reasons To Use PocketListings.net & Six Reasons Not To

We Have Manufactured A Cure For Your REPA (Real Estate Porn Addiction)


We came up with a new diagnosis and subsequent cure for the world of real estate, especially for all of you San Franciscans addicted to all of the great real estate blogs out there. That diagnosis is REPA, which stands for “Real Estate Porn Addiction”, and the cure is PocketListings’ Twitter Feed. It used to … Continue reading We Have Manufactured A Cure For Your REPA (Real Estate Porn Addiction)

Pocket Listing. Not On MLS. Buyer In Need. No Problem. PocketListings.net Launches Nationwide!


Although you might think theFrontSteps has been completely sleeping these past months, you probably forgot we’ve been busy building a place for real estate agents to post the thousands and thousands of pocket listings they have throughout the year. Not only can they post pocket listings available to be sold, but post they have buyers … Continue reading Pocket Listing. Not On MLS. Buyer In Need. No Problem. PocketListings.net Launches Nationwide!