Monthly Archives: January 2008

And He Built A Crooked House

January 29, 2008 – 8:33 pm

In 1950-51, science fiction author Robert A. Heinlein and his wife Virginia designed and built a custom house in the in the Broadmoor district of Colorado Springs. The house is a compact 1150 square feet, but it uses the space efficiently. Almost all of the furniture, from bookshelves to beds, is built into the [...]

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Loving The REOs

January 17, 2008 – 11:51 pm

Over at the New Jersey Real Estate Report, James Bednar writes in the comment section about his preference for REOs (bank owned properties).
1) Properties are often distressed. Owners trashed the place when they left. Damage from a lack of maintenance. Landscaping dead, lawn overgrown. Properties as-is. Lots of buyers will get turned off, even [...]

By Gary | Posted in The Bubble | Comments (0)

Happy New Year MLS Report

January 1, 2008 – 10:45 pm

The first MLS report of 2008 and part of my new resolution to try to post something to this blog every day.
We’re down to 84 total homes listed on MLS for Babylon. That’s the lowest I’ve seen it since 2006. Even though I didn’t do a report yesterday, I noted that there were 88 homes [...]

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