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Buy a House Including the Wife or Is It Buy a Wife Including the House?

June 30th, 2008 · No Comments

I can’t figure out if this is a clever marketing scheme or a wacky idea.
A real estate agent named Deven Trabosh is including herself in the sale price of her home in Palm Beach Gardens on Ebay and Craigslist. The headline on the ad reads “Mary a Princess Lost in America”. Bidding starts at $0.99, […]

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Literally Living in a Shell

May 19th, 2008 · No Comments

If you’re one of those people who’d like to consider your house a work of art, you may be interested in the Nautilus House created by bioarchitect Javier Senosiain in 2006. It truly is a work of art, although you may want to make a little less of a statement. It’s definitely not gonna go […]

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Tags: Architecture · Real Estate Oddities

Does Sex Rent?

April 9th, 2008 · 1 Comment

I noticed this video on the Sellsius blog and I’d say it peaked my interest. Some developers in L.A. are using window dancers to lure potential tenants. They sure do things different out west.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ZrX37GmuF4

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Winter Park Realtor Accused of Shooting Boyfriend

March 31st, 2008 · 13 Comments

Now this is not the kind of news I want to be spreading about real estate professionals but it’s a little too juicy to ignore. A Realtor in Winter Park named Michelle Williamson supposedly shot her boyfriend several times in a domestic dispute last night at the Orwin Manor subdivision. The mugshot reminds me of […]

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Tags: Real Estate Oddities · SW Orlando Bulletin

A Place to Vent About Rotten Neighbors

March 5th, 2008 · No Comments

Let me just come out and say that my neighbors are wonderful, but I have had some ones with some kind of problem or just outright weird. I’ve thought about doing something like this to them but really I’m a peaceful man.
There’s a new site called rottenneighbor.com where you can let the world know how […]

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Tags: Real Estate Oddities · Real Estate Tips

A Home That’s Smaller Than My Bedroom

February 10th, 2008 · No Comments

The Tumbleweed Tiny House Company has been designing and building tiny homes averaging about 120 square feet since 1997. Most of the designs can be placed on a trailer and offers an alternative to classic Winnebago.
Imagine the looks you’d get pulling one of these bad boys to a tailgate party or trailer park. I think […]

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Tags: Architecture · Real Estate Oddities

A Home With a Push of a Button

December 22nd, 2007 · No Comments

Having a home can be as easy as a push of a button. The Illy Push Button Home designed by Adam Kalkin is a home built within a shipping container. You press a button and in 90 seconds, viola. The container transforms into a home complete with a kitchen, dining area, bedroom, living room, and […]

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Today is Halloween

October 31st, 2007 · No Comments

It’s Halloween today but I bet this one will still be difficult to sell. Perhaps with the right price and marketing? Or…. maybe not.
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Toilet House

October 13th, 2007 · 1 Comment

I noticed this post on the freshome blog about the world’s first toilet home. It was built in Suweon, South Korea by the World Toilet Association. It’s called “Haewoojae” which translates into “a place of sanctuary where one can solve their worries”. What? You can find more photos and additional info at Freshome.
 

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Chic Commodes

September 28th, 2007 · 1 Comment

I noticed this post on the Realestatebloggers site about all the options in commodes these days. It’s a crappy subject (can’t resist) that doesn’t come up too often in conversations about real estate but after seeing this video I may have to begin taking commodes into consideration when assessing a home’s value.

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