Rentals, rentals, rentals | first tuesday journal online

Rentals, rentals, rentals | first tuesday journal online

It is a Zero Sum Game, when it comes to real estate investing.... or so it seems...

Home prices, in SF are stagnant, neither going up or down, in any significant measure.... BUT .... apartment prices ARE going up.... in SF, and in many places....

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Happy New Year, 2011...

j.b

"Boutez En Avant"

Christmas Feast, 12 25 2010, Sunset Heights

Have a Holly, Jolly Christmas!! 2010. Sunset Heights Style, San Francisco

TERMITES...

A client had live termites coming out of a hole in her window moulding in her dining room, near the ceiling...

A contractor came in and opened up the sheetrock and the framing was still damp, with the recent rains....

....and the framing was lousy with live termites....

...the Pest Control Co. came and applied his strongest termite chemicals, and came back two hours later and re-applied same, ...after the shy little insects had been induced to come to the surface, looking for new homestead sites.

The roofer is coming tomorrow to replace the seeping roof, the source of the whole problem..

The sheetrock was re-installed, taped and painted, as it was 90% sound...

The moulding was replaced and the walls were taped and painted. $500. Would have been multiple thousands of dollars if the framing needed replacement.

Moral:

Do an exam of your house, every year, with a pro.

The Crimson Cottage, 12 11 2010

"No Tanks" for the Memories... save lots of gas on water heating. , as here at the Crimson Cottage, in SF' s Sunset Heights. click the pic.

Sunset Heights Village.

Villages need secondary, accessory buildings

Crimson Cottage, San Francisco

Renewed Rear Cottage in Inner Sunset Village.

A

Fear The Beard, Charllie Brown!.. It is the spirit of Inner Sunset Village.

Lets call it like it is!.. Lets call it "Inner Sunset Village"

Hi, neighbors....  I settled in the Inner Sunset 41 years ago, because it had "a village feel"...  My daughter lives, now, in "Huron Village", a part of Cambridge, Mass.  A big part of the  "vibe" there is because the residents feel like they are part of a Village, not just a district.  
Villages raise a child. Villages take care of their members.  Villages have a more "family feel".  A "district" can be huge, like the entire Sunset, of which the Inner Sunset is just a part.   To promote the "family feel", I think it would be good to intentionally adopt the term "Inner Sunset Village".  

Laurel Village, for example,  has much more cohesiveness, for being named a Village...  Same for Lakeside Village, between 19th Ave and Junipero Serra Blvd.  If we thought of ourselves as a Village, we would sponsor teams,  and  clubs,  etc.  ( I hope.)  I will be trying to see if this has any traction, starting with  the next meeting of the Sunset Hts. Assoc. of Responsible People. (sharpsf.com)..

Feel free to post a comment here, or email me :jackbarry99@gmail.com
...thanks, jack barry