San Francisco Schtuff

Tuesday’s offer Realtors an action packed day. Nearly all the active listings in the city are open for Tuesday Broker’s Tour. The Tour starts in District 8 at 9:00am and runs through District 10 ending at 4pm. It’s not uncommon to preview 20+ houses on any given Tuesday. In my new weekly installment, Schtuff I Saw On Tuesday, I’m going to share with you the best, worst and oddest of each Tuesday.

By Coach A:

July 8th (Another relatively slow week for new listings given the preceeding holiday weekend):

Best Statement
1111 Greenwich: $2,395,000
Incredible views – not a lot of property for the price but given the location (Russian Hill) it’s an understandable price. The brunch was solid – too many gossiping agents to actually enjoy the quiche, but fear not, I took some to go. The best property statement I’ve seen in a long time. Kudos to Jon Taylor of Paragon Real Estate. I’m often very critical (read the rest) of agents who don’t spend a dime marketing multi-million dollar homes. Jon spent a fortune – 12 color pages – it’s a novella not a statement!

Most “Tired” building
10 Miller Place # 901 $899,000
Nob Hill / China Town 2 bed condo. The building is T I R E D – feels very 1976 to me. The unit has upgrades and spectacular views – but the HOA dues are in 900′s and the windows and sliding glass doors are very dated. Bagels and Veggies were nice. While I was in the unit, an owner from a unit on another floor came down and had the agent give him a listing presentation — now that’s a successful Tuesday Tour!

Best location
66 Pleasant St -$795,000
Very San Franciscan location – 1 block alley off of Taylor between Sacremento and Clay – steps to Grace Cathedral – loved the location but no parking is tough. No food.

Best Bang for the Buck

155 Parker Ave $975,000
3 bed / 1 bath condo in Laurel Ht’s/Jordan Park. It’s not the perfect location within Jordan Park, that said it’s in Jordan Park. 1400+ square feet, parking and a large shared yard for under 1 million. Low HOA dues, a nicely remodeled unit – it’s easily my pick of the week. And that’s before you add Super Agent Scott Brittain to the mix – a former SI Lax player who is now slingin houses – yeah Scoot. Lunch was also a plus – i’m guessing Whole Foods – very nice touch at 11:00am. I had a mozzerella and tomato / and roast beef mushroom. Nicely presented and a big water bottle. Yeah Scoot!

Tie for Worst of the Week:

2506 Washington St – $3,695,000

1. Don’t advertise brunch and not have anything – not even water. That is unacceptable and I won’t stand for it.
2. I understand it’s owner occupied and a piece of SF history and culture – that said, you can’t get any sense of the size of the rooms due to the amount of SCHTUFF all over the place. It’s a freakin museum.
3. Weak Sauce effort on the statement.

811 Carolina St – $1,099,000

1. The tour starts at 2pm – not 2:15.
2. It really helps when the agent holding the Tuesday Tour has the keys to actually open the home. My favorite line of the week:

Agent: We’ll be open on tomorrow night.
Claudia: Are you sure?

So there ya go – not too much quality inventory or food this week – Tune in next week – should be a ton of new inventory and hopefully a memorable eat or two.

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