SFnewsletter Week ending May 6, 2005

Dear Friends: ****If you'd like to advertise here, send me an email.**** _____ Welcome: Hello and welcome to the newest members of the list. To opt-out, either email me at sfnewsletter@gmail.com, or click on the "unsubscribe" button below. If you know anyone who would like to be added to this distribution, they must opt-in by emailing me. For RECENT SALES/LISTING ACTIVITY (COMPARABLES) CLICK ON THE "NEW ON MARKET" AND "SOLD" REPORTS BELOW.* $____ Market Update: SURPRISE! This week the market is still very, very good. Here is some food for thought. According to Inc. Magazine, San Francisco is rated as the #188th "Best Place for Doing Business in America". We were beat out by pretty much every little po-dunk town in America, and even Los Angeles beat us. Manchester, New Hampshire came in at #21, and they only do business nine months out of the year, because when summer rolls around it's all about sitting on the porch and having a cocktail. Even if the po-dunk towns didn't hurt, getting beat by L.A. is embarrassing! Here is the real shocker. Reno, Nevada, my place of birth (Yeah, I know.) is rated #1. Come again? Reno is Inc. Magazine's number one best place to do Business in America. I need a cocktail. $$___ Maximum Overbid(TM) of the week**: West Portal is getting in the game. A nice three bedroom, two and a quarter bath, two car parking house on Ulloa. (One reader asked, "What is a quarter bath? A urinal in the garage?") A bit of humor always helps. Asking price was $828,000, sold for $1,201,330. What's better is that in 2001 it sold for $762,200. Not bad. Here's a link to the property description: Link $$$___ Comparison Shopping: Do I dare even look at what $1.2MM gets you in Reno, the #1 place to do business in America? Here are a couple choices that you could probably get UNDER asking price. Bargain !!!____ SFhotspots: I'm negotiating with a couple local magazines/newspapers to bring me content for this section. Until then, if you know of a good NEW restaurant, bar, club, show, shop, etc. let me know, and I'll announce it to the world. $$$$___ My Thoughts: If you're thinking about investment property, you might pick up an Inc. Magazine and go down the list to find your next place to purchase. Happy Aloha Friday! alex New on Market Report: Report SOLD 04/22/05-05/05/05: Report SOLD 04/08/05-04/21/05: Report +For future reference, the only content that changes weekly is the Advertisement on the top of the page, the Market Update, SFhotspots, the Maximum Overbid of the Week(TM), Comparison Shopping, My Thoughts, and the Reports. So next time you get this newsletter, you can skip the Welcome, and the legal junk below, and get right to the good stuff.+