Interesting Houses

Cheap Housing

by Jim the Realtor | Mar 6, 2017 | Interesting Houses, Jim's Take on the Market

Let's keep pushing - more commune food. Hat tip daytrip:

Western Hacienda

by Jim the Realtor | Feb 21, 2017 | Historic Homes, Interesting Houses, Jim's Take on the Market

We saw this house on broker preview today, and it is incredible. The party room was inspired by the Palace Saloon in Prescott, Arizona! The house was also featured in the Wall Street Journal. Price is $9,800,000: If you can live with a more modest house, I have one...

Warren is Selling

by Jim the Realtor | Feb 18, 2017 | Interesting Houses, Jim's Take on the Market

Warren Buffett is selling his Emerald Bay vacation home....with an agent who doesn't work at Berkshire Hathaway! H/T Richard. https://www.wsj.com/articles/warren-buffett-lists-longtime-laguna-beach-home-for-11-million-1487344530 Billionaire investor Warren Buffett is...

Periscope Home

by Jim the Realtor | Feb 10, 2017 | Interesting Houses, Jim's Take on the Market

These are selling for around $22,000 in Holland, and coming here soon:

Australia

by Jim the Realtor | Feb 7, 2017 | Interesting Houses

This can be one large home or two separate units in the small seaside community of Lennox Head in Australia. Save

Tiny House for Celebrities

by Jim the Realtor | Feb 6, 2017 | Interesting Houses, Jim's Take on the Market

Great promo and endorsement of tiny houses: http://www.realtor.com/advice/buy/nfl-star-deion-sanders-tiny-house-must-be-seen-to-be-believed/ Why would Super Bowl champ Deion Sanders want to live in a tiny house? That’s the million-dollar question that inspired us to...

$250 Million Bel Air Mansion

by Jim the Realtor | Jan 19, 2017 | Frenzy, Interesting Houses, Jim's Take on the Market

In the first video, the host says that the cars are included - the helicopter goes with the house too. Anyone who owns a house within a couple of hundred yards of this one should put their house on the market today for slightly less!

Shipping Containers for Housing

by Jim the Realtor | Jan 9, 2017 | Interesting Houses, Jim's Take on the Market, The Future

A quick search online found several shipping containers available for sale for less than $2,000. Couldn’t a contractor make this his specialty, and produce customized granny flats? House the homeless? Create a commune in the desert?

Beach Houses

by Jim the Realtor | Dec 30, 2016 | Interesting Houses, Jim's Take on the Market

Click here: http://www.contemporist.com/14-examples-of-modern-beach-houses-from-around-the-world/ Save

Climate Change and Real Estate

by Jim the Realtor | Dec 6, 2016 | Interesting Houses, Jim's Take on the Market, The Future, This Is America

This comes from the nytimes.com, not me: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/24/science/global-warming-coastal-real-estate.html MIAMI — Real estate agents looking to sell coastal properties usually focus on one thing: how close the home is to the water’s edge. But buyers...