tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5140004705538204727.post8752450606655446553..comments2023-12-16T04:08:06.419-08:00Comments on Real Estate in the LBC: Nutjob in Naplesel beehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14187665973956068496noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5140004705538204727.post-85214731806476273002009-07-10T08:58:33.226-07:002009-07-10T08:58:33.226-07:00ValleyBroker,
Interesting. Thanks very much for ...ValleyBroker,<br /><br />Interesting. Thanks very much for the information. The carrying costs obviously aren't bothering them, so I'm having a hard time figuring out why they're selling at all. If you can't get what you think you deserve then why bother? Just live in it and enjoy living (sort of, kind of) close to the water.<br /><br />Their agent certainly isn't in any hurry to cash that commission check, either. I mean, two years on the market? Yeef.el beehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14187665973956068496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5140004705538204727.post-48220642664844339492009-07-09T17:12:46.820-07:002009-07-09T17:12:46.820-07:00MLS shows original list price was $1,495,000 (!) J...MLS shows original list price was $1,495,000 (!) January 17 2007. Only one broker change since then, and current agent is male, not the blonde bimbo referred to in Anonymous's comment 7/8/09. MLS shows 898 days on the market, 701 with current agent. Current agent's had it since August 2007 and started at $1,199,000.ValleyBrokernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5140004705538204727.post-66364465148858761432009-07-09T13:53:29.760-07:002009-07-09T13:53:29.760-07:00Oh damn, now I feel stupid. I thought I was the o...Oh damn, now I feel stupid. I thought I was the only one who used that line! haha<br /><br />Seriously tho El Bee, my mom (real estate agent) sends me links from time to time, and when it's in one of the jenky areas, the first thing out of my mouth is "does that come WITH a bullet proof vest or without".<br /><br />Anyways, you crack me up, and I'm just a fan of your humor, tryna be down. <br /><br />I love how you are so articulate and professionally oriented, but at the same time full of flavor. I look forward to reading your blogs daily now.<br /><br />But don't get a big head!!!!! ;-}Mike in LBCnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5140004705538204727.post-83686144781587264522009-07-09T09:19:58.313-07:002009-07-09T09:19:58.313-07:00Everybody, Mike in LBC deserves full credit for us...Everybody, Mike in LBC deserves full credit for using the "with or without bulletproof vest" line. We cool?<br /><br />Although--and this is the problem with giving shoutouts for very common (at least in LB) jokes and observations--FreedomCM actually used the bulletproof vest joke a while ago in the comments.<br /><br />And I made a bulletproof vest joke in July 2008 on the <b>Wouldn't Sell if it was Free post</b>. <br /><br />In Long Beach, jokes about bulletproof vests, graffiti, waveless beaches, no parking, and overpriced HOAs, are quite common, but I apologize if I used your line without credit.el beehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14187665973956068496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5140004705538204727.post-50618867457642849362009-07-09T09:09:30.823-07:002009-07-09T09:09:30.823-07:00Oh heck no.
Since when did you start giving credi...Oh heck no.<br /><br />Since when did you start giving credit where it's due El Bee?<br /><br />I'm still awaiting my badge for the "with or without bullet proof vest" line that you used.Mike in LBCnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5140004705538204727.post-69489049513947758512009-07-08T16:36:41.719-07:002009-07-08T16:36:41.719-07:00Hi Anonymous,
I'm really glad you found the o...Hi Anonymous,<br /><br />I'm really glad you found the ol' blog. Thanks for stopping by and thanks for the great info. <br /><br />The important thing for the next of kin to consider is the other half of the Winnie the Pooh comment:<br /><br /><b>But don't hold your breath in anticipation of finding a cash-flush buyer who shares your particular love of that honey-chugging charmer willing to hand you a handsome profit for what your particular peculiarities hath wrought.</b><br /><br />By the way, I laughed out loud picturing this eccentric granny bombing down the narrow streets in the Shore with her land yacht, taking paint jobs and sideview mirrors with her!<br /><br />Thanks for coming by, we hope to hear more from you soon...(and pick a name so I can give you credit where credit is due)el beehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14187665973956068496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5140004705538204727.post-21075896615503764592009-07-08T16:02:32.083-07:002009-07-08T16:02:32.083-07:00I recently found your blog. Thanks for making it....I recently found your blog. Thanks for making it.<br /><br />I thought I'd offer you the back story on the Arigato Palace on Park. I rented in the duplex next door in the mid-1990s. Our landlord was the Palace owner's grown and married daughter. <br /><br />The Palace was built by Renata and her husband. Renata was from Italy and met her husband (a US Army Colonel) during WWII. He did some sort of intelligence work. After the war, they came to Long Beach and started one of the bigger realty businesses in the Shore area. They made a lot of money, and built the palace. <br /><br />By the time we moved in next door, the husband had already passed away. Renata still had a staff of 3 full-time employees (2 maids and a gardener), and drove around in a giant older caddy. If anyone needed a cement car, it was her. She swapped paint a lot. <br /><br />She passed away a couple years ago, and her kids are trying to sell the joint for what they can get. It's an odd house on a large lot for the area. You had mentioned that "If you're planning on living in it forever, shit, build whatever the hell you want. Custom build a place too look like Winnie the Pooh's house if that's your thing."<br /><br />That's what this was. Nobody lives forever. But now you know why it is there.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5140004705538204727.post-87202350376708735252009-07-08T15:37:16.332-07:002009-07-08T15:37:16.332-07:00I'm not sure when putting large fireplaces in ...I'm not sure when putting large fireplaces in the front of homes was ever in style. Maybe not enough room on the side? Or did the current owner brick over his bay windows to beat the new fireplace restrictions in Long Beach? (can't add 'em anymore so they get less smoke in Riverside)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5140004705538204727.post-34280259461952373942009-07-08T11:15:24.353-07:002009-07-08T11:15:24.353-07:00If you happen to read the Grunion Gazette real est...If you happen to read the Grunion Gazette real estate section where this blonde bimbo peddles her Naples real estate, you'd get the impression that the Naples market is hotter than straight tapatio sauce on your tongue!! Looks like her gravy train has lost it's wheels and nightly dinners at Nico's will need to be scaled back! Oh the humanity!! Time for the smug, special snowflakes to feel the pain.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com