June 17th, 2009 @ FUN
An entire village, complete with two blacksmiths, a shop and a cricket club, has been put up for sale for a cool £22.5 million.
Nestling in the rolling countryside of the North Wessex Downs, Linkenholt is the archetypal English village. Now, for a cool £22.5 million, it could all be yours, as the entire [...]
April 8th, 2009 @ FSBO, FUN, buy a house
With the global credit crunch spiraling into an economic crisis, here’s what $150k can buy you right now around the world. If you have the money of course.
Argentina: Centro, Buenos Aires
USD Price: $149,000
Bedrooms: 2 Bathrooms: 1
This place is fully remodeled and right in El Centro, 2 blocks from Teatro Colon.
Chile: Villarrica, Region 9
January 6th, 2009 @ FSBO, FUN
It’s one of the biggest bets you can place on another person: You hire a real estate agent to sell your home.
She sizes up its charms, snaps some pictures, sets the price, writes a seductive ad, shows the house aggressively, negotiates the offers, and sees the deal through to the end. Sure, it’s a lot [...]
December 23rd, 2008 @ FUN
Bobby was getting cold sitting out in his back yard in the snow. Bobby didn’t wear boots; he didn’t like them and anyway he didn’t own any. The thin sneakers he wore had a few holes in them and they did a poor job of keeping out the cold. Bobby had been in his backyard [...]
December 23rd, 2008 @ FUN
Not long ago and far away, Santa was getting ready for his annual trip, but there were problems everywhere. Four of his elves got sick and the trainee elves did not produce the toys as fast as the sick elves. Santa was begiining to feel the pressure of being behind schedule. Then [...]
December 9th, 2008 @ FSBO, FUN
Remember living in your first apartment? For many of us it was a small, cramped box.
Here’s an apartment to beat all of the other little boxes out there. Welcome to London, home of possibly the smallest apartment in the world. A FORMER storage cupboard is now a 62 square foot flat has all the [...]
December 1st, 2008 @ FUN
Fizber Cocktail’s Recipe
1/3 ounce Blue Curacao Liqueur
1/2 ounce Banana Liqueur
3/4 ounce Passion Fruit Syrup
1/2 ounce Lemon Juice
1.7 ounce Havana Club Rum
5 ounce Tonic
Combine all ingredients (except for the tonic) with crushed ice in a highball glass, shake well. Pour tonic and serve.
Enjoy this great cocktail!
November 24th, 2008 @ FUN
Real Estate companies are suffering tough times now. Zillow has laid off 25% of its staff. Real estate brokerage company Redfin has laid off about 20 percent of its employees. Is this the beginning of the end for online real estate companies?
Despite the housing slump and massive job cuts in the industry, there are no [...]