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Oh I've seen much worse, I just think it's ridiculous that an agent stands to make $10K+ on a home and won't shell out a couple hundred for a professional photographer.

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This.....blows my mind that agents cheap out & do the pics with their iPhone or a cheap point & shoot.

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This has to be an illusion, right? $1.2 million and nobody noticed that you can't open the drawers to the vanity?

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Look again, yes you can.

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GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO LIVE IN SOUGHT AFTER CIBOLO. SPACIOUS OPEN FLOOR PLAN, WITH OVER 1900 SQ.FT. VERY NICE MONOLITHIC COVERED PATIO AND YARD. A MUST SEE TO APPRECIATE.

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Monolithic?

And did they go next door to get the patio photo?

Nothing says "I care" like a photo from a poor angle that includes the edge of the window frame and a good deal of reflection/glare.

I had some new construction realtor list an entire neighborhood at negative acreage a couple of days ago.

-.25, -.15, etc.. Really caused problems trying to run comps and collect accurate market data. I have no idea what they were trying or thinking.

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NTREIS# 13178827

4,372 sf
3,404.085 ac
$459,000

deal of the century

Great job realtors, it's only been on the market two weeks. I'm sure you'll correct the acreage in time.

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Their surveyor nailed it. Down to the 1/1,000th of an acre!

Some fun zoning.



The right is C1 the left R2.

Got three homes with both zoning going on. I have never seen that before.
Figured it was a GIS error, but according to the city it's not.

How can the city have part of a lot as one zone and another part as a different one?

No kidding. There are some very "interesting" design choices going on.

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You're going to love how unique the 1st floor is!

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I see a snowboard at the bottom of the stairs...

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Wine storage under the stairs!

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Dafuq is going on there?

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Formal living room has tasteful mural

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Is that a big dead, red tree?

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Formal dining room

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AKA bike storage. Nothing too weird going on in here at least.

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The den has crown molding

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And some 5' speakers and a huge chess set on the table.

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And a gas log fireplace

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Wait, what's that in the corner?

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Built ins in the background

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Holy crap, there's a huge bear!

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Kitchen with expansive island and pot/spice holders

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Were they abused by wall cabinets at an earlier age?

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5 burner gas range

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Ok, there's one. If your backsplash has to go up 7' maybe you need to evaluate how you're cooking things.

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The powder bathroom with glass vessel sink

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She should tell them someone reversed their mirror and painting because they haven't noticed yet.

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Oversized master suite

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If you took your shoes off while coming in, put them back on before entering this room!

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The master bathroom has double vessel sinks

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And more disgusting carpet in the bathroom, just like grandma's trailer!

Am I the only one who sees no wine in the wine storage? That house is...I just don't know.

I like the random plush giraffe on the couch considering his next chess move and the Stuart Smalley quote in the powder room!

Just came across this listing in the Heights (in a good, but not great part of the Heights) for $720k for a tear down: What?

77379 is a goldmine for awesomely bad listings. Lots of 5000-7000 sq ft houses going for $60-$80 a sq ft. The best ones are in the $300k-$400k price range.

These are two of my favorites...

Among this house's many desired features are a "social bath" and a "preacher's wet bar". I counted at least 8 different types of flooring (huge pet peeve; I like continuity).
http://www.har.com/search/dosearch?for_sale=1&=www&quicksearch=46847174&=0&=0&=&=

This one is awesome in part because it has a chandelier in the Porte coacher [sic].
http://www.har.com/search/dosearch?for_sale=1&quicksearch=70729744

Porte coacher


Jeeze, taking 30 seconds to Google that wouldn't be difficult. At least the listing isn't in all Caps.

I think after the second child, it might be time to dispense with the chilled Tuaca machine.

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I think after the second child, it might be time to dispense with the chilled Tuaca machine.

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I'm guessing this was the dad's line in the sand moment. Probably counts that as his greatest victory of the year!

there's 3 things that will never leave this house. Texans fat heads, titty posters and chiliiilllled Tuaca!

At least one smart kid in that house. Saw the Texas A&M #12 jersey on the wall.

Ugh. Working a sale, listed as a 3 bed, 3 bath. 1500 sf.

Agent included the 450 sf detached apartment in the overall GLA, bedroom and bathroom count. This isn't going to be pretty.

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Ugh. Working a sale, listed as a 3 bed, 3 bath. 1500 sf.

Agent included the 450 sf detached apartment in the overall GLA, bedroom and bathroom count. This isn't going to be pretty.

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I'm working on something even worse. 1,300 SF house with 1,300 SF game room above the detached garage and the realtor listed it as 2,600 SF.

Ouch.


This is basic stuff. Like 1 car versus 2 car driveway easy. It's routinely effed up.

My company is pushing some new Collateral Analytics program that works off the MLS information but in a large chunk of the city - in the lower income older neighborhoods generally, that data is so unreliable and confused I fear the data is useless on a large scale. At least not without some significant risk.

What's the point of moving to a program that requires constant verification of the basic info?

I'm probably reading too much into it right now. I have yet to dig into it thoroughly.

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and this entire listing gets a WAT from me.

weird house

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Anyone catch the framed A&M diploma on the floor next to the big speakers?

All right, whose house is this? Fess up!

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I like the random plush giraffe on the couch considering his next chess move and the Stuart Smalley quote in the powder room!

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The Stuart Smalley quote has letters grayed out to spell "you suck" only there's no C, so one of the Gs in doggone is grayed out instead.

YOU SUGK

ha...I didn't notice that. Even stranger.

The two fridge house is probably kosher Jews or hallah Muslims. Gotta get meat and other stuff separate.

we saw a house that actually had converted one bay of the garage into a 2nd kitchen (stove, oven, and fridge with prep space) and when we asked that's what thy told us.

Was still a really nice house and the other part of the kitchen would easily be converted in a mud room or something. The sellers said they'd take everything out and take 5-10k off the price, if we wanted.

PLUS RUSH! URGENT!

We've had this report for 3 months but it's 4:20 on the afternoon of closing, please blur the photo of the small child on the dresser in the back of a photo.

RUSH!

Lovely 4/2/2 living areas.Stunning array of brilliance kitchen


Oye.

Square peg and a round hole.

I have no idea why this sucker is back in foreclosure for the second time in 6 years.

Oof. Nice backyard too.

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STUNNIG VIEWS FROM THIS NEW WHITESTONE HOME

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Stunning.

Builder sale, paid $295,561 in 2006, resold in 2008 for $201,000.


I'm not getting paid enough for this one.