Category Archives: Fun

Tuesday Link O Rama Because I’m Crazy Busy!

Posted on January 30, 2007 by Doug Heddings

I’m insanely busy right now as the market continues to defy odds.  I find myself in the midst of a 2nd "highest, best and final" scenario on behalf of my sellers in as many weeks and it appears that this … Continue reading →

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Ah haaaaa! This is Why New Yorkers are Thin!

Posted on January 22, 2007 by Doug Heddings

Check out this post from BoingBoing suggesting that perhaps sprawl is making us fat.  Much like other urban environments, New York and specifically Manhattan is a real walking city.  I always wondered why there were so many more svelte pedestrians in … Continue reading →

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Martin Luther King Stayed Here

Posted on January 15, 2007 by Doug Heddings

For 46 years, Harry Belafonte and his family lived in a beatiful home on West 74th Street. (It sold this past October for close to $12,000,000. ) I actually visited the home when it was being marketed and must tell … Continue reading →

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Bloodsucking Realtor’s Delight

Posted on January 12, 2007 by Doug Heddings

(File photo/Wikipedia This photo is protected by the GNU Free Documentation License.) Dracula’s castle is for sale. It’s $78 million. The Associated Press reports that it gets some significant foot traffic, too: The castle, perched high on a rock and … Continue reading →

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Video from Inman RE Connect Blogging Panel

Posted on January 12, 2007 by Doug Heddings

Phil Thomas Di Giulio of Wellcome Mat was nice enough to provide video: Watch the interactive video on WellcomeMat.com UPDATE: I should also mention that this video was shot by Rudolph Bachraty from Sellsius who was nice enough to let … Continue reading →

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RE Connect Happenings

Posted on January 9, 2007 by Doug Heddings

Zillow’s new message to real estate professionals: buy an ad on Zillow! Jeff Somers writes about what president Lloyd Frink has been explaining at the conference: "We’re calling it EZAds – and it’s pretty simple – an easy, online way … Continue reading →

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The Smell of Gas has Passed

Posted on January 9, 2007 by Doug Heddings

That smell in Manhattan yesterday? Still no real explanation, although many believe it to be a chemical known as mercaptan–which is the additive that makes natural gas stink. A helpful biologist from Kansas left this comment on a New York … Continue reading →

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Manhattan is Naturally Gassy

Posted on January 8, 2007 by Doug Heddings

This morning shortly after my wife left the apartment to take my son to school, my 2 ½ year old daughter said, “it smells like fire in here daddy.” It indeed smelled like gas throughout our entire apartment on the … Continue reading →

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Doug Talks Real Estate Prices on New York One

Posted on January 4, 2007 by Doug Heddings

The story shot yesterday, largely in the TrueGotham Mini Cooper, is playing on TV today, and allegedly you can watch the video online although it seems to be gimpy at the moment. (UPDATE: The video worked all along, but it … Continue reading →

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New York One in the TrueGotham Mini

Posted on January 3, 2007 by Doug Heddings

Doug spent much of today in that car driving the streets of Manhattan, talking into New York One’s cameras as he assessed the local real estate market. The story will be on the air tomorrow, and we’ll have a link … Continue reading →

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