What Exactly Is a Condominium Anyway?  Strictly defined a condominium (condo) is a privately owned individual unit within a community of other units. In general, the owner usually owns the interior of their condo from the walls in. Owners also jointly own shared common areas within the community, such as pools, garages, elevators, and outside […]

Sinatra fan or not, everyone loves the low-slung, open-style, welcome to the future from the imagination-of-the-past homes that were the native habitat of Mr. Sinatra and his 1950s crooning cronies. “Ol’ Blue Eyes” may be no more than a song, but the architecture lives on in one of California’s most enduring and popular home styles: […]

<Another in our “Housing Styles of San Francisco” blog series.> Did you happen to catch “The Gilded Age” on HBO earlier this year? It is a lavish new TV series set in New York in the final decades of the 19th century and featuring much marble, many digs about new money, and real historical characters […]

The hilly, verdant outcropping in the middle of San Francisco Bay that historically has been home to a Coast Guard Station, birds, and flowers, is now the Bay Area’s latest place to buy a house, condo, or flat. Welcome to Yerba Buena Island, where you can live in the middle of the Bay, literally… First, […]

To get a glimpse into the challenges the issues of planning and development in San Francisco, and why there aren’t enough high-rises to accommodate our population, we need only turn the clock back to about 1960…

The National Association of Realtors stated that 63% of those viewing your home online will come to view it in person. Make it Shine!

The Bay Area is full of great beaches and there’s always a new one to discover if you’re new to the area. Whether you prefer the white-sandy beaches or you want a great place to surf, there are plenty to choose from. Here’s a look at some of the top beaches found all throughout the […]

Dogpatch is a popular neighborhood in San Francisco known for its proximity to the Chase Center in nearby Mission Bay, home to the Golden State Warriors (and over 150 other events each year). You may also know Dogpatch for being home to a variety of original Victorians, as many survived the 1906 earthquake unscathed. Here […]

Pacific Heights, or Pac Heights, is a neighborhood in San Francisco most well known for fantastic views and its large and ornate homes. Here are three cool things about the neighborhood you may not know…

Tom Cotter & Doug Beebe join us for a conversation about all those California buyers moving to Portland.

Accomplished civil rights attorney and San Francisco powerhouse Angela Alioto takes the case of The Flintstone House in Hillsborough. While it might sound like a lighthearted chuckle, we talk about some of the issues Angela is fighting for in this case.

San Francisco resident and business man Joe Gallagher of Joe’s Barbershop joins us to discuss life in San Francisco, how it’s changed, and how it has stayed the same.