This Week’s Crazy Building: Wavy Border Checkpoint

Sarpi Border Checkpoint by Frank Miller licensed under the terms of the CC BY-SA 2.0
This week’s crazy building is the Wavy Border Checkpoint in Sarpi, Georgia. This surreal building was built on the coast of the Black Sea on the border of Turkey and Georgia. This undulating structure contains a cafeteria, a conference room and staff rooms. The top floor serves as a viewing platform, which allows officials to
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This Week’s Crazy Building: Niteroi Art Museum

Niteroi Art Museum by Marcio Sette licensed under the terms of the CC BY-SA 3.0
This week’s crazy building is Niteroi Contemporary Art Museum in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. While its retro-futuristic design looks like something out of the ’60s, this museum, nicknamed the MAC, was actually completed in 1996. This strange-looking museum looks like an upside-down flying saucer. The main section of the building, the “cupola”, is three stories tall
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This Week’s Crazy Building: Balancing Barn

Balancing Barn, Suffolk by William M. Connolley licensed under the terms of the CC BY-SA 3.0
This week’s crazy building is the Balancing Barn in Suffolk, England. Located by a picturesque lake on the English country side, the Balancing Barn gets its name the peculiar way in which it’s situated. Legendary architecture firm MVRDV designed the building with a massive cantilever: half of its length juts out off the hillside and hangs over the
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How Home Inspections Work

Looking to sell your San Diego home? Get a free home value report Buying a San Diego home? Search all homes for sale   When somebody buys a home, they almost always have an inspection done by a professional. Sometimes, the inspection period is when the buyer’s bubble bursts; they find a great home, but
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Why You Need to Know About Earnest Money Deposits

Looking to sell your San Diego home? Get a free home value report Buying a San Diego home? Search all homes for sale   A lot of people are curious about the details of earnest money deposits, so today I want to lay out some of the things you can expect from this stage of
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This Week’s Story Time With Gary: The Sleepy Agent

Looking to sell your San Diego home? Get a free home value report Buying a San Diego home? Search all homes for sale   Today’s story did not happen to me, but it did happen to someone that I know. He had an open house on a Sunday and for whatever reason he did not
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This Week’s Story Time With Gary: Big Scary Husband

Looking to sell your San Diego home? Get a free home value report Buying a San Diego home? Search all homes for sale   Today I have another true story for you, and this occurred a long time ago, like 30 years ago. A woman had a home that did not sell, so she invited
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The Importance of Pre-Approval

Looking to sell your San Diego home? Get a free home value report Buying a San Diego home? Search all homes for sale   One time, I received an offer on a home that came with a pre-approval letter. I called the lender and let them know that I received a pre-approval letter from the
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How Home Showings Work

Looking to sell your San Diego home? Get a free home value report Buying a San Diego home? Search all homes for sale   How do showings work when you’re selling your San Diego home? This topic comes up all the time, and it’s an important one to be informed about if you want to
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White Elephants in San Diego

Looking to sell your San Diego home? Get a free home value report Buying a San Diego home? Search all homes for sale   How can you avoid becoming a white elephant on the real estate market in San Diego? I have two different ways that you can avoid this when you sell a home
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