This Week’s Crazy Building: Shanghai Tower

Shanghai Tower by Yhz1221 licensed under the terms of the CC BY-SA 4.0
This week’s crazy building is Shanghai Tower in Shanghai, China. At 2,073 feet high, Shanghai Tower is the second tallest building on earth. It has an incredible 128 stories dedicated to a combination of office, retail and leisure space. In addition to its dizzying height, the tower has an unusual twisting facade. The main structure
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This Week’s Crazy Building: Dorton Arena

Dorton Arena by Leah Rucker licensed under the terms of the CC BY-SA 3.0
This week’s crazy building is the J.S. Dorton Arena in Raleigh, North Carolina. Polish architect Maciej Nowicki designed an arena with the first cable-supported roof system on earth. Tragically, he was killed in a plane crash before construction began. Nowicki’s friend, another local architect named William Dietrick, was called upon make his vision a reality. Opened in 1952, Dorton Arena’s innovative design
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Value Range Pricing 101

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 want to cover the topic of value range pricing, which is a very strange and particular strategy for pricing homes that is dominant here in San Diego. At one
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This Week’s Crazy Building: Grand Lisboa Hotel

Grand Lisboa Hotel by Harvey Barrison licensed under the terms of the CC BY-SA 2.0
This week’s crazy building is the Grand Lisboa Hotel in Macau, China. This extravagant 856-foot building is a hotel casino featuring over a thousand slot machines and 800 gaming tables. There are two main elements to this fanciful golden resort: a dome-like enclosure that houses the gambling and dining, and the 47-story hotel portion that
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This Week’s Story Time with Gary: Open House Faux Pas

Looking to sell your San Diego home? Get a free home value report Buying a San Diego home? Search all homes for sale   It’s time yet again for another edition of Storytime with Gary, where I share an interesting, funny, or strange story that I’ve experienced in my many years in real estate. Years
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How to Sell Your Home Fast

Looking to sell your San Diego home? Get a free home value report Buying a San Diego home? Search all homes for sale   Regardless of your current situation, no one likes to have their home on the market for a long time. In order to get your home sold fast, there are many pieces
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Are Condo HOA Fees a Waste of Money?

Looking to sell your San Diego home? Get a free home value report Buying a San Diego home? Search all homes for sale   Many people decide not to buy a condo because they don’t want to waste their money on homeowners association fees, which can cost hundreds of dollars and can run even higher
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How Long Will Your Home Be on the Market?

Looking to sell your San Diego home? Get a free home value report Buying a San Diego home? Search all homes for sale   Today we are going to answer a question we get asked all the time, “How long will it take to sell my home?” My answer is that it depends on the
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This Week’s Crazy Building: Azadi Tower

Azadi Tower by Mahdi Kalhor licensed under the CC BY 3.0
This week’s crazy building is Azadi Tower in Tehran, Iran. This remarkable structure is also known as “Freedom Tower” and marks the west entrance to Iran’s capital city. Created in 1971, its intricate patterns and bold swooping lines combine several architectural styles, both Islamic and post-Islamic. The tower is built with a whopping 8,000 blocks
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This Week’s Crazy Building: Palace of Winds

Palace of Winds by lensnmatter licensed under the terms of the CC BY 2.0
This week’s crazy building is the Palace of Winds in Jaipur, India. This incredibly ornate building (called Hawa Mahal in Hindi) is actually mostly just a wall. This elaborate facade is situated at the edge of the City Palace. It was built so that women in the royal household could watch the street festivals without
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