Check out this full on Hollywood production that a realtor in Malibu had produced for their $35 million listing. The trailer is called “The Spider and The Fly”.
You can read more on this video and the home for sale at http://www.inman.com/news/2012/07/11/hollywood-director-shoots-trailer-malibu-home
Today I saw a listing and was stopped in my tracks by two silver built-in boxes in the walls. After seeing the first one in a room off the master bedroom I assumed it was a safe, then saw another at the top of the basement stairs. I didn’t immediately realize what they were for, and am still not totally sure, but at least I know what they are. They are Secure Logic wall vaults. They come with either a keypad or biometric feature which reads your fingerprint, and cost $399 & $479 respectively. The doors are recessed and gravity operated so there is no swinging out. The doors open in less than two seconds giving you instant access to your valueables or guns…which I’m thinking is what the ones I saw today were used for. The vaults were tested by the US Dept of Justice and deemed safe to store a loaded firearm.
Here is a link to view and purchase a wall vault http://www.securelogiconline.com/index.php/products/wall-vault
What I liked about them and what got my attention was how sleek they were and how flush they were with the wall. Not that you want to show off a safe, but if you need your stuff quickly, this is a great option.
The other day I got a voicemail from someone that included “I don’t text so you can call me on my telephone”. To give you perspective, my voicemail greeting says “you can leave me a message or send me a text”.
In my quest to view information quicker and more efficiently than I did yesterday this is a great model. Most of the real estate related voicemails I receive look like this: “is your listing still available?” or “can I show your listing?” or “it’s John, call me”. Not like it takes that much time to listen to voicemails, but you do have to stop what you are doing to dial/listen/call back/delete and call back/or write down the number they actually want you to call them back on.
A text message is instant and my response will be instant too. Very little goes into a text message and for simple yes/no questions, this is by far the superior route to take.
Do you text? If not I’d love to know why not. Leave it in the comments.
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