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Pecha Kucha Night to Benefit Haiti

19 February 10

For those that are not yet familiar, Pecha Kucha has officially arrived in St. Louis. Pecha Kucha draws its name from the Japanese term for the sound of “chit chat”, it rests on a presentation format that is based on a simple idea: 20 images x 20 seconds. It’s a format that makes presentations concise, and keeps things moving at a rapid pace.

Typically all of the presentations focus on ‘Big Ideas & Creativity” in the region, it’s a great way for people in the area to share their ideas and work.

The next event is this Saturday night at 7pm at the Foundation at 1004 Locust, underneath the new Bridge bar next to Left Bank Books downtown. This next event is unique because it’s part of a global event on this night to raise money for Architecture for Humanity’s rebuilding efforts in Haiti.

I’ll be one of the many speakers for the evening, talking about ArtFix and Rebuilding-Together St. Louis. Stop by for what should be a great night.

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For more information on Pecha Kucha, click here.

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From Marketplace: A New Look at City Life

14 May 09

Interesting clip form Marketplace today about young families reconsidering a move to the suburbs to stay in the city. In this audio clip, it talks about owning in the suburbs vs. renting in the city. This may make more sense in a city like Chicago where owning a home in the city may be harder to afford for many people, but in St. Louis homes are less expensive.

As more middle-class families choose to stay, new models arise. BRUEGMANN: The experimentation is really vigorous. We have all kinds of new options in charter schools, in magnet schools, in parochial schools, so that there’s no longer this feeling of hopelessness. Now, at least, you have a lot of choices on what you can do.

But even those choices can be a tough sell for parents who mostly grew up in the suburbs and in small towns.

View the article online here, or listen to the clip above.

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New Blog, New Site, New Listings!

3 May 09

It’s proving to be a pretty exciting and jam-packed spring so far. First of all, I now have a new site and blog! I wanted to simplify the content overall and it’s now a bit easier for me to update the site. My old site had been up almost as long as I have been a Realtor, so it’s time for a change. Special thanks to Geoff who spent a Saturday afternoon taking pictures for the site… and let me use his front porch for the set. Up next, look for some local advertising as well as some updates to the individual property pages, which I set up for every new listing.

Speaking of which, I have many new listings I’m pretty excited about. They’re all in awesome locations and each one has something great and unique about them. See my listings page for more information.

And of course, pardon the dust while there’s some clean up and tweaking happening to the site in the coming week or so.

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2631 Nebraska and the Craig’s List Scam

9 April 09

We use Craig’s List all the time to advertise our FOR SALE listings. Most times its a great tool. In the MLS we are unable to advertise the individual property website because of the agent rules governing IDX, but on Craig’s List and Backpage we can re-direct people to the home’s individual website which has much more information (floor plans and disclosures) than the brief post.

HOWEVER, last weekend someone stole one of my posts. They took the photos and description of my listing for 2631 Nebraska and posted a FOR RENT ad. Then they proceeded to correspond to inquiries using an email address yahoo email address. dawngriffin94@yahoo is NOT my email address. Most people figured it out quickly and contacted me personally (Thank you!) And someone forwarded me the correspondence so that I could report it to Craig’sList. Below is a bit of the message.
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Hello,
How are you? Thanks for the interest in my House,my house is still available for rent and is located at :2631 Nebraska Ave St Louis,MO 63118,quite and safe I only need someone that can take good care of the house at my absence because right now am not around i just secured a contract in London .of which i will not be back until after 2years. And am here with the house keys and document, i tried to look for managent before i left but couldn’t get any in time.If you know that you have a good reference and a good crediential you can email me back to secure and occupy my house at my absent.
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I believe they were trying to get people to submit their personal info in the form of an application. Possibly they were trying to collect deposits as well. I guess the lesson is to be VERY VERY careful when responding to posts for rent and insist on meeting someone personally at the property before giving up any of your personal info.

P.S. 2631 Nebraska is UNDER CONTRACT after only 45 days on the market. A testament to what an amazing house it is!

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Circa Listing Featured on the Dwell Blog

3 February 09

DWELL picked up a Circa listing and featured it on their blog. Check out David A. Greene’s take on 2204 Stephen Ct. in The Hill.

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The Importance of Photography in Selling

26 January 09

At Circa, one of the things we get the most compliments on are the photos of our listings. Photography is one of the most time consuming aspects of putting together a listing, but it is the most important. Statistics show that the more photos attached to a listing the more time a consumer will spend on the web looking at that listing. Buying a house is a process of elimination. So you want to make sure that the photos of your house place it in the “view” pile not the “skip” pile.

When interviewing agents ask to see examples of the photography they did for their other clients. Of all the sites on the web you want your house to appear on, this is not one of them. Lovely Listing, is a tutorial in what not to do when photographing a house for sale.

BTW: Circa got called on this site once too. Damn toaster oven!

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For Rent: Utah Place Apartment

22 December 08

2 bedrooms, 1bath, 1500sf with a sun porch, alarm, laundry, central a/c, fenced yard and 1 space in garage. Rent is $1000/month with additional deposit for pet. Call Kim at 314-443-1091

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New Take on Radiators

6 November 08

How cool is this? I see a lot of old radiators in city homes, but nothing quite like this. This would be great in a loft space. However, it would also be great if this wasn’t the price of a down payment!

Heat Wave Electric Radiator by Joris Laarman. Available at Droog.

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Obama at the Arch

17 October 08

This Saturday, October 18th Barack Obama will be in St. Louis for the Change We Need Rally

Under the Gateway Arch
Jefferson National Expansion Memorial
Memorial Dr. and Market St.
St. Louis, MO

Saturday, October 18th
Gates Open: 10:15 a.m.
Program Begins: 12:00 p.m.

The event is free and open to the public!

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2008 ArtFix Tickets Available This Friday

10 October 08

I have been volunteering with Rebuilding Together-St. Louis, an organization which helps elderly and disabled homeowners remain in their homes by performing maintenance and repairs on their homes at no cost to them. Our 2nd annual ArtFix fundraiser is being held on Friday, November 14th at the Mad Art Gallery in Soulard! ArtFix was a huge hit last year and I have already had many of you asking me about getting tickets.

Tickets will be available this Friday and are $40 each.

Just a little more information about the event. Bailey’s Chocolate Bar, Rooster, Serendipity, Butlers Pantry Vin de Set and Square One Brewery and several other local restaurants will be serving heavy hors d’oeuvres. We will be displaying work from 32 local and national artists and we will have a large variety of silent auction items including a chauffeured 10 passenger stretch limo, a Dooney & Bourke handbag, wine tasting for 10 at Cave Vineyard, a Nintendo Wii, handmade quilt by awarded an winning quilter, weekend at Harrah’s Resort and Casino and tickets to the St. Louis Actors’ Studio just to name a few.

For just $40 per person, you and your guests will enjoy a lively evening viewing great art and silent auction items, tasting hors d’oeuvres and desserts from fine restaurants, and enjoying unlimited beverages (wine, beer, soda, water).

The website will go live next week. In the meantime, you can visit the holding page at www.artfix08.com or http://www.rebuildingtogether-stl.org/a_eventMain.html for more details.

Contact Laura Hurt at 314.918.918 for tickets.

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