By The Tim on November 2, 2011
An instant classic: This video brings up a number of questions: Who is this nebulous evil entity that is “threatening the dream of home ownership”? How does a moving van across the street mean that my grandkid won’t be able to buy a home? Wouldn’t it put many NAR members out of business if everyone [...]
Posted in Audio & Video, Humor | Tagged advertising, NAR, propaganda, video
By The Tim on September 5, 2011
My brother-in-law pointed me toward this segment of The Colbert Report that aired back on August 3rd. I hadn’t seen it yet, and since I got a laugh out of it I thought was worth sharing here: *Video: colbert report – new monopoly You can watch the entire segment on the Colbert Nation site, but [...]
Posted in Audio & Video, Humor | Tagged Colbert, video
By The Tim on April 18, 2011
It’s time for another installment of Real Actual Listing Photos. Once a month (or so) I round up some of the most bizarre listing photos from around the Seattle area and post them here, with brief excerpts from the real actual listing description, and probably a bit of snarky commentary. The idea for this series [...]
Posted in Features, Humor | Tagged bad-photos, detrimental-listing-photos, photos, real-actual-listing-photos
By The Tim on April 1, 2011
Five and a half years ago, I launched Seattle Bubble with a simple goal in mind: Analyze the Seattle-area residential real estate market and provide a forum for people to discuss ideas and share insights. While the housing market has had it’s ups and downs (and way downs) over the years, growth at Seattle Bubble [...]
Posted in Features, Humor | Tagged April 1st
By The Tim on March 15, 2011
It’s time for another installment of Real Actual Listing Photos. Once a month (or so) I round up some of the most bizarre listing photos from around the Seattle area and post them here, with brief excerpts from the real actual listing description, and probably a bit of snarky commentary. The idea for this series [...]
Posted in Features, Humor | Tagged bad-photos, detrimental-listing-photos, photos, real-actual-listing-photos
By The Tim on February 10, 2011
Whoops, sorry about the radio silence yesterday. Busy day snuck right up on me. To make it up to you, here’s an extra-long collection of real actual listing photos. Enough excuses though, let’s get on with it. It’s time for another installment of Real Actual Listing Photos. Once a month (or so) I round up [...]
Posted in Features, Humor | Tagged bad-photos, detrimental-listing-photos, photos, real-actual-listing-photos
