19060 MEIGGS Ln Cupertino, CA 95014
Price: $768,000

Beds:     3
Baths:     2
Sq. Ft.:     1,249
$/Sq. Ft.:     $615
Lot Size:     6,000 Sq. Ft.
Age (Years):    53
Year Built:    1955
Type:    Detached Single Family
Style:    Ranch
Stories:    1 Story
View(s):    Neighborhood
Neighborhood:    Cupertino
County:     Santa Clara
MLS#:     80820567
Source:     MLSListings
Status:     Active
On Redfin:     3 days
Nice quiet street. It has bright and open floor plan with very good potential. Remodeled it & live in or build your dream home. Sellers prefer “AS-IS” sale.

Thanks to burbed reader Madhaus for this find and for this explanation:

[This house] is so awful in the photos that burbed should feature it as another acid trip.  Hideous.  Hard to decide which is the worst photo, the front, the back “lawn” or the prominently featured roll of TP in the bathroom.  The unmade bed is another winner.  Also it’s in Rancho Rinkydinky, not “real” Cupertino.

Hm, personally I don’t think it’s as trippy as the last Acid Cupertino house featured on this site:

Most importantly, the price is lower - so it’s simply not as special.

Is the fall of Cupertino?? Is the rapture at hand? Will I be “left behind”?

Vanguard Properties: 469 Clipper St , San Francisco, CA 94114
469 Clipper St , San Francisco, CA 94114

Bdrms Bths Pkg Year Sq.Ft. HOA Price MLS#
0 1 2 1900 1,983 $0 $995,000 343307
Additional Info: Rare opportunity! One of two side-by-side properties for sale, each 30′ x 114′ and zoned RH-2. A large single-story vacant Victorian of 1896 sq ft (per appraiser) that has been deteriorating for years. No kitchen, no bath and the rear portion of the structure is falling off. There would be potential Downtown views from a second story. South garden. Walk to 24th St or Church St restaurants and shops. Near J-Church streetcar, walk to 24th St BART, near Douglass and Noe Courts Parks.

Thanks to Burbed reader Laura G for this find.

This, more than any listing as of late proves how amazingly freakin’ special the Bay Area is. You could only be so lucky as to own a home like this.

No kitchen, no bath, part of the structure falling off? Can you say instant equity?

Roche-Genentech: A Drug Powerhouse
Big Nod to Genentech

Schwann intends to keep research independent. The Genentech Founders Research Center, a massive state-of-the-art complex devoted to biotech research, will operate autonomously. And in what Schwann says is a “big signal” to Genentech, Roche will move its existing commercial U.S. headquarters from Nutley, N.J., to Genentech’s base in San Francisco. The U.S. business of both companies will trade under the Genentech name, and sales and research staff will probably increase.

Wow. Wow. Wow.

New Jersey - set for fail.

South San Francisco - set for soar.

Not planning to buy in South San Francisco this year? You’ll be priced out forever next year.

Los Gatos HOME—>NO DOWN—>The time is NOW…!!!
$517000 Los Gatos HOME—>NO DOWN—>The time is NOW…!!! (los gatos) (map)
Reply to: hous-741821194@craigslist.org

STOP RENTING your HOME…!!! You’re buying it for the landlord..!!!!

You CAN live and OWN in Los Gatos for less than $600,000….and for NO DOWN PAYMENT….!!! We’ll let you OWN our 1 bedroom 1 bath Los Gatos Home.

Have family over to fill up the 800sf sundeck attached to this 7 year old home on a SUNNY 1/2 acre that is 10 miles from downtown Los Gatos and 10 miles to Santa Cruz Beaches!!!1

Make fantastic meals in the new kitchen with tile countertops and dance around on the hardwood floors. Friends can relax in the fully finished detached guest room.

You can OWN this home for NO Down Payment.

Call me: 831—–335——8283. Owner (Agents OK to Call)

Schools: CT English, Loma Prieta, Los Gatos High (Bus Stop 250′ from home)

Burbed reader Web Goddess notes:

Finally someone who understands Bay Area real estate

Bay Area real estate…It’s a privilege not a right.

Well of course it’s a privilege and not a right. A right would mean that anyone could buy here - and if that were to happen, it would quickly become cheap and undesirable. Would you really want that? Would you want the Bay Area to be affordable like Northern New Jersey in the suburbs of Manhattan? Of course not!

Everyone needs something to strive for, and the Bay Area is no different.

Personally, my favorite part about this ad is that if I bought this house with its tile countertops, I could finally make fantastic meals. I knew there was something missing from my diet! It’s Vitamin G (grout)!

Given that the Bay Area has many of the highest median incomes, that means I know you can afford to donate to Burbed.

Donate at whatever level you feel comfortable with.

Thanks!

Best places to live 2008 - Top 25: Biggest earners - from MONEY Magazine

Biggest earners

Here are towns from the Best Places database with the highest median family income.

Rank	City	Median 2007 family income
1	New Canaan, CT	$231,138
2	Darien, CT	$218,130
3	Lake Forest, IL	$212,122
4	Saratoga, CA	$196,420
5	Westport, CT	$193,540
6	Los Altos, CA	$189,839
7	Potomac, MD	$183,258
8	McLean, VA	$180,103
9	Wellesley, MA	$172,900
10	University Park, TX	$170,150
11	Bethesda, MD	$167,043
12	Southlake, TX	$166,878
13	Danville, CA	$160,560
14	Greenwich, CT	$157,232
15	Ridgewood, NJ	$153,436
16	Manhattan Beach, CA	$151,258
17	La Canada Flintridge, CA	$150,985
18	Bloomfield Township, MI	$150,969
19	Los Gatos, CA	$150,556
20	Wilmette, IL	$149,667
21	Lafayette, CA	$149,597
22	Dranesville, VA	$149,294
23	Deerfield, IL	$148,612
24	Highland Park, IL	$148,131
25	Garden City, NY	$147,804

Thanks to Madhaus for pointing this out. Congrats to the Bay Area for taking a whopping 4 out of the top 25 cities with highest median incomes.

NY only has 1 and it’s in dirt cheap Long Island. CT has a few, but those hedge funders are doomed anyway.

I think the most important metric, what really defines how special a place is, is the “Family purchasing power”. Let’s look at the last few:

• Los Gatos: $440,376
• Garden City: $273,437
• Greenwich: $604,400

Ouch. Greenwich beat Los Gatos. <sigh>

What can we do to make living here more expensive so that we can only have the best and brightest people here?

Sunnyvale is a top 100 city. Here’s why:

Check out that diversity index. You’ll never find a place as diverse as the Real Bay Area.

923 Marsh Rd, Menlo Park, CA 94025 MLS# 768984 - Property Details - Movoto
$599,000

* Status: Pending Release
* Bedroom: 3
* Bathroom: 1
* Year Built: 1950
* Lot Size: 5000
* Square Footage: 1070
* List Date: 12/21/2007
* Garage Spaces: 1
* MLS#: 768984

$100,000 PRICE REDUCTION! VERY CUTE! BEST VLAUE FOR THREE BEDROOM HOME WITH MENLO ATHERTON HIGH SCHOOL!Adorable home with lots of charm and light. Very sunny, private backyard, nice sized bedrooms, hardwood floors, fireplace, newer applicances, nice bathroom. very good quiet. Menlo Atherton High School. Go Direct or call Listing Agent. Back on the market, loan fell through, no fault of the home.

I love decorations in this home - very timely.

Wait a minute… why does this seem so familiar?

Free child included with Menlo Park home? [Burbed.com]

Oh right. This was featured in February. Doh!

Well, the deal fell through and it was no fault of the home. So that makes this an incredible steal. The photos seem to indicate that the child still comes with the house, so that could be some additional income too.

This house is going to be scooped up in just a few days… you just watch!

1176 ELMWOOD Dr, Millbrae, CA 94030
$1,050,000

* Status: Active
* Bedroom: 4
* Bathroom: 2
* Year Built: 1955
* Lot Size: N/A
* Square Footage: 1610
* List Date: 2/6/2008
* Garage Spaces: 4
* MLS#: 336688
*
PRICE REDUCED! Beautiful ranch-style home in a desirable area of Millbrae * 4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, family room, formal dining area, huge kitchen area & bar * 2-car garage side-by-side * Large fenced backyard * Double pane windows, hardwood floors throughout.

Sellers continue to give and give and give. This house comes not only with a reduced price, but those hard to find lights hanging off the roof. Some would call them Christmas lights, but we know them as festivus lights.

And check it out, you get a four car garage somehow - can you say passive income?

And look at the prestigious area this in - don’t you like golfing? Don’t you like being near a lake?

If you ask me, this is a fantastic deal! Just a million!