People Are Just Nuts

So glad this West Hollywood homeowner took this down — very bad taste. Talk about weird neighbors.

Everybody’s Suing — Music To My Ears

Only because I have two lawyers in my house, but I kind of saw this coming a few week’s ago. If people have no money to pay their attorneys fees, think they’ll take chickens?

There Are Two Sides To Every Story

And here is Nicky and Eleanor Sheetses’ response to the IRS, as filed last Friday. Please note, barring unforseen developments, this is my last post on their case. I personally and sincerely wish them the very best of luck.

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When Housing Blogs Throw Stones

Ths is a must-read article for anyone who reads real estate blogs, a Bible for anyone who writes one. Thought I might take this as a sweet opportunity to talk about how mean people can be on this, and other, blogs.

Here? On DallasDirt? Just read some of the posts, you’ll see that Thorazine must not be getting covered by a lot of HMO’s these days.

(See? I’m being mean! Bad blogger!)

“Everything inside is nothing but beige and barf”: what one commenter wrote about a home on the Real Estalker — I won’t even repeat what the Real Estalker wrote about Phil Romano’s home.

(Hate to be picky, but barf is not always beige.)

Why do we have to be so mean and put down other people’s homes? Are we just envious? Maybe some people like their homes all huge and purple, like a bruise. (Slap me!) We cannot all afford the Taj Mahal one of the Ten Most Beautiful Homes In Dallas, nor can we all afford to hire the likes of Trisha Wilson, Emily Summers, Neal Stewart or Michele Nussbaumer to create exquisite, tasteful home environments. (Maybe some of us would rather be altruistic with funds and buy back a foreclosed home for a sobbing woman.) We are all to do this tasteful decorating on our own? (Hello, why do you think Pottery Barn was created.)Well, what if we cannot? Is that why we offer up snarky opinions on photos of homes that are not to our liking, or remind us of (give me sunglasses) pre-school?

But who would be stupid enough to leave an exercise bike smack in the middle of the room he was trying to showcase for sale? 

I guess we have all become critics. (more…)