There is a wonderful home a few doors down from me that has been on the market for a staggering 211 days.  The listing agent representing the owners had done practically nothing to get this home in-front of the public.

No flyer's in the box at the sign.  No Virtual tour. No open houses.  It's very rare that any of the neighbors see any activity at the property at all.

The home is in wonderful condition, new roof, new windows, new landscape.  The pest reports were $500 dollars for section 1.

The price of the home is considered high for the city of San Leandro, but the same home in neighboring Alameda would be easily $200,000.oo higher.

This home was constructed by Derry, Weaver & Derry and is one of the nicer homes in one of the nicer neighborhoods in all of San Leandro. This home is a wonderful storybook style tudor with leaded glass windows and dramatic vaulted ceilings.

The home has one modern day flaw which can be corrected.  The home has amnesia as to where it's garage went to.  The home was built with an attached two car garage.  The homeowner would drive the car down the driveway and turn the car around on the large patio surface and park the cars under the rear section of the home.

During the 1970s it was a fad to turn such spaces into family rooms.  This home as well as two other homes on this block that have this type of garage all suffered the same fate.  One home with the same floor-plan (with completely different exterior elevation) had a detached 2 car garage built in the backyard.

Apparently the scuttlebutt around the neighborhood is that someone was looking at buying it and wanted to build a garage similar to the other one.  The city denied the permits because of modern day lot line setbacks.

If they only knew that the city inspector lived just down the street, they might be able to fudge it enough with the city to get the historical setbacks that the rest of the entire neighborhood enjoys.

Well, back to topic.  I would make sure that this home has flyer's in the box refreshed and refilled daily.

The home is located on a street that has become a I-580 access route during 7-8am and 4-6pm.  I certainly would hold a twilight open house with some light food and appetizers.  The theme for the evening, "If you lived here you'd be home right now".

The price needs to be lowered to reflect San Leandro's market pricing... Even though this home is a bargain to Alameda's pricing it's not being marketed to Alameda buyers.

The home needs to be taken off the market, the price lowered just a tad and re-listed with an office in Alameda (hint, hint) instead of Castro Valley.  For Castro Valley, this home is a price increase over the base price of homes.  For Alameda, this home is a steal.

No brainer.

GIVE ME A CALL---- I'D LOVE TO SELL IT TO THE BUYERS!