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786 Marlin in Foster City, CA 94404


By AR   Follow   Sun, 8 Apr 2012, 7:13pm   2,250 views   14 comments
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http://www.mlslistings.com/786-MARLIN-AV-Foster-City-CA~i19$1028921$RES

Stopped by this house today. Dark, cold and smells musty. Kitchen is OK, basic beige carpet in living and family rooms. Bathrooms are really dated. Master bath was horrifying with rusty metals rails and weird layout. Small bedrooms and doors had some strange brown patches on them. No updates whatsoever. The agent was saying that the market has changed and that the bank may revisit the 790k number (implying that you may need to offer higher). Yeah, right!

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  1. rootvg


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    1   7:31pm Sun 8 Apr 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike   Protected  

    Link doesn't work...

  2. RentingForHalfTheCost


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    2   9:11pm Sun 8 Apr 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike   Protected  

    Neighbor house has been riddled with lots of neighborhood problems. I walk by this place a few times a week and there is always something weird going on. At one point the neighbor family took in some troubled teenagers and they lived in the back yard. Not sure of the current situation or trouble, but I think the same family lives there now. The police have been there more times than any other house in Foster City. Not sure if you can get that info from the station but before I buy this house I would inquire.

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    3   6:29am Mon 9 Apr 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike  

    I gave up all thoughts of buying once i saw the inside. It was outside my price range anyway.

    rootvg - try this link

    http://www.redfin.com/CA/Foster-City/786-Marlin-Ave-94404/home/1464120

  4. RentingForHalfTheCost


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    4   8:02am Mon 9 Apr 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike   Protected  

    Correction it is not the bordering neighbor house that is the issue, it is the house 2 door down, that is on the corner of Halibut. The Lions on the pillars are your first clue of a problem.

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    5   5:18pm Mon 9 Apr 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike  

    RentingForHalfTheCost says

    Correction it is not the bordering neighbor house that is the issue, it is the house 2 door down, that is on the corner of Halibut. The Lions on the pillars are your first clue of a problem.

    Wow. Lions! ;-)

    I was in the area for a meeting this afternoon and thought I'd swing by and see this area. A very busy street to say the least.

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    6   5:27pm Mon 9 Apr 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike  

    Property still pending. Called the Realtard and first thing he asked me "are you an agent or a buyer?" When I said buyer, he wanted to come out to Foster City and show me some other properties.

    Thanks but no thanks.

    BTW, Realtard told me that it's still pending because the buyer is still trying to get financing.

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    7   5:39pm Mon 9 Apr 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike  

    jvolstad says

    Property still pending. Called the Realtard and first thing he asked me "are you an agent or a buyer?" When I said buyer, he wanted to come out to Foster City and show me some other properties. Thanks but no...

    More expensive properties, right?

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    8   11:37am Fri 18 May 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike  

    Property is back on market. I have lost track of how many times it went pending :)

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    9   8:25pm Sat 19 May 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike  

    AR says

    Property is back on market. I have lost track of how many times it went pending :)

    I'm going to be in Palo Alto tomorrow afternoon, but might try and break away early to see this crapbox. I see Realtard is having an open house on Sunday.

    Here is an idea. All Bay Area patrick.net fans show up for the open house. Maybe the Realtard can sell us some properties....or maybe not. LOL.

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    10   9:36pm Sat 19 May 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike  

    RentingForHalfTheCost says

    Correction it is not the bordering neighbor house that is the issue, it is the house 2 door down, that is on the corner of Halibut. The Lions on the pillars are your first clue of a problem.

    :-D

    Busy looking road as well. The pricing history is rather strange for a short sale. They don't seem very desperate to sell it.

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    11   9:58pm Sat 19 May 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike  

    "Sunday, May 20, 2012 1:30 PM - 4:30 PM (Source: MLS) Got to see it before pending again. It can be an opportunity for you or your client."

    See it before pending again? Kiss my ass Realturd.

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    12   6:26pm Sun 20 May 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike  

    Just barely made it in time for the open house. Head Realtard is back in China (he should stay there) so an older Realtor took over the open house.

    What a shitty house for $790K. And what is with the master bath? Weird.

    Realtor was telling other people that they better put in a bid now because the house is going to sell fast. He may be right with these fruit ball Bay Area buyers.

    As for me? Thanks but no thanks.

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    I would have come over but was busy with house stuff. Next week is going to be tough and I needed to just relax for today...sorry.

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    14   6:16am Wed 23 May 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike  

    What do you know? They have increased the price now. Wow, this house is turning out to be the poster child of the never dying bay area RE bubble!

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