Sleazy Flipper Changes House's Address To Fool Buyers

From:    Lisa
Subject: Local "Flippers" Playing Games With Home Addresses
Date:    May 24, 2008 7:49:02 PM PDT
To:      p@patrick.net

Hi Patrick,

I recently noticed a new "For Sale" sign at Elder and Valparaiso in Menlo Park.
It looked familiar to me and I thought maybe the home had been for sale
recently. So, after some digging I discovered that the home currently listed as
1388 Elder Avenue was known in 2007 as 1665 Valparaiso. That's right, the
flipper actually changed the address.

1665 Valparaiso sold for 1,500,000 in August 2007.
http://mayasewald.com/PropertyDetails?fl_hook=1133974876&show_virtual_tour=yes&show_description=yes&show_address=yes&presented_by=yes

1388 Elder is now listed for 1,995,000
http://www.mlslistings.com/Reports/Main.aspx?propertyId=848325
(you may have to manually enter "1388 Elder, Menlo Park" to have it come up)

Let's see if the flipper makes this work.

Note from Patrick:

I biked by to check it out today, and it's true, there is no longer any 1665
Valparaiso. That house now has the address 1338 Elder.