08th October 2009
The $40,000 Washer/Dryer
Not giving an inch may cost you a mint in real estate transactions
Back in the 1960's, Tarryton Cigarettes had the saying "I'd Rather Fight Than Switch". Personally, I think I would give up my specific brand of cigarette...
16th September 2009
If the adage location, location, location were as etched in stone as it is etched in many buyers minds, then there would be little price difference between The Wanamaker House Condominiums at 2020 Walnut St., and it's high-rise condominium neighbor, ...
17th July 2009
Every spring, my phone starts ringing off the hook with students and or parents of students who will be attending Jefferson Medical School. My name is Mark Wade, and I am a realtor in Center City Philadelphia. Many of these folks have figured out that buy...
12th May 2009
Buying a new construction condo can really try one’s patience. From delays in proposed settlement dates, to varying opinions of what constitutes a finished product, can really be a pain in the butt.
Be forewarned- if you are buying new construct...
03rd March 2009
Probably the most overlooked effect on value to high rise Rittenhouse Square condos is the view that any particular condominium building offers. And not all views are created equal. Let compare and contrast a few different scenarios. All are based on my o...
07th January 2009
You can never go home again. Especially when your parents have unloaded that five bedroom ranch house in the suburbs in lieu of an urban penthouse in Center City Philadelphia. No longer will you have room in the driveway for your old college car, nor will...
15th December 2008
Big-brained idealists with little local real estate knowledge have been breaking ground new condominium developments in record numbers in the past decade here in the US. Not every ground breaking is indeed Ground-Breaking, nor are such events good news fo...
01st December 2008
Seems hardly a day goes by that I am not asked for my two cents in the general arena that is Center City Condos. As a professed uni-blab, big-brained know-it-all in this field, I have to confess that I eat, live, breathe, think, and dream downtown Philly ...
13th August 2008
I have been a Philadelphia realtor for more years than most trees have had leaves. I have seen a lot, and few things surprise me. One thing that is a surprise or a disappointment to many buyers though, is the condition that their new, say Rittenhouse Squ...
18th July 2008
In one urban landscape of real estate, known as Center City Philadelphia, it has become clear to me over the past nineteen years that the three most important things in real estate is Showing Ability (times 3). I am a Center City Philadelphia Realtor who ...
03rd July 2008
I've been a Downtown Philly resident for a long time now, and I know a couple of things to be true and correct of our great City!
1) Philadelphia is not as bad as Philadelphians (et al) say it is
2) I have honestly yet to hear someone say that they ...
19th June 2008
Call me a scared-y-cat, but I wouldn't live next to a graveyard. It kinda' spooks me out. Yeah, I am 47, and all grown up, can do my own laundry. But the idea of zombies from Michael Jacksons "Thriller" video chasing me around my house at night isn't my i...
18th January 2008
Or more appropriately, could I possibly offend an entire subset of Philadelphia Condominium owners if I continue?
I think the possibility of both is worthy of consideration. Rittenhouse Square, named after David Rittenhouse- a somewhat famous, if not b...
05th November 2007
Over the 20 year course of my Center City Philadelphia Real Estate career, I have been asked alot of questions regarding the history of Downtown Philly. I'd like to share a few tidbits about some of my favorite places for buying and selling Center City c...
30th October 2007
We all have a passion for something in life; something that keeps our imaginations going. Some people dream of things like music or philosophy while for others it may be medicine or martial arts. I happen to dream of, and have dreamt of for most of my l...
