Lower Nob Hill | Dear Vixen

Posted on February 21, 2013 // 2 Comments

I know it’s not Monday and I’ve been delayed on my posting, but here’s why. My 1 bedroom condo in Lower Pacific Heights is now up on MLS and available for purchase! Get out your check books, people. It’s listed at $499k.

Here’s the marketing description: Lovely condo in a 3 unit building featuring light-filled living room, dining area, updated kitchen, and gorgeous hardwood floors. Low HOA dues, large common family/rec room with access to a shared garden, convenient location (Walk Score 92), w/d and designated parking & storage makes this a perfect starter home or investment property. Near public transportation, great restaurants, Trader Joes, & walking distance to parks, Fillmore & Laurel Village shopping areas!

Check out Dean’s staging. Yeah, looks exactly like our Lower Nob Hill apartment, right? That’s because we transferred our furniture over. I want to move back in, looks so fantastic.

2420 Geary Blvd #1A // cross street is Baker

San Francisco Apartment Tour

Posted on January 30, 2013 // 2 Comments

I wanted to follow-up my San Francisco Home Tour post with a similar post on apartments.

Buying a home in SF is unbelievably stressful. You should be cashing in those stock options. Your granny hopefully wrote you into her will. Money better be growing on trees in your backyard. If anyone has saved $100,000 – 250,000 and is within my reader age range of 30-50 years old, email me. I want to know how you amassed that money so I can share your story on my blog. I am particularly drawn to people who are self-made, who paid their own way through college and graduate school.

Personally, the reason Dean and I have been able to sock away money is because of Dean’s apartment. Our saving grace is a 1-bedroom with parking in Lower Nob Hill with a reduced rent of $1,700. It is easily rented on Airbnb which helps offset vacation costs.

When you start to calculate the cost of renting in SF, home prices don’t even seem that ridiculous anymore. Like I said, a mortgage on $1,000,000 home in SF will be cheaper than some of the rents below.

Here are 2-bedroom apartments I would consider living in and their price tag. I would never feel comfortable paying these rents and would probably fight and research to find that under-priced gem in an unknown alley of the city.

$3800 / 2br – NEW Apt #1 in 4-Unit Victorian in the Heart of the Mission (mission district)