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Now you can dig up the dirt on a property all online!  San Francisco Planning Department lets you dig up a property's history from rent control,  complaints, historical status, zoning, permits and more! This is super useful for anyone who is planning on buying a place or even renting. You can not always rely on the landlord or seller's disclosures (because they might not know themselves either). 

I wish every city made this info as readily available as SF. It's like Carfax, but for houses! 

 
 
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In other Canadian chanteuse news, KD Lang has sold her private Beverly Glen home to a member of Maroon 5 for $1.9M. Check out those pix! Somehow I just knew KD Lang's home wouldn't be designed with  florals, pastels and curves. Looks like a logger's dream home! 

Congrats on the sale, KD! 

 
 
The Canadian songbird Celine Dion is selling her nest for $29M. This 24,000 sq ft Montreal estate was built in 2001 to resemble at French Norman castle....and it looks, well, like a 2001 French Norman knock-off. But I ain't knockin' Celine! Tastes aside, anyone who rockets from a poverty-stricken childhood into international celebrity thru hard work and talent has earned the right to live in a chateau fascimile! 
 
 
TMZ reports the self proclaimed 1st Top Super Model Janice Dickison is three months behind on her West LA rent. $17,700. The press has not been kind to her, but I find her antics entertainingly desperate. 
 
 
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Let me clear up any confusion. 

Contrary to popular belief, a fireplace by the tub is not meant to create a romantic ambiance. No!  It's to light up a smoke while you're soaking! 

 
 
Ma & Pop as Housemates?! It used be shameful to move back in with the parental units as an adult. But with unemployment sky high & cost of living rocketing, 3 out of 10 Gen X/Gen Y/Millenials are living back home. Don't be ashamed! Embrace it! Here's why:
 
 
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BEFORE: 415 Eureka San Francisco
They both ugly in their own way! This turquoise tear down was sold in 1998 for $280k. Rebuilt in 2001 as a post-modern monstrosity, it's now on the market for $1,098,000
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AFTER 415 Eureka San Francisco
 
 
A Mississippi real estate agent from Bob Leigh Realtors showed home buyer Terry Jordan a house 3 times & then sold it to her.  Terry then spent thousands on a new roof, electrical & plumbing and in the process discovered the county records didn't quite match her house.  Her realtor fessed up: "I don’t know how to tell you this but we might have sold you the wrong house” What?! How can this happen? Oh wait, it's Mississippi. Things are done a bit different in the country.