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Sunday, September 15, 2019

San Francisco’s least expensive home still costs $600G

A 570-square-foot one-bedroom, one-bath property is on the market for $599,000 in San Francisco’s Glen Park neighborhood.

If a one-bedroom, one-bath cottage with no garage or backyard priced at over half-a-million dollars sounds like your cup of tea, then get our your checkbook.

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Forget the backyard...the view in the front yard is to die for.

San Francisco Public Works is right outside your front door ensuring your safety by removing massive amounts of trash, needles, and those dreaded plastic straws from the Homeless Camps.

Talk about peace of mind!

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A 570-square-foot one-bedroom, one-bath property is on the market for $599,000 in San Francisco’s Glen Park neighborhood.

According to SF Gate, the home was originally listed in March for $675,000, but after months without an interested buyer, the agent took it off the market in August.

Now the residential property at 17 Laidley St., which recently had its kitchen and bathroom remodeled is once again for sale at a lowered $599,000 price tag.

"We've been getting all kinds of activity. I'm getting calls from people down south and they're saying hey, I can get a house in SF for $599,000 I want it now. Some people are saying I don't even know what I'd do with it yet, but I want it,” listing agent Jeff Appenrodt with Laurel Realty told SF Gate.

The abode is considered a bargain given that the median price of homes--including condos --in the nine-county Bay Area was a cool $815,000 this summer, according to the San Francisco Chronicle, which cited a report by CoreLogic.

In San Francisco, specifically, the median was $1.35 million.

Though there seems to be renewed interest in the “cheap” property, the home will never be as big as its mini-mansion neighbors, since the lot it sits on is only 614 square feet.

However, Appenrodt tells SF Gate the pint-sized home has a basement and attic that could potentially add more square footage if finished.

Saturday, September 14, 2019

You were expecting a different outcome?

Felicity Huffman Will Serve 14 Days in Prison Following College Admissions Cheating Scandal

Felicity Huffman's College Admissions Scam Jail Sentence

Felicity Huffman has officially been sentenced to 14 days in prison following her involvement in the college admissions scandal earlier this year. The actress was sentenced to a brief prison sentence, fined $30,000, a year of supervised release, and 250 hours of community service in a Boston federal courtroom on Friday afternoon.

According to reporters who were in the courtroom, Felicity took a moment to apologize for her part in the scandal, saying, "I take full responsibility for my actions . . . I am prepared to accept whatever sentence you deem fit."

On April 8, the actress, along with 13 other parents and one coach, pleaded guilty to "using bribery and other forms of fraud to facilitate their children's admission to selective colleges and universities." A month later, Felicity pleaded guilty in federal court in Boston. "I am in full acceptance of my guilt, and with deep regret and shame over what I have done, I accept full responsibility for my actions and will accept the consequences that stem from those actions," Felicity said in a statement. "I am ashamed of the pain I have caused my daughter, my family, my friends, my colleagues and the educational community."

She also made it clear that her 18-year-old daughter, Sofia Grace, did not know about her actions. "My daughter knew absolutely nothing about my actions, and in my misguided and profoundly wrong way, I have betrayed her," she added. "This transgression toward her and the public I will carry for the rest of my life. My desire to help my daughter is no excuse to break the law or engage in dishonesty."