The Top Ten Most Intriguing Deals On Real Estate For Sale On 06-08-2010

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Have you ever been so relaxed that you keep forgetting what day of the week it is? If so, I want to party with you or at least get the number of the person in your contact list with the code name “Candy Man”. How about living in a climate so consistent that you forget what month it is? Deal #10 is in one of those places and it’s now 40% easier to pay for the luxury resort living at Promenade Condominiums than it was when they developer dreamed up a price tag . You could be gazing at the Atlantic Ocean from your balcony or jamming to Reggae music on a Monday night at one of the Oyster bars within walking distance of your home. Delete the Candy Man because, so far, feeling this way in Boynton Beach Florida is achievable by the legal means of just living there.

Deal Referenced From: promenadecondos.com

The first time I visited Los Angeles was 1995 and # 1 on the music charts was Sheryl Crow’s “All I Want to Do (is have some fun)”. I drove down the palm lined streets in my rented convertible, singing along to the top of my lungs. Back then, nobody went downtown unless they had a death wish or were serving community service in a soup kitchen. Much has changed in those 15 years and downtown LA is now one of the most happening places to be. Ownership of property in that prime location is now more possible than ever, while still taking time to have some fun. Deal # 9 is finally marked down by 20% at the five star Ritz Carlton, in downtown LA, just minutes from most of the great hot spots that Lindsay Lohan has thrown up in front of.

Deal Referenced From: ritzcarlton.com

Enjoy a view of the Eiffel Tower without having to learn how to speak French. Walk from New York to Monte Carlo in shoes too uncomfortable for Carrie Bradshaw and the rest of the ladies of “SATC 2”. Deal #8 could bring the Cliff Notes version of the world to your horizon and it’s just been marked down from the $550’s to the mid $200’s. Turnberry Towers is just a quick jaunt from all of the artificial greatness of the Las Vegas Strip. If that’s not enough for you to go to Vegas and stay in Vegas, how about never having to hear the words “last call” ever again? This town is open all night.

Deal Referenced From: TurnberryTowers.com

It’s summer time in Hollywood and that means it’s time for the summer sequel. Shrek, Sex and The City, Iron Man , those glitter covered vampire teens are at it again in Twilight and now the Frank Lloyd Wright’s Ennis house on Glenwood is releasing “Price Reduction TWO” In a world where even the most spectacular views of canyons and city lights can’t sell a masterpiece historic home, prices are dropping faster than the number of Ashton Kutcher’s Twitter hits. $15 million made you curious. $10.5 million made you angry. $7.5 million will make you stand up and cheer. Deal # 7 presents “The Deal that Never Dies”.

Deal Referenced From: redfin.com

OK. Back down to earth and away from those blockbuster deals. Sometimes it’s just nice to see what someone can do with a lot fewer zeros in the price tag. Sometimes you need a deal for which you can bring your parents along. Remember when we thought they were crazy for bringing their own snacks to the movies? Deal #6 is in Florida’s horse country, lovely Ocala. It’s a retirement and golf community with homes for as low as $135K. Ocala is away from the coast so you don’t have to worry about hurricane evacuations every two weeks, but still close enough to drive there before the left blinker burns out.

Deal Referenced From: summerglen.com

Are you one of those people, like me, who likes to evoke certain scenes from the movies that have been romanticized? Somehow it never turns out to feel the same as it looked in the movie. Love scenes against the wall in elevators are usually a horrible reminder of a couple’s height difference. How about on the beach? Forget about it. Sand in all of those hard to get at places and now “Tar Balls!!!”. That sounds dirty and it is. Then there is the ever popular “road trip across the desert heading to Vegas in a convertible“. This is the worst one of them all my friends. Two hours into it and you will be stopping at the same rest stop as everybody else, cranking the top back up on your car and applying aloe to your charred flesh. Deal #5 can have you living right there in the Vegas City Center with your radiator still fully functioning thanks to a price chop of 30% on the residence at The Mandarin Orient. Let the romantics char themselves getting to where you already live.

Deal Referenced From: citycenter.com

If you plan on living in this part of the country, there are certain terminologies you will have to recognize, love and use in a sentence on a regular basis. “Nose” is longer than that thing in the middle of your face you use to smell with and Sarah Jessica Parker should have had fixed years ago. It’s the term used for a wine’s aroma. “Finish” is not a line they cross in NASCAR. It’s a term used for how the wine tastes. You might even go ahead and drink up and destroy the evidence of your past love for Boone’s Farm. Deal #4 is in the heart of California’s most prolific wine country, with Napa Valley town homes in Meritage Village weaving down the road at $200K.

Deal Referenced From: meritagevillas.com

I’m drawn to the challenge of finding a way to tie in certain “cyber trending” terms and names into a blog about real estate, and I think that some day we will again be able to laugh at how the phrase “Tar Balls” sounds when you say it out loud. Deal #3 is making its way back up the charts. Once priced in the $870’s, now at auction with bids as low as $95K are townhouses on a Jack Nicklaus championship golf course on the peninsula of the very conveniently placed in Delaware, the great state of Vice President Joe Biden. Speaking of values dropping on a golf course, this week, Tiger Woods hit three different spectators with out of bounds golf balls.

Deal Referenced From: maxspann.com

I thought the numbers on this deal were the result of a “fat fingers” typo like the phenomenon suspected in last May’s “flash crash” on Wall Street. Then I went and had a gander at their site and came to the conclusion that some people are still refusing to participate in the economic recession . Deal # 2 is said to be reduced by $21 MILLION dollars. The 20,000sf “Museum Tower Penthouse” situated over top of the luxury hotel “The St. Regis”, high on top of San Francisco is now at its rock bottom low price of $49M. Just the number I was waiting for.

Deal Referenced From: museumtowerpenthouse.com

Ever since I was a little girl watching Grizzly Adams on TV, I have dreamed of living in a log cabin, high up in the mountains. As I got older, I had to think about how I would keep from getting lonely after the panoramic mountain views and great big skies lost their novelty. Would my iPhone get service up there? Deal #1 is a huge log estate in Conifer CO. It’s big enough for Kate Gosselin and all of her eight little money makers. It’s big enough for Branjolina and all the kids they can get through customs. It’s big enough for me and Russell Crowe to play hide and go seek in.

Deal Referenced From: grandestatesauction.com