They call me a maven, me
When I started this blog, 452 posts ago, I didn’t really know why I was doing it or what I would write about.
It turned out the blog took on a life of its own and eventually found its voice. I would jot down impressions of my new life in California, record some of my more interesting or revealing experiences and hopefully create something diverting to read along the way.
What I didn’t realise then is that blogs can spawn other blogs. If I have been neglecting this space a little lately it is because I have been recruited to write a blog and get paid for it (a concept my other half feels ambivalent about for some reason — that’s OK, I’ll keep the dosh for myself to keep him untainted).
So now I am a “Berkeley property maven” apparently and am having fun doing something I enjoy doing anyway — snooping around open houses on Sunday afternoons and keeping an eye out for the dream home that may one day be mine.
February 22nd, 2007 at 7:11 pm
Tracey,
I LOVE your work on Redfin — you are a natural and I see a whole career and more built on sly but interesting looks at houses and how they reflect the community they’re in and the people who live in them.
February 22nd, 2007 at 10:08 pm
Well I must admit you make real estate interesting. I love to go to open houses, too, so it’s fun to see the voyeurism taken to new professional heights. I am curious about 2 houses — the $3.8 million on Bridge and the one on Garber that has come for sale. And do these houses really sell for that much money?
Gosh, I guess I’ll have to bookmark two of your blogs now.
February 28th, 2007 at 7:13 am
Paid to snoop around and tell tales. A dream job, eh?