For-Sale-By-Owner (FSBO) real estate transactions done right.

After I graduated from MIT 21 years ago, I lived in 12 different places (Raahe, Finland; Foxboro, MA; Waltham, MA; Lubbock, TX; Belmont, MA; Waltham, MA; Eliot, ME; Acton, MA; Marlboro, MA; Centennial, CO; Acton, MA; Boxboro, MA). First, I was in the Air Force. Then, my wife and I moved around a lot for… [read full post]
Posted October 04, 2009, in For Sale, How To, KnowltonDrive.com, Random, Technology by Erik J. Heels (permalink: http://www.erikjheels.com/3028.html)
The open house packet omitted the plot plan and deed. The original packet plus the plot plan and deed are included below.
2009-10-03-Acton-open-house.pdf (94 pages, 23 MB)
2009-10-04-6KnowltonDr-plot-plan-deed.pdf (3 pages, 200 KB)… [read full post]
Here are videos from today’s open house.
First Floor:
Basement And Outside:
Second Floor… [read full post]
More exterior photos are here:
Red House
More treehouse photos are here:
The Perfect Treehouse (Part 1)
Here are photos from today’s open house:
Posted October 03, 2009, in For Sale, How To, KnowltonDrive.com, Random, Technology by Erik J. Heels (permalink: http://www.erikjheels.com/2967.html)
At today’s open house, we had 50 visitors and 29 bids. Tomorrow morning, I will post the open house package as a PDF, and I will post some of the information that was missing from the open house package (such as the plot plan and utility bills).
Please post any questions as comments here and I will answer them as soon as possible. Thanks… [read full post]
Posted September 30, 2009, in For Sale, How To, KnowltonDrive.com, Random, Technology by Erik J. Heels (permalink: http://www.erikjheels.com/2963.html)
From our ad on CraigsList http://boston.craigslist.org/bmw/reo/1399583396.html:
4 BR 2.5 BA Contemporary Colonial, Central Air, Finished Basement, Treehouse w/ Loft
$499,500 or Best Offer
Open House Sat-Sun 10-5
Home Will Be Sold Sunday Night To
HIGHEST BIDDER
978-331-0574
- it’s NOT ok to contact this poster with services or other commercial interests
A call for the creation of the Uniform Username Dispute Resolution Policy.

The Problem
Of the top 100 global brands, 93% have had their Twitter usernames taken by somebody else (i.e. Twittersquatted).
Twittersquatting, like cybersquatting, is when somebody registers a company’s trademark (or a famous person’s name) as a Twitter username with the intent of profiting… [read full post]
Sometimes older is better, sometimes newer is better.
I am selling my 37-year-old Schwinn Typhoon bicycle on eBay (auction ends tomorrow). The old Schwinn has been great, but selling it on the (older) eBay has been frustrating.
Last week, I gave away a 6-month old Schwinn Elliptical 418 on craigslist. The Schwinn Elliptical 418 should be recalled, but giving it away on the (newer)… [read full post]
Posted March 10, 2008, in Domain Names, For Sale by Sonja W. (permalink: http://www.erikjheels.com/1022.html)
The ElseBlog.com domain name is for sale.
Here are the definitions of “else” from Wiktionary:
Adverb
else
- A word that implies any result with the exception of the one being referred to.
- (computing) A statement that indicates the result of a conditional statement (if) evaluating as false.
Who might want to buy ElseBlog.com?
Someone who likes to do… [read full post]