5530 ALUM ROCK Ave, San Jose, CA 95127 | MLS# 80945416
$399,777
5530 ALUM ROCK Ave San Jose, CA 95127

Beds: 3
Baths: 2
Sq. Ft.: 1,280
$/Sq. Ft.: $312
Lot Size: 9,375 Sq. Ft.
Property Type: Detached Single Family
Style: Cottage/Bungalow
Stories: 1
View: Green Belt, Mountains, Golf Course
Year Built: 1946
Community: Alum Rock
County: Santa Clara
MLS#: 80945416
Source: MLSListings
Status: Active This listing is for sale and the sellers are accepting offers.
On Redfin: 54 days
Across from SJ Country Club Golf Course! 2nd house on R after Ridgeview. New comp shingle roof, new forced air furnace, new granite tile in baths and some tile floors. Kitchen cabs & sink unfinished; 2nd (new) bath is unfinished, interior retexture done but wall paint needed. Pool is empty, BIG, & deep; watch your step! NO kids allowed! Tenant has loads of junk. Make As-is offer with quick close.

Thanks to Burbed reader sonarrat for this found.

New roof! New forced air furnace! New granit tiles in baths!

Wow… there’s so much new! And so much that’s… not. But, hey it’s affordable.

Let’s take a look at some of other pics of this affordable country club house:

Yeah… here’s a tip, avoid the coffee.

Hey aren’t they filming a Saw #23 this year? This might be the perfect location! Buy it today, rent it back out for movie shoots! Cha-ching! Yet another great investment opportunity in the Bay Area. Or affordable housing.

(Do you see any of that new stuff anywhere?)

It’s search engine Thursday!

Recently someone found this site by searching for: where will my child go to school cupertino school district

As a bonus, someone also found this site by searching for: kennedy middle cupertino too much homework

Again, these questions can be interpreted in multiple ways. Here’s how I interpreted them: “Where will my child go to school in the Cupertino school district?” and “How can I make sure my child gets too much homework at Kennedy Middle School in Cupertino?”

Now, I could cheat and just paste snippets from the WSJ article on white flight from Cupertino:

CUPERTINO, Calif. — By most measures, Monta Vista High here and Lynbrook High, in nearby San Jose, are among the nation’s top public high schools. Both boast stellar test scores, an array of advanced-placement classes and a track record of sending graduates from the affluent suburbs of Silicon Valley to prestigious colleges.

But locally, they’re also known for something else: white flight. Over the past 10 years, the proportion of white students at Lynbrook has fallen by nearly half, to 25% of the student body. At Monta Vista, white students make up less than one-third of the population, down from 45% — this in a town that’s half white. Some white Cupertino parents are instead sending their children to private schools or moving them to other, whiter public schools. More commonly, young white families in Silicon Valley say they are avoiding Cupertino altogether.

White students are far outnumbered by Asians at Monta Vista High School in Cupertino, Calif.

Whites aren’t quitting the schools because the schools are failing academically. Quite the contrary: Many white parents say they’re leaving because the schools are too academically driven and too narrowly invested in subjects such as math and science at the expense of liberal arts and extracurriculars like sports and other personal interests.

The two schools, put another way that parents rarely articulate so bluntly, are too Asian.

Ni hao!

Unfortunately, without knowing where the person who searched for the “where” question lives, an accurate answer cannot be provided. That said, if your house is below $600 per square foot the answer is probably “NONE”.

As for the second question, don’t worry…. it’ll happen automatically. Your child will be fine. He’ll simply be slaving away until 3am every night on homework so he/she can get rejected from Stanford/Harvard/MIT because all his classmates are slaving away until 5am every night, while someone who takes half as many AP courses in Idaho gets in because no one in his school even thought about applying.

But that’s ok. It’s better to introduce your child to the futility of life earlier, so he’ll be prepared for life in Silicon Valley. Woot!

87 NORTHUMBERLAND Ave, Redwood City, CA 94063 | MLS# 80945968
$449,000
87 NORTHUMBERLAND Ave Redwood City, CA 94063

Beds: 2
Baths: 1
Sq. Ft.: 840
$/Sq. Ft.: $535
Lot Size: 5,550 Sq. Ft.
Property Type: Detached Single Family
Style: Spanish
Stories: 1
View: Neighborhood
Year Built: 1939
Community: Dumbarton
County: San Mateo
MLS#: 80945968
Source: MLSListings
Status: Active This listing is for sale and the sellers are accepting offers.
On Redfin: 51 days

Thanks to Burbed reader sonarrat for this find.

Have you ever seen something that was so amazing… so beautiful that you were at a lost for words?

Apparently, that’s what happened to this Realtor. He just couldn’t figure out what to say about this $535 per square foot house in Redwood City.

He needs your help. Go for it Burbed readers. How would you caption this house?

Here’s another piece of information… its neighborhood:

Alright Burbed readers… let’ see some of that creativity come through!

359 IRVINGTON St, Daly City, CA 94014 | MLS# 80941830
$589,888
359 IRVINGTON St Daly City, CA 94014

Beds: 2
Baths: 1
Sq. Ft.: 790
$/Sq. Ft.: $747
Lot Size: 2,500 Sq. Ft.
Property Type: Attached Single Family
Style: Contemporary
Stories: 2
Year Built: 1910
Community: ‘Original’ Daly City
County: San Mateo
MLS#: 80941830
Source: MLSListings
Status: Active This listing is for sale and the sellers are accepting offers.
On Redfin: 75 days
REGULAR SALE !!!! NO WAITING ; -) !!, come see this 2 bedrooms , 1 bathroom upstairs plus 2 bedrooms and 1 bathroom downstairs (unwarranted). One block from Mission Street, walking distance to BART and Bus Stations. If you; re tired of waiting !!!

Thanks to Burbed reader sonarrat for this find.

Wow, the investment opportunities keep pouring in. This house comes witn an unwarranted (meaning you don’t really deserve it) 2br/1ba downstairs for you to rent out. Cha-ching!

Of course this probably means you’ll never be able to park your car anywhere… but, hey, revenue trumps everything.

There’s a few other things I love about this listing:

1. The smiley face. It tells you Gen-Y/millennials that the Realtor gets you. He speaks your language. LOL OMG!

2. The yellow and blue house next door. Wow. How awesome would to live next door to that. If you’re a Cal fan you can say it is Bear pride. If you’re a Farm fan, then you can… uh… say that you don’t live in that house. Either way you win!

326 CASTILE Way, South San Francisco, CA 94080 | MLS# 80950128
$1,250,000
326 CASTILE Way South San Francisco, CA 94080

Beds: 4
Baths: 3
Sq. Ft.: -
Lot Size: 0.28 Acres
Property Type: Detached Single Family
Style: Contemporary
Stories: 2
View: Green Belt
Year Built: 1999
Community: South San Francisco (Industrial)
County: San Mateo
MLS#: 80950128
Source: MLSListings
Status: Active This listing is for sale and the sellers are accepting offers.
On Redfin: 25 days
Used to be model home, master bedroom was expanded. It used to be a 6 bedrooms house. now it has a big Master Bedroom and a loft. Do not crash Appointment only!!!

Thanks to Burbed reader sonarrat for this find.

As we all know, Realtors know the most about the market, and the hordes of buyers waiting on the sidelines. That’s why this Realtor had to explicitly call out “Do not crash” because otherwise desperate buyers, waiting to buy anything, will storm the house and snap it up.

Really, these buyers should just buy without looking inside, after all, that’s why there are no interior pictures!

It’s fascinating how this 6 bedroom house was expanded to be a 4 bedroom house. But let’s face it, it used to be a model (back in 1999 I guess) so it is still hot hot hot.

And… it comes with on a .28 acre lot. Let’s take a look!

Oh yeah. That’s quite the lot. I love especially how it tapers off at the very end. Are you thinking what I’m thinking? Yeah… this would make a great miniature golf course! That’s where you’d put the windmill!