Four agents cornered me on the southern Marin brokers’ tour. We shook our heads in amazement that 21 Calle del Pinos hasn’t sold. A vacation cottage 20 minutes and ½ gallon of gas from Mill Valley by Prius, this property is a dream!

‘I’d buy it myself if I didn’t already have the beach front condo in Monterey. I share my condo with two friends – it’s mindlessly inexpensive and a real getaway at the same time. I love the beach, Monterey and getting away!’ said Patti Cohn, in her usual breathless, buoyant manner … on the day before she zipped out of town ‘on a mini-vacation’ with two girlfriends. Now, Patti, sell it now!

‘I’ve looked at it on-line two or three times,’ added Scott Cherry, who owns a vacation getaway on Kauai. ‘Fascinating property, amazing that it hasn’t sold.’ Think, Scott, think. Who?

‘Larry and Brennie Brackett should buy it and use it as a vacation retreat for stressed agents,’ said an agent who was me.

‘Maybe I should buy it with one of my clients who has always wanted to have a place at the beach,’ said Arne Glasgow, gears visibly churning. ‘’Then when I sell my home on the hill in Stinson I’ll still own a piece of the beach. Oh, I have just the right client to purchase it with me!’ We’ll soon know if Arne comes to the plate swinging!

With many thanks to owner/best-selling author Terry Pearce (‘Leading Out Loud’ and ‘Clicks and Mortar’) I head out Friday afternoon to spend a day writing, sunset watching and beach walking at his writer’s retreat. (I’ll be working on a rewrite of ‘Men In Their Prime’ a novel I’m co-writing with award-winning author Marianne Rogoff. The manuscript just arrived back in my lap after an edit by Alan Rinzler).

There’s more: I’m holding an open house at #21 on Saturday from 1 to 4 and plan to sell the property because its time has come. Come, see and fall in love.

And there’s even more: ‘A beach cottage in the $400’s, unbelievable,’ said Eckhart Nowack.‘I heard of a great source for TIC loans. David Park at Integrated Mortgage, I’ll get you his contact information.’ True to form, Eckhart got me the information and loans are now available!

Posted by:Tom Verkozen