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January 23, 2010 at 8:27 pm

If you can’t tell, I’m in the middle of implementing from fairly significant graphical changes to the site this weekend. I have everything relatively functional at this point, but there will be a few quirks are hard to read text colors in some areas of the site until I finish work on it tomorrow. Thanks for your patience.

December 14, 2009 at 1:49 am

After a couple of weeks of work (almost without stop over the last four days) I finally have put up my new homepage. It isn’t completely finished, but it is good enough to go live to start off the week. This page will be the front end for Threshold Investment Properties. Too many renters and homebuyers were getting lost in the shuffle of the rather “busy” blog. If you are a regular ready this won’t really change much for you but if you wish to go directly to my blog and not the homepage, use the http://stlinvestmentrealty.com URL and not the http://thresholdstl.com URL from here on out.

They are still interconnected, but as time goes by they might diverge somewhat. I will continue to refine the site over the next few weeks and have a similar makeover coming to the actual blog. These changes have been a long time coming and when the final product is ready it will be better for both you readers and myself alike. I hope you like what I have done so far.

*NOTE – I am still working out a few bugs in the display for Internet Explorer. Should have those worked out in the next day or so. Also, I need to work on fixing all the blog links on the site so bare with me for a few days.

December 9, 2009 at 5:36 pm

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Although the impact of the Interstate 64 closure through St. Louis over the last two years has been less severe than most feared, it still had an impact nonetheless. Since we’ve all be inundated by news on the subject lately I won’t bore you with rehashes of other articles, but I did want to point out a couple of real estate-related affects. Read more

December 7, 2009 at 3:42 pm

To those on the email newsletter list, I am sorry about the multiple mailings last night. For some reason the server sent out this week’s posts 5 times when doing the automated send out at 1am. I really have no idea why this happened, but will be taking steps in the next week to try to prevent a repeat. If you sound encounter this problem again I would appreciate a heads up. Sorry.

November 12, 2009 at 5:45 pm

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We ran into a few snags along the way, my contractor bailed on me with two weeks to go, and there was a nice little delay in getting the concrete countertops in, but my rehab project at 3969 Humphrey is finally complete. Read more

October 19, 2009 at 11:23 am

Just wanted to give a quick heads up on what has been going on lately. The contractor handling the day-to-day work on my rehab project walked out on me about ten days ago, which was near the very end of the project. The placed needs to get finished ASAP so I have found myself there nearly every waking moment since then. Hoping to have everythign totally wrapped up by Wednesday. A good reminder that while rehabbing can provide a great profit, it is not without it’s share of pitfalls. More details and normal posting should be back soon.

October 2, 2009 at 11:32 am

My MLS Search provider is in the midst of upgrading the system right now so don’t be surprised if the photos on your MLS searches or even the searches themselves don’t work properly over the next day or so.

October 1, 2009 at 6:10 pm

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It’s been a little over two months since I last posted about my ongoing rehab project, but I am happy to say that it will be done in less than two weeks. Trim work is about halfway complete so it will mostly be odds and ends from here on out. Read more

September 10, 2009 at 11:52 pm

The improvements to the site are coming slower than hoped (it takes for ever to do the smallest thing), but you might have noticed the new buttons at the top of the sidebar. These will allow you to search recently listed South Saint Louis properties on the MLS. This will be far more fleshed out in the coming weeks, but these first versions are fully functional.

September 2, 2009 at 11:44 pm

You may have noticed a few changes are in progress on the blog. I am in the middle of doing some upgrades so if you have any troubles between now and the end of the Labor Day weekend, I apologize. I think it will be worth the wait. I will be posting a few stories before the weekend though so stay posted.

August 31, 2009 at 6:16 pm

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It’s been nearly a year since I moved my company, Threshold Investment Properties, into my current building at 2654 Gravois and I haven’t stopped working on it for one minute. The building has quite a ways to go before its done, but the office itself is nearing completion. The best example of this transformation is the nearly complete storefront. Read more

August 31, 2009 at 1:10 pm

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Last night at 2am I got a surprising wake-up call: the alarm was going off at my rehab project in Tower Grove South. The police were already there and requesting a key-holder to come over. Upon arriving on the scene I witnessed the sobering site of a backdoor kicked in. Read more

July 22, 2009 at 7:47 pm

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Although my rehab project last summer was nearly the death of me (at least in terms of my social life), I am now underway on my next project. Thankfully, this time all the work is being subbed out. Read more

July 22, 2009 at 6:20 pm

This blog has been idle for about two months now, but that is finally changing. There excuses a-plenty to explain what happened (some of which will be posted as stories soon), but the moral of the story is “we’re back.” I am in the midst of changing the layout of the site as well so bare with me if you notice anything amiss. It’s good to be back.

June 19, 2009 at 12:01 pm

It’s been a long time coming, but after a couple of weeks of tweaking the programing, we are proud to announce that an MLS search feature is now available on this site. There is still more work to be done on it, but the results and property details pages are nearly complete, and already very user-friendly, so we decided to go live.  Please be patient as further graphical and features enhancements are added.

In the meantime, please feel free to browse through all the listings in the St. Louis area via this already excellent feature on the site. Best of all, you don’t have to register to use the feature. However, if you do, you will be able to save listings to your own cart and have email updates sent to you when any prices changes pop up on the property. It’s a great little system. You can perform this search anytime via the  MLS Search tab (the For Rent and For Sale tabs as well) on the main menu or you can just click here to perform a search now.

In the next few weeks, a full redesign of the entire Threshold Investment Properties site is coming, along with a redesign and reactivation of the semi-dormant blog. I think it will have been worth the wait. This will also feature a variety of custom MLS searches, which will allow you to search for specific types of properties (ie. 4-family) and/or specific areas (ie. Shaw). I’ll be sure to alert all you readers when those features are active.

June 9, 2009 at 12:42 am

You might have noticed a change in how the URL is working. Well after about 7 straight hours of working at it, I believe I have successfully changed my entire site over to the thresholdstl.com URL from the stlinvestmentrealty.com one. There area  few issues with images in Internet Explorer, but please bare with me while I work that out.

The old URL will continue to link to the blog, but I am in the process of remaking my company website to include dynamic property searches and this is one of the changes I needed to make for this to work. Expect postings to continue at a sporatic pace for a few more weeks while I finish these improvements to the site (and finish rehabbing my office). If you notice anything out of the ordinary with the with the site in the next week or so, please give me a heads up. Thanks for your patience.

May 7, 2009 at 11:10 pm

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If you own rental units, you know how tedious it can be filling your vacant units. In order to compete with all the other landlords out there, you have to be persistent, creative and ready to meet prospective tenants at the drop of a hat. Thankfully, Threshold Investment Properties is now offering a leasing service to help you fill your units quickly and with no hassle. Read more

May 7, 2009 at 10:50 pm

In the past three weeks I have been working more than ever on rehabbing my office space, became the President of the Jefferson Gravois Business Association, went on vacation, started a leasing division of my company, and hired an assistant. Needless to say, its been a little hectic. Thankfully, things are starting to open up again, so you can expect plenty of posts for the forseeable future

April 20, 2009 at 4:07 pm

As great as being on NPR was, I was a little bit let down that the story aired only in St. Louis, and not nationally as I was told. It seems that I have nothing to worry about anymore. The story ended up airing on the national program “Marketplace” last week. Here’s the story.

April 8, 2009 at 1:49 pm

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Despite the sluggish economy, I find myself in a position where I can’t seem to shoulder my current workload all by lonesome. As such, I’m looking for some help. Specifically, I am looking for someone to handle leasing apartments and residential sales for me. Read more

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