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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 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.

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.

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.

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 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.

March 18, 2009 at 3:12 pm

It looks like The Map Room finally opened up in Benton Park. They showed signs up opening in November, but it looks like they just took the plunge. Benton Park seems to be the place to be for coffee houses and microbrews as of late. Best of luck. Here is their website.

February 4, 2009 at 1:19 pm

The South St. Louis Suburban Journal had an interesting article yesterday about bricked-in windows in house built along Shaw Place in the Shaw neighborhood. An interesting read.

January 30, 2009 at 2:56 pm

As frustrating as it is, Bill DeWitt Jr. and Cordish are good at spinning things out. Here’s the latest in the sage from the St. Louis Post Dispatch. I really do think this project will actually happen at some point, but I hope everyone learns their lesson. Which they won’t. At least we are in the same plight as Kansas City with their Cordish Development, the Power & Light District.

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