Rob Regan & Ciara Piron

The one at 2040 Franklin looks like a great deal to me.... I've seen it several times. I haven't seen the one at 333 1st St, but there appears to be nothing special about it vs. all of the other 1BR's in the area. Meanwhile, the 2040 Franklin unit has a large deck off the living room, visible from the LR's floor to ceiling windows, and the LR and deck has partial Bay views - that's pretty unique. In addition it has tons of closet space plus parking and storage... so to Jed's point, I'd buy unique over not unique... and my guess is the extra rent you'd get for Franklin over 1st would make up for the $100,000 difference.

Michael is right - the laundry is common, but it's on the same floor as the unit, as is a trash chute. He's also right that it is pre-1979 so do your homework on the rent ordinance and rent it right. But I personally would still favor a north end of town condo with unique features over something where there's enormous price pressure on both rent and sale prices due to the huge supply of newly built copy cat condos. - Mon Dec 21 2009, 17:07