At the risk of sounding like a broken record, we will once again ask the rhetorical questions, Why in the world would any seller use a real estate brokerage firm that didn’t have a good website? While on the Fort Greene House Tour on Sunday, we noticed the For Sale sign out in front of 297 Cumberland Street, a charming Civil War-era wooden house between Greene and Lafayette Avenues. First we Googled the broker listed in the sign, Cornerstone Properties, only to learn that it either has no web site or the worst search engine optimization in the history of the Internet; we tried calling the phone number listed on the sign once in the morning yesterday and once in the afternoon only to be greeted by a message saying we could not leave a message. Finally, after combing the NY Times, we found the listing—only it had been posted by a different broker, Prospective Properties. Whatever. At least we now know that the asking price is $1,499,000 for the 2,800-square-foot house that needs a lot of work. Annoying marketing aside, kinda interesting, no?
297 Cumberland Street [NY Times] GMAP P*Shark