Creative Real Estate Offer: Housing for Domain Name

Have domain, will swap for domicile. Such is the offer of a Web site designer frustrated by the want of affordable housing in Palo Alto.

Ann Bradley’s ad in the Palo Alto Daily News sought a “Palo Alto living situation”--free rent for a year or two--in exchange for one of the Internet domain names she owns. The lucky landlord would get rights to either thiswiredhouse.com or etake-out.com.

“I’m just taking a chance and throwing it out there to see what happens,” and what the market will bear, Bradley said. In a virtual world where Bank of America paid $3 million for the domain name loans.com, anything is possible.

Bradley, a longtime Palo Altan, is sharing quarters with her ex-husband. When she set out to find her own place, the only thing she could afford was a $995-a-month studio, with a half-bath. “It doesn’t matter how old you are,” says the Web site designer. “For $995 a month you should be able to have a full bath.”

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EXIT LINE

“You do what you will with me. You’ve destroyed my life. So be it!”

--Daniel Genaro, a Lakehead man prohibited under probation from trapping and hunting for three years. Genaro was convicted under a 1998 voter-approved measure prohibiting most uses of body-gripping traps like the snares Genaro used to trap five beavers. Genaro says he practices a “different cultural consciousness,” eating beaver meat and making clothing from the furs.

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Taxes by Income

Californians file more than 12 million personal income tax returns a year. The range of income varies widely. Here are tax returns by adjusted gross income for 1997, the most recent tax year available:

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INCOME RETURNS Under $5,000 1.2 million $5,000 to $9,999 1.4 million $10,000 to $14,999 1.3 million $15,000 to $19,999 1.2 million $20,000 to $24,999 971,772 $25,000 to $29,999 849,962 $30,000 to $39,999 1.4 million $40,000 to $49,999 1.0 million $50,000 to $99,999 2.3 million $100,000 and over 937,855

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Source: California Franchise Tax Board

Researched by TRACY THOMAS/Los Angeles Times

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