Some well-off professionals are learning to hate publisher Brian Timpone. The 37-year-old is an ex-journalist who with a friend created Block-shopper.com. The website reports on the home purchases of the kinda-rich in 15 U.S. metropolitan areas. Sample Block-shopper headlines: "Portfolio manager spends $2.975M for Brooklyn Heights 5BD," "Harris S.V.P. buys Wilmette home for $1.25M" and "Law firm partner sells Lincoln Park 4BD for $1.015M." The brief stories also appear in the real estate sections of the Houston Chronicle, San Francisco Chronicle, Chicago Sun-Times and 50 or so other newspapers.
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