Steve Newman, the Beverly Hills realtor who's been trumpeting his online domain-name brokerage, admits his firm has not made a single sale (though two are in escrow).Newman's Domain Name Brokerage lists domains such as Famous Streets (fifthavenue.org, for instance, costs US$10,000) and the très grunge nirvana.org (a hefty $650,000). The site assumes no liability for potential trademark violations."These names are very valuable," Newman enthuses. "Gratefuldead.org would be a great domain for a Deadhead who wanted to sell paraphernalia on the Web." At $5,000, that's a lot of tie-dye - and "quite a markup on 100 bucks," he glows.The man who brought "talking houses" - audio-enhanced For Sale signs - to the Orange County real estate market confesses that he's "just beginning to understand the Net." "I don't really have time to look at it," Newman says.
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