Have a Very Happy New Year in Real Estate! Dear Buyers and Sellers and Colleagues alike - here's wishing your real estate dreams come true in 2016! All the best,Risa
01/03/2016
You lived in your Toluca Lake, Hollywood Hills or east San Fernando Valley home forever. You've been a proactive homeowner and kept up with repairs and upgrades. You love your home and neighborhood to this day but life has changed and you've ultimately decided to sell. Since your home has the "b
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10/03/2015
Vantage Points for Toluca Lake - Los Angeles 4th of July Fireworks Wishing a safe and happy long Holiday weekend to you and your family! If you haven't planned to view fireworks tonight and aren't sure where to go, please see following list (barring any unforeseen changes of scheduling). Start t
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07/04/2015
Don't Be a Real Estate Time Vampire Many people believe that everything here in Toluca Lake is about swans, the staid Golf Club, the Movie Studios and the goodwill that this heady mix creates. What they don't tell you, is, that lurking in the shadows with falsely sincere looks on their faces ar
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06/01/2015
Fun With Maps or Every House Is In Toluca Lake Toluca Lake is such a wonderful, unique area. It has so much to offer that once one moves here, they find it very difficult to ever move out. In the past, "Toluca Lake proper" was described as the part of North Hollywood (City of Los Angeles) bounded
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03/05/2015
But the website says my house is worth over (insert astronomical figure here)! Dear Property Seller, I am so pleased to finally meet you in person. As you could probably tell by our email correspondence, I am honest, straight-forward and strive to provide an exceptional client experience to Tol
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12/10/2014
Are Common Sense Parking Signs for Los Angeles on Horizon? We've all seen it before, the ridiculously convoluted instructions on an infinitely-stacked set of signs indicating parking restrictions. You sit in your car attempting to decipher the level of risk that will be incurred by leaving your
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10/09/2014
Light or Dark Wood: What is Your Cup of Tea? According to a number of interior trends writers and design professionals, when it comes to wood in the home, colors such as ebony and espresso are making way for caramel, blonde and honey. For example, instead of dark tones on a floor contrasting
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07/29/2014
Block Party in Toluca Lake Celebrating Make Music Los Angeles On Saturday, June 21st, between noon and 4pm, School of Rock Toluca Lake will hold an Old Fashioned Block Party in front of the school at the cul-de-sac on Mariota Avenue off Riverside Drive in celebration of Make Music L.A. The stre
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06/18/2014
Home Sweet Toluca Lake There is a special neighborhood located just north of Hollywood through the Cahuenga Pass and nestled next to the L.A. River between Burbank and Studio City. This community is Toluca Lake. It is not a city but a neighborhood in North Hollywood that straddles the border bet
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03/11/2014