How long does it take to get approvals to build on vacant land in Los Angeles?As a vacant land specialist, you can imagine how often I am asked this question.  If I'm not asked, then I bring it up in my first communication with any potential buyer.  Transparency is important, particularly if a potential land buyer comes from a different state or country where the approval process is less than a hundred days which is vastly different than here in Los Angeles.When I started selling land 26 years ago in Los Angeles, approvals from the Los Angeles Building Department would take approximately 8 months from start to finish. While 8 months seemed a long time, the logical and acceptable explanation was that most of our land is hillside, hence the Department wanted to be certain that a proposed ... 09/18/2023

Life of a Pet Friendly Realtor in Los Angeles... while I was emailing and commenting on Active Rain. Our Animal Farm was busy at work on a Friday Night.The orange one is Whiley who used to be outdoors.... Jill nest to her is an adoption from a rescue organization a long time ago... like 12-14 years ago... need to check with Diane for exact date. Holly is also an adoption from the same rescue organization about four or so years ago. One would think they grew up together.Well see for yourself and let me know how rough these guys have it in our home:) Wishing you a safe and healthy life and I look forward to your comments. If you are looking for a knowledgeable, focused and goal-oriented Realtor in the Beverly Hills area who will help you achieve your Real Estate goals, please reach out to... 09/15/2023

Speechless Sunday: Which photos do you like better? Just as a background the other day I spent about 4.5 hours at Verizon transferring my Samsung Galixy7 data to my new Samsung Galaxy S23 phone. Well, that is another post to be covered later.One of the new features of the S23 is that there are food foto features. Now with that said please tell me which photos you like better the Featured one? or the one above. Will do the same for the ones below too:)Again, thank you for your input.  look forward to your choice:) The reason I am so curious is because one of it is regular photo and the other according to my new phone camera is "food photo" feature:)Wishing you a safe and healthy life and I look forward to your comments. If you are looking for a knowledgeable, focused and goal-oriented Re... 09/17/2023

Life of a Pet Friendly Realtor in Los Angeles..... well most of you who read my posts on a consistent basis, know we have two cats and a dog. So what do we do? Basically nothing:) I go grocery shopping, cook some fantastic meals.Diane coordinates Vet appointments and cleans up after the cats and the dog.Life is simple here; we listen to classical music to keep the monsters calm and in between there I sell properties in the greater Los Angeles area.Once in a while we have guests, since the pandemic this has been fewer and fewer. So, what do you do? Inquiring minds want to know.  Wishing you a safe and healthy life and I look forward to your comments. If you are looking for a knowledgeable, focused and goal-oriented Realtor in the Beverly Hills area who will help you achieve your Real Est... 09/19/2023