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By Endre Barath, Jr., Realtor - Los Angeles Home Sales 310.486.1002
(Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices California Properties)
My latest version of a corn chowder with clams... I have been a huge fan of fresh corn and other ingredients to make the Chowder. This time I decided instead of the canned minced clams why not go with the Wild For clam meat version.All I can say is once you switch to this you will never go back to the canned minced clams.You can actually taste the clams, and it was a hit. Tonight's easy dinner, since I had a really challenging day. Some day I might post about it. In the mean time enjoy the Clam/Corn Chowder. 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 me directly! If you are looking for a pe...
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By Endre Barath, Jr., Realtor - Los Angeles Home Sales 310.486.1002
(Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices California Properties)
Just for fun: I do not mind sharing our oranges with the Squirrels what I mind is if they are wasting the oranges.Well, see for yourself.I make fresh squeezed orange juice every other day and Diane I love drinking it. Now days here to get a quart like I squeeze can cost anywhere from $5.99 to $8.99 and for me it is 20 minutes, worth of work. I hate waste, I guess I grew up with parents who were born before or during the depression and I learned to be frugal about certain things.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 me directly! If you are looking for a pet friendly Beverly Hills Realto...
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By Endre Barath, Jr., Realtor - Los Angeles Home Sales 310.486.1002
(Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices California Properties)
Now in all fairness, I am always wondering who comes up with these National Days... I had to smile because in our home for the past 29 years it has been National Pet Day every day not just on April 11th:) What are your thoughts about this subject? Either way our pets appreciate that we treat them every day with love and kindness. They in turn give us the same love and affection. 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 me directly! If you are looking for a pet friendly Beverly Hills Realtor who can handle and sell the most difficult properties that no one else could, please reach out to m...
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By Endre Barath, Jr., Realtor - Los Angeles Home Sales 310.486.1002
(Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices California Properties)
Los Angeles, CA 90046 - Hollywood Hills-Sunset StripMon Apr 15 2024This week the median list price for Los Angeles, CA 90046 - West Hollywood is $3,197,000 with the market action index hovering around 31. This is about the same as last month's market action index of 31. Inventory has increased to 80. Market SegmentsEach segment below represents approximately 25% of the market ordered by price. Median Price Sq. Ft. Lot Size Beds Bath Age New Absorbed DOM $6,895,000 4,774 0.25 - 0.5 acre 5 5.5 29 2 1 94 $3,985,000 3,781 6,500 - 8,000 sqft 4 5 25 2 3 112 $2,695,000 2,742 8,000 - 10,000 sqft 4 3 68 2 5 49 $1,860,000 1,630 4,500 - 6,500 sqft 3 2 76 4 2 42 In the last few weeks, the market has achieved a relative stasis point in terms of sales to inventory. However, inventory is sufficiently ...
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By Endre Barath, Jr., Realtor - Los Angeles Home Sales 310.486.1002
(Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices California Properties)
Breaking News:  C.A.R. is launching a Home Mortgage Protection Program! The Best part it is Free.  James Liptak, the 2009 President of C.A.R (California Association of Realtors) has sent out an e-mail blast, notifying the membership. Effective this Thursday April 2,2009 C.A.R. will launch a new program designed to give peace of mind to the First Time Home Buyers, who are afraid or are hesitating to enter the housing market, because of concerns of potential job loss.  This is fantastic news. Through the C.A.R. Housing Affordability Fund Mortgage Protection Program (C.A.R.H.A.F.MPP), first time home buyers who get laid off may be eligible to receive up to $1500 per month for up to six months to help make their mortgage payments.  Even Co-buyers may participate in the program at a reduce m...
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By James Engel, KW Beverly Hills
(Keller Williams Realty Beverly Hills)
The idea of luck is very seductive.  Doesn't it sound great?  When you have luck you can just show up and without any work or struggle or self doubt have your wishes granted.  On the flip side, if your dreams don't come true you can rail against the unfair fates and simply say that luck was not on your side.  But what is luck, really?   I love the quote "Luck is when opportunity meets preparation" To me this is great working model for luck.  Opportunities will come and go, for all of us, but those of us who are prepared and knowledgeable will have the ability to use those opportunities to our advantage.  People who have not done their homework will stand on the sidelines and think that we are lucky and wonder why they aren't so lucky.   Let go of your old ideas of luck.  There is nothin...
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By James Engel, KW Beverly Hills
(Keller Williams Realty Beverly Hills)
There is a popular way of thinking that espouses the phrase, "Change your mind; change your life."  We could debate the validity of this idea until we are old and grey and unable to speak.  I don't know about you but I have other things I would rather do with my time, like create meaningful wealth in my life.  But let me just offer one example of the power of the mind to create success: top athletes.  These are a group of people who train consistently both physically and mentally in order to perform at their peak.  Ask any top athlete if they could perform at the their best if they didn't believe in their core that they were not only capable of winning but that they would in fact absolutely win.  I'm quite sure that they have some days when they believe it a little more or less than oth...
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By James Engel, KW Beverly Hills
(Keller Williams Realty Beverly Hills)
Fear is the single biggest reason that people don't invest in real estate. Sometimes fear is useful and warranted, sometimes it is simply debilitating.  Fear can be a powerful tool if used properly.  The question is how to know when it is useful and when it is just debilitating; knowledge is the key.   If you take the time to educate yourself on what your fears are you will frequently find that the fears will dissipate. Much like taking a flashlight and shining it under a fearful child's bed, knowledge acts as a beam of light to clarify what is and what is not.   In this age of media bombardment it is easy to take a television or radio report at face value.  Haven't we all seen the countless reports on the housing market and the growing concerns over rampant foreclosures?  Do these repo...
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By Michelle Minch, Home Staging Los Angeles and Orange County, CA
(Moving Mountains Design Home Staging, Pasadena, CA)
How to Stage a Home Office (good Feng Shui, too) Moving Mountains Design recently staged a home that had a dedicated home office. Here is the "before" picture.                     As you can see, there are piles of papers yelling "Pay attention to me" and "Look at all the work you have to do before you can relax". Not the message you want potential buyers to get when touring your home. Yes, the homeowners could have just cleaned the papers off the desk and the place would have looked a whole lot better. Better, but it would be even better if the office actually looked like someplace a buyer might like to hang out. Look what happens when we removed the HUGE desk and put in a desk (still large at 6' long) more in scale with the room.                               The room now looks large ...
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By Karen E. KleinJanuary 12, 2009Staying profitable during a recessionDear Karen: What costs can I cut to stay in business?Answer: Business owners who try to stay profitable by reducing minimal expenses for the short term are rarely successful. "Turning up the thermostat or shipping by freight rather than overnight will not offset a recession," said Bill Bartmann, chief executive of BillionaireU.com.Other companies in your industry are suffering the same loss of revenue and increase in operating expenses that you're probably experiencing. All you need to stay viable is to gain an edge: "You don't have to outrun the economy, you just have to outrun your competition," Bartmann said.Rather than cutting small costs, think about increasing your prices. If your business has been profitable un...
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By COMPASS PALM SPRINGS | Stewart Penn, COMPASS Palm Springs - Broker Associate
(COMPASS)
In August 2008 I blogged about Candy Spelling and her $150 Million Mansion ("The Manor") in Holmby Hills, Los Angeles. Now that Mrs. Spelling has purchased a $47 Million, 16,000 sq ft penthouse in Century City, she is selling the home she lived in with her late husband, Aaron Spelling. It was interesting to read how she chose a Realtor to list her property .... Candy Spelling told The Associated Press that "she let her dog Madison, a soft-coated Wheaten Terrier, help pick out the best real estate agent for the task. She had her security bring the dog into the room every time she met one of the candidate agents and watched how the dog reacted. If Madison didn't like them, Spelling crossed them off the list." Prospective buyers won't have to worry about passing such scrutiny, Spelling joked.
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By Ellie Viray, Realtor, GRI
(Deasy Penner Podley)
When you think of downtown Los Angeles, you think of smog, people, office buildings, traffic jam, and more.  Well, think again! Yes, you can find peace and serenity in downtown Los Angeles.  WHERE?  At the Japanese American Cultural and Community Center.  Located in the prime area of Little Tokyo District is the JACCC which is home to the beautiful James Irvine Japanese Garden.  Jamese Irvine Japanese Garden, called the Seiryu-en (Garden of the Clear Stream) was designed by Dr. Uesugi with inspiration from many famous Japanese Gardens, especially in Kyoto, Japan.  This garden is the best kept secret in Little Tokyo (Los Angeles). Featuring a 170 ft. stream, the garden begins as a waterfall in the upper reaches.  In the middle cascades, the stream divides, and finally the stream become a...
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By Harrison K. Long, REALTOR , GRI, Broker associate, Attorney
(HomeSmart, Evergreen Realty)
With love for good music, we enjoyed a grand evening while attending the Vienna Philharmonic performance ... on March 3, 2009 ...  at the Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles.   Special evening for us with brother Greg and sister-in-law Gabriela ... "Gabi" is originally from Vienna, attended university and school of medicine there and has musician friends now involved as performers with this orchestra.   The Vienna Philharmonic is the home orchestra of Ludwig Von Beethoven and is one of the best in the world. Beautiful pieces presented on this night were written by Vienna composers  ... Hugo Wolf ...  his "Italian Serenade" ...Joseph Marx and his "four songs" ... Anton Bruckner and his "Symphony no. 9 in D minor". Zubin Mehta, the music director for the LA Phil twenty years ago, conducted t...
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By Dom Naidoo, Malibu to the Marina Real Estate
(Westside Properties)
Happy Sunday everyone. Although I am here in the office at Westside Properties in Pacific Palisades, I am still fortunate enough to not have to miss any live basketball action. Click on the link below or type www.taghoops.com and you will be directed to FREE Live Basketball games. If you are my friend, co-worker, associate, or even just a client you are well aware that I am a HUGE Los Angeles Lakers fan!! I have been watching the 'Lake Show' since 1981 when I moved to Santa Monica. Although Kobe and Joe(aka Jellybean) Bryant are regulars at the Palisades Garden Cafe which my family started and owned for over twenty years, I still have to count on the internet to watch the games when I'm working. I'm not complaining! Thank you Taghoops!!!! Click on this link for free live NBA games - FRE...
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By DAN REEDY, Over 2000 Deals Closed Since 2005!
(MoreKc1)
With the huge interest in Cash Flowing Rentals in Kansas City from investors nationwide, I thought it would be interesting to compare it to another rental market I have been seeing promoted on many blogs and websites as a cash flowing market. I have also included info about the area from which many of our investors come from. This information is according to Yahoo Real Estate neighborhood profiles.                              Kansas City      Detroit       Los Angeles Population                450,375          916,952       3,834,340 Population Growth         1.9%               -3%             3.5% Population Density        1424                6265            8388  (residents per sq mile)  Median Age                    36                    33                34 Medium Income           ...
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By Endre Barath, Jr., Realtor - Los Angeles Home Sales 310.486.1002
(Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices California Properties)
It has been two weeks since I posted my first clarification. After numerous readings of the abbreviated as well as the detailed versions, some items were still not clear to everyone.I have received calls as well as numerous e-mails. Hence, I am writing this post, with the intent to help those individuals, who did not have time to read the documents and/or  call the National Association of Realtors for clarification.  The ‘Home' must be the principal residence of the buyer. It can be a Single Family Residence, a Condominium, a CO-OP or a townhouse. The home must be located in the United States. Vacation homes and rental properties are excluded. It does not matter if it is a new construction or not the "purchase date" is the date of close of Escrow. In other words the date you occupy the ...
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By Harrison Painter, New Media Consultant
(GoGladiator Media)
This is a question that many people have asked me over the past year, and one posted over and over in many of the web forums I visit. In my case, we are simply cutting out all of the luxuries like: eating out, traveling, buying impulse items, and any other expense that are just not needed. It has been tough on my wife and kids, but we have gone as far as making it a fun game to find ways to be frugal. We are back to the old fashion 7:00 dinner at home, and at the table! Instead of heading to a Bounce Zone, we are playing board games. I believe this down economy will actually bring me closer to my family, and that is priceless. On the business side, I now plan my routes for the day, pay closer attention to my gas costs, pack a lunch when I can, and try to stick to a weekly plan and smal...
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By Jeff Dowler, CRS, The Southern California Relocation Dude
(eXp Realty of California, Inc.)
I had the opportunity to attend the GABNet political art and fashion show last night in Los Angeles. The Gabriela Network of Los Angeles of the Mariposa Alliance hosts an event each year to address issues faced by women, ranging from sex trafficking to domestic violence. This year's theme centered about the political repression arising out of the global economic crisis as women struggle in political activism as a means to better their personal situations, yet suffer punishment as a result of their involvement in these activist pursuits. The fashion show was held at the Eagle Rock Plaza in Eagle Rock (Los Angeles). "A Mile in Her Shoes: Honoring Women Defenders" was a celebration of success for the many heroic, courageous and compassionate defenders around the world of women's and human ...
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By Rebecca Chambliss
(Vista Sotheby's International)
The Los Angeles city council voted almost unanimously to mandate spaying and neutering in Los Angeles.  It became law last October (2008) and was passed with the assurance that all residents of the city would be able to comply because the city made free and low cost spay/neuter vouchers available to low income, disabled and senior citizens. The law was passed with no extra funding for spay/neuter, and no funding for enforcement.  The city controller, Laura Chick found after through investigation that the law should never have been passed, it was essentially unenforceable and made a mockery of "law." Just this week, the city quietly ended the voucher program stating budget concerns left them unable to provide the promised vouchers for the rest of the year and eluded to the fact that they...
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By Annie Pinsker-Brown, Stage to Sell, Los Angeles Home Stager
(Stage to Sell - LA Home Staging)
If you follow my blog, you may have seen my post a couple of months back about a Low Income Housing development in Los Angeles that we "Staged" at the end of 2008. Today was the Grand Opening event for Hobart Heights. Hobart is the 3rd low income housing community we did the interior design work for (see projects #1 and #2 here). They are always great projects, due in large part to our wonderful client American Communities. They are a joy to work with, and we look forward to many more projects with them. Today was the first time I attended one of the Grand Openings, and I was blown away by what I witnessed. For starters, Herb Wesson was there.  Herb is the LA City Councilman representing the 10th District. He was instrumental in advocating for this and other similar developments meant t...
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By Dom Naidoo, Malibu to the Marina Real Estate
(Westside Properties)
   Buying a home is an exciting time in one's life. Making the smart move of choosing a REALTOR® is your first step to ensuring that your new home and community meets your needs. Our services and experience range from financial aid to helping you find the home that best suits you and your family. For your convenience, we also provide listings by email. We pride ourselves on repeat business and hope you'll come to understand why. How we Can Help  Before you start looking Closing Costs $8000 Tax Credit Info  Dom Naidoo Josh Barre 310.459.8191 info@wsprops.com   Copyright © 2009 Dom Naidoo & Josh Barré . All rights reserved.    
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By Michelle Minch, Home Staging Los Angeles and Orange County, CA
(Moving Mountains Design Home Staging, Pasadena, CA)
Home Staging Consultations by Los Angeles Times Featured Home StagerOur Comprehensive Home Staging Consultations act as a 'road map' to prepare your home for sale. We assess your home and tell you everything you need to do to get your home in prime selling condition. You can do all the work yourself, do some of the work and hire us to do the rest, or hire Moving Mountains Design to stage your home to perfection. Some of the items a consultation covers are:*Paint color choices*Carpet choices (if needed)*Furniture layout and arrangement*Which features of your house to accentuate*Curb appeal*Organizing and decluttering*Pre-moving check list (our staged homes sell quickly and we want you to be ready)*Closet organization check list*Open house prep*Suggested items to purchase (we even tell yo...
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By Carlos Arvizu, (R.V. Zoo)
(Carlos R. Arvizu Sr. with Prudential California Realy)
To whom it may concern, My name is Carlos Arvizu Sr., I am a realtor with the Rancho South East Assoc. Board. I am considering running for Congress of the 34th District, which consist of Downey, parts of Bellflower, Lakewood, Norwalk, Montebello, Downtown Los Angeles, SouthGate, Huntington Park, Bell, Bell Gardens, and Maywood.  This is for the 2010 Congressionnal bid.  I am a long term Realtor, and we need someone who wants to fight for Real Estate Interest and the well being of the average American, young and old, pre senior and senior citizens.  Lets stop the erosion of our economic health.   That's why I want to run to help fix some of the problems we have been facing.  I need your help and support.  If you think some of these suggestions make sense to you, please help me get electe...
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