Kathy Tyndall's (thepvrealtor) Blog

While showing homes last week, I came across a really nice listing in the Country Club area that just came on the market.  It's one of those rare homes that have it all pulled together.  The yard is a tropical retreat with palm trees, black bottom pool and mature landscaping and has a really nice...

We all know the market is frightening right now. No one has all the answers.  But, there is a pent up demand for homes in my part of the country and buyers are ready to write offers.  The question is, what should they offer?  If the inventory of homes is low, as it is in Rancho Palos Verdes, shou...

If you watch "The Hills" which is actually filmed in the "flats", or any other slice-of-unnatural-life tv about Southern California, you would think our local world along the coast in L.A. is populated by shallow, back-biting, botoxed bimbos.  But, you would be wrong. Sure, I suppose you could fi...

I'm a bit punchy after spending 8 hours at a city planning session, but I won! At 3:30 AM,  I won my argument that our town doesn't need another big box pharmacy!  The City Planners felt my testimony and others were compelling enough to give them a no vote against the commercialism that threatens...

What a weekend!  I couldn't run fast enough to write offers for my clients!  In spite of an awful week in the financial markets, i had clients willing to bid on properties that were priced 10-20% under market.  All of the offers I wrote were either full price or very close to the asking price.  A...

If there is one real estate market that is buzzing with activity in the Los Angeles area, it's the bank owned properties.  Compared to most neighborhoods, there are still aren't many available n the South Bay cities of Redondo Beach, Hermosa Beach, Rancho Palos Verdes, Palos Verdes Estates and Ro...

  AS A 31 YEAR RESIDENT OF RANCHO PALOS VERDES, HERE ARE SOME LITTLE KNOWN FACTS ABOUT THE PENINSULA FOR NEWCOMERS:   The pedestrian crossing buttons are raised up to horse-rider height in Rolling Hills Estates.  One of the best free outdoor concerts around is located at the Malaga Cove Library o...

Is it possible that real estate has become the safe harbor from the stock market?  All of our fence sitting buyers have decided this is the time to take action.  Perhaps they feel the tangibility of real estate is safer than the wildly fluctuating stock market. I can't be sure, but all I know is,...

In all of my years as a Realtor, I never actually went to an auction of homes on the courthouse steps until today.  That isn't to say I wasn't curious.  It's just that our attorneys are always warning us to avoid these types of sales like the plague because of the pitfalls. For example, you proba...

I never thought I would need or use the skills I have learned in these last 5 months in my hometown, Rancho Palos Verdes.  But I figured I would share a few useful tips when coming up against government entities for the first time in your life. This is my first experience (and, maybe my last) in ...