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By Endre Barath, Jr., Realtor - Los Angeles Home Sales 310.486.1002
(Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices California Properties)
There are a lot of things going on in the world and in our lives as well. I had to share my thoughts with you tonight. I have three Escrows, that I am trying to keep together and as you know there are challenges to deal with and at the same time trying to list new properties and market twelve other listings can be challenging at times. Then to boot, there are many distractions going on in the US as well as in the world. Just to name a few, an Ex President who is fighting a lot of legal issues. This made me think, how insignificant my issues are compared to his.As, I read the headlines about potential Nuclear Wars, thanks to things going on in Ukraine & Russia as well as in the Middle East as in Israel and Iran.Putting all this in perspective, made me think that I do not really have any ...
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By Endre Barath, Jr., Realtor - Los Angeles Home Sales 310.486.1002
(Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices California Properties)
Wordless Wednesdays:  Easy dinner, easy clean up... all baked. I have my latest cookbook and have not used it... it was all about baking and keeping dinner easy.Well, if you are wondering this was an easy dinner as well as an easy clean up:)If you are wondering, fingerling potatoes with parmesan cheese.Purple Asparagus with lemon zest, lemon juice and parmesan cheese.Salmon with balsamic   vinegar with a fig reduction.425% in the oven for 30 minutes and you are done. Easy dinner! Bon Appetite. 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 Beve...
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By Jim & David Schuelke
(Schuelke Plumbing)
When my brother and I started our plumbing company in Sherman Oaks years ago, we wanted to tell people more about our background. We were the Jeep Cherokee twins, and appeared in several commercials for them, as well as appearing in several movies and in the television show, Providence. We enjoyed being in the spotlight, but we firmly believe that family comes first. So when we got married and started families our priorities and focus shifted. Now we spend time with our families and continue to build our plumbing business.
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By Valerie Fitzgerald, Luxury Real Estate in Beverly Hills & West LA
(Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage)
How to Insure Your Luxury Home It’s not just current market value that determines how your home is appraised and for how much it’s insured for. A skilled appraiser needs to consider the fine details of your home. Here’s an excerpt from a post by Roberta Murphy (thanks Roberta)… It is important for the luxury home to be insured at full replacement value, especially when fine craftsmanship and materials have been used in constructing or improving the home. Schussel said that when Chubb takes on the task of restoring the home to its original condition, they take the task very, very seriously. Restoration could involve flying plasterers in from Ireland to restore a mansion in San Diego or an estate in Connecticut. Click here to read the original article:  How to Insure Your Luxury Home
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By Gregory Storm, Real Estate Photographer
(www.LAHomePhotography.com)
I got a call this week from someone looking to have an 11,000+ square foot, $29.9 million dollar mansion photographed for a magazine cover and profile feature story. They found my work at www.lahomephotography.com and www.gregorystorm.com and loved what they saw. We discussed their needs, I submitted my bid and I booked the job the next day. What I was surprised to find out is they weren't a referral. They had been searching high and low for the right photographers for this job and found me on the Internet. My ActiveRain and Google Maps (read my article on listing your business on Google Maps here) listing helped get me to the top of their search. I've shot many multi-million dollar homes before, but this spectacular mega-million dollar mansion is now my biggest. I had a great time sho...
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By Coco Clayman-Cook
(LA Condo Lifestyles)
by Coco Clayman-Cook Los Angeles Luxury condos have made it to the east coast in a manner of speaking. Mireya Navarro wrote an article for the New York Times entitled "Downsizing in Los Angeles: From Mansion to $47 Million Condo." The article appears inspired by Candy Spelling's recent purchase of a luxury condo, but Navarro goes on to outline all of the wonderful attributes featured by a luxury condo. Vertical expansion began in New York ages ago, but with Los Angeles comes a new level of luxury lifestyles. Luxury condos are built in small communities with restaurants, stores and services to meet a person's every need. Luxury condos also come with space for living, entertaining, servants, and guests with more leftover space than many single family homes provide. Navarro explains that c...
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By Coco Clayman-Cook
(LA Condo Lifestyles)
by Coco Candy Spelling is the latest celebrity to invest in luxury condos. Aaron Spelling's widow became famous long ago for the level of luxury she enjoyed in her 56,500 square foot French Chateau-style mansion in Beverly Hills, and now she's moving "up". Spelling's upgrade from estate living to luxury condo is just another example of how anything is possible with a luxury condo. When shopping for a luxury condo, Spelling knew she wanted a living space in a central location that would suit all her luxury needs. Her answer was to combine two luxury condos into one glamorous home. She maintained her famous wrapping room, special quarters for her grandchildren, and a master bedroom of over 4,000 square feet. She determined what she needed, and luxury condos provided the perfect answer! As...
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By James Engel, KW Beverly Hills
(Keller Williams Realty Beverly Hills)
We are sponsoring the Wilshire Corridor region of Los Angeles! Come and check out our photos and community details. The winding two-mile section of Wilshire Boulevard to the east of Westwood Village is dominated by residential high-rises, and is variously known as the Millionaire's Mile, the Golden Mile[4] or the Wilshire Corridor. Penthouse apartments in the corridor's high-rise condominiums can occasionally sell for amounts in excess of $20 million. Numerous celebrities maintain addresses on Wilshire Boulevard in Westwood.
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By Valerie Fitzgerald, Luxury Real Estate in Beverly Hills & West LA
(Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage)
Real Estate Agent Caters to Nudist Buyers and Sellers!!! I was interviewed by Inman news about niche marketing. In reading the published article, I wondered what my day would be like (and look like) if my niche was anything like Jackie Youngblood’s. Hmmmmm, I’ll stop wondering now. I’m more than happy to help you with your home search or sale, although, in the interest of full disclosure, clothes are required!   Call me at 310-285-7515 or email me   To read the original article, click here: Real Estate Agent Caters to Nudist Buyers and Sellers!!!
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By Coco Clayman-Cook
(LA Condo Lifestyles)
by Coco Clayman-Cook Whenever a loved one dies, emotions run high. Tensions are up, and often the reading of the will only brings additional levels of pain and stress, not the least of which is for the probate attorney. When trying to deal with buying and selling property in the interest of settling an estate, it's important to ensure the most capable and efficient real estate agent is on your side. You need an agent who has experience dealing with high-end properties and fast-acting purchases and sales. You need Coco Clayman-Cook. As a real estate agent with years of experience, I've handled plenty of properties in the interest of settling estates. I work quickly and efficiently whether it is directly with a client or with the client's attorney, and I guarantee satisfaction on every tr...
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By Coco Clayman-Cook
(LA Condo Lifestyles)
by Coco Clayman Cook It's never easy when a marriage ends.  Not only are there emotions to untangle there are also investments, property and a life to dismantle. Real estate is often one of the hardest assets for a couple to split after their marriage has ended. Community Property laws are meant to protect us during emotional times. However, sometimes it seems as if those laws only make it tougher. Because properties are so often sold during a divorce in order to ensure an equitable division of assets, it is important for attorneys to make sure they have the most competent, capable real estate agent involved. That is where I come in. I have considerable experience buying and selling property from dissolved marriages, and I am prepared to handle any transaction in a smooth and efficient ...
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By Dom Naidoo, Malibu to the Marina Real Estate
(Westside Properties)
Mark your calendar "Affaire" lovers - the fall art show will be held this October 18th and 19th, from 10am to 6pm. The free show features art by more than 200 exhibitors from around the nation,who showcase their work in photography, painting, sculpture, watercolor, mixed media, ceramics, jewelry, drawings, graphics and prints.  Held each May and October since 1973, the Art Show is one of the most popular art events on the West Coast. For additional information on the "Affaire in the Gardens Art Show," call (310) 285-6830.
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By Valerie Fitzgerald, Luxury Real Estate in Beverly Hills & West LA
(Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage)
You've got to see this house! James Engel (www.james90210.com) made a great find with one of our listings.  
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By Coco Clayman-Cook
(LA Condo Lifestyles)
Everyday we find ourselves facing another test: Can we succeed today? This isn't just a matter of succeeding at our careers, our families, or our personal goals. This is a matter of succeeding at life. You must first succeed at life before you can succeed anywhere else. Succeeding at life means believing in and taking care of yourself. Remind yourself that you can achieve anything as long as you believe you can. The test starts with you. As you face the individual challenges of the day-schedules, jobs, kids, clients, the world-repeat to yourself just how capable you are. You can handle the fast-paced schedule, the difficult client, and the challenging family as long as you remember that every morning you answered, "Yes, I will succeed today." At the end of the day, you answer your quest...
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By Coco Clayman-Cook
(LA Condo Lifestyles)
by Coco Clayman-Cook Now more than ever we see real estate agents giving in to the Buyer's market and the changing economy. More and more clients are coming to the realization that they can't make the easy sale on their house that they may have been able to four years ago, and the very practice of "flipping" has ended. As more people give in to this new and different market and seek other careers, now is the time for the dedicated real estate agents to rise to the occasion. It's important to remember the rules of gravity and the pattern of history: what goes up must come down, but what goes down will eventually rise again. As agents, it is our responsibility not to fall in the first place. Gandhi said we must be the change we want to see in the world, and this is where we must begin. We...
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By James Engel, KW Beverly Hills
(Keller Williams Realty Beverly Hills)
its 7:40 am in Beverly Hills, 90210. Its cloudy and no one at work yet. Trying to beat the traffic brings me in earlier then anyone else. Just got the chance to take a look at this weeks MLS open house guide. Gotta give it to Robert Kass he has just listed 2 properties, one of them is the infamous Fleur De Lys in Holmby Hills priced at a meager 125,000,000 and the other the house of our beloved Malibu resident who must be sick and tired of fighting the coastal comission Cher's house at 45,000,000. You can find both listings at www.robertkass.com, gotta be proud and wish this gentleman luck its must be an enormous task just to even market those , let alone sell them. I can see a few happy vendors, escrow, title and loan guy. How much would title cost on 125,000,000 sale  I wonder. On the...
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By Robert Lockard
(Luxury Real Estate)
Nick Antonicello, Director of Sales for Unique Homes, pointed out an interesting story to me last week in the Los Angeles Times Blog. You might have already heard about it, but I just want to put in my two cents about the whole affair.Peter Viles, Senior Producer for Real Estate at LATimes.com, wrote in his blog entry that Donald Trump, possibly the best-known real-estate developer in the world, is seeking to buy Ed McMahon's mansion to save him from foreclosure.In an even more bizarre turn of events, Mr. Trump now might be having some competition for buying Mr. McMahon's luxury home. That's according to a new blog post today by Ann Brenoff, author of the Los Angeles Times' weekly "Hot Property" feature.As Mr. Spock would say, "Fascinating."To be honest, I'm not sure what to make of thi...
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By James Engel, KW Beverly Hills
(Keller Williams Realty Beverly Hills)
A real estate agent, a real estate investor, a homeowner, a father/mother It's the best of times and it's the worst of times. Seeing a lot of very good friends fade out of the real estate world, a lot of small and great companies close their doors, a lot of agents in our offices drop out of the race and some pretty prominent companies shut their doors, it's not the easiest scenes to watch in our everyday life as realtors Real Estate Agent - I am a real estate agent, a salesperson, I represent buyers and sellers, and it is this kind of a market, where my clients actually get their money's worth, when they utilize us more than their messengers, but trust enough to turn us into their consultants. This is the market where are opinions count, where our knowledge and resources we have access ...
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By Valerie Fitzgerald, Luxury Real Estate in Beverly Hills & West LA
(Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage)
Bargaining Secrets for Luxury Home Buyers I found these secrets over at Luxury Home Digest (thanks Roberta). She offers some great strategies if you are considering buying in this market. If you are interested in this house, or any of our other listings, please call me at 310-285-7515 or email me.     To read the original article, click here, Bargaining Secrets for Luxury Home Buyers
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By Coco Clayman-Cook
(LA Condo Lifestyles)
Are you the best realtor you can be?  Are there things that you wish you could accomplish but you constantly find yourself at the end of the day thinking there just isn't enough time?  I am a huge fan of Timothy Ferriss' book The Four Hour Work Week.  While the book isn't specifically written for realtors there are so many principles that apply - it is certainly worth reading. In fact I sat and highlighted it and then gave it to one of my favorite clients as he has a four hour work week every week. I need a new copy! One concept in the book that changed my life and my business was really taking a look at what areas of my business actually needed my hands on attention and what areas I could pass off to and outside source.  That's right; I outsource an enormous amount of my office work.  ...
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By Dom Naidoo, Malibu to the Marina Real Estate
(Westside Properties)
                     SOLD   HOUSE 326 N DOHENY DR     3 2.00   1,679 5,700 1925   08/01/08 $1,510,000        SOLD    HOUSE 1144 COLDWATER CANYON DR     5 4.50   4,000 21,780 1947   08/06/08 $2,600,000        SOLD    HOUSE 9596 SHIRLEY LN     3 2.50   2,555 12,700 1958   08/08/08 $1,349,000    
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By Coco Clayman-Cook
(LA Condo Lifestyles)
Those of us in the condo market have already experienced first hand the recent upswing in the market but it's always nice to have the media cover it as well.  Howard Fine aptly covered this market upturn in his recent Los Angeles Business Journal report entitled Uptick Seen in L.A. Home Sales In the report Fine frequently acknowledges the recent surge in L.A. condo sales. ...L.A.'s housing market, pushed along by lower prices and sharply higher condo sales, is showing some signs of life... ...While sales activity normally picks up going into the summer, June's increases far exceeded the typical seasonal surge, especially in the condo market... ..There were 1,254 condo units sold in June, up 115 percent from May. That was the largest number of condos sold in one month since July 2007... ...
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