THINKING OF SELLING?

Value of Advertising and Marketing

Value of Advertising and Marketing

One of the two major jobs that I do for you is serving as the Marketing Manager. It is of primary importance. A marketing plan is really a strategy for getting the most people and the right people into your home as quickly as possible. A really good Marketing Plan also has a strategy for [...]

What is my Home Worth?

What is my Home Worth?

There are many elements that affect the value of your home… Some under your control, but sadly, most are not. The condition is certainly under your control: What does it look like from the curb? Is the landscaping attractive? How is the paint? Are there maintenance issues? How is the roof, the plumbing, carpets, floors? [...]

How to get the best possible price and terms?

How to get the best possible price and terms?

First you must know the brutal truth. It does not matter at all if you are delighted or disappointed with the news. If you are to maximize your results, you must know. Second, you must have a pricing strategy that gets you the most attention from buyers interested in your price range. Then you must [...]

HOPING TO BUY A HOME?

Getting Started with Buying a New Home

Getting Started with Buying a New Home

From your doctor to your lawyer to your mechanic, you expect diagnosis and analysis before any prescriptions are made. I know you wouldn’t walk in to your doctor’s office and demand an operation in the morning. In fact, if your doctor agreed on the spot you would walk out muttering something about “quack” and “malpractice.” [...]

Step two: Getting a Real Estate Education

Step two: Getting a Real Estate Education

It can be overwhelming. Once you have finally decided to buy a home, maybe even gotten pre-approved for a specific price, you now have to decide where to look. Where is the best place to spend your housing dollars? It is step two, on the road. I call this process, getting an education. Let’s assume [...]

Make an Offer to Buy

Make an Offer to Buy

After you have satisfied yourself regarding the values and what your home-buying dollars will buy, you are ready to choose a home and make an offer on it. At this point we will kick into another gear. You will want to commit to a different time plan. Once you are ready to buy, you will [...]

LET'S GO GREEN!

8 Tips to Make Your Remodel More Energy Efficient

8 Tips to Make Your Remodel More Energy Efficient

As long as you’re remodeling, why not cut your utility bill and make your home a bit healthier? Saving energy wasn’t on the list of reasons we’re finally ripping out the kitchen in our mid-century home (green-veined, imitation marble laminate countertops figured

How to Get Kids to Save Energy

How to Get Kids to Save Energy

Want your kids to pitch in and help save energy? Green parenting bloggers weigh in on getting kids to flip the switch and stop wasting energy. Kids have more important things to think about than turning off the lights. But discovering the lights blazing in an empty room for the umpteenth time is enough

Programmable Thermostats Reduce Energy Costs

Programmable Thermostats Reduce Energy Costs

Advanced programmable thermostats give you precise control over your heating and cooling, helping to reduce wasted energy. High-def, high-tech settings You wouldn’t think of spending much time in front of your thermostat, but the newest advanced

REAL ESTATE NEWS

DataQuick Shows Home Value Increases

DataQuick Shows Home Value Increases

According to data from DataQuick News for the Fourth Quarter of 2012, prices in the local areas are higher than in Q4 of 2011 by varying margins.  Reported on February 26, 2013   90004 [Click image for larger Map] Home values increased by 85.8% for the 49 properties sold in Q4 Median Value: $1,050,000   [...]

30-year fixed mortgage steady at average 3.53%

30-year fixed mortgage steady at average 3.53%

Average fixed mortgage rates unchanged from the previous week and remaining near their record lows as they continue to support housing demand, translating into an up-tick in home prices in most markets. News Facts 30-year fixed-rate mortgage (FRM) averaged 3.53 percent with an average 0.8 point for the week ending February 14, 2013, the same [...]

Sustained Housing Recovery Projected

Sustained Housing Recovery Projected

Case Shiller through October 2012 have been released. They show another up-tick in the price index for home sales across the nation, including higher than average increases for the California cities in the study (Los Angeles, San Francisco and San Diego.) If you look at the graph below, you will see that the past three [...]

Featured Properties

921 S Rimpau Blvd, Los Angeles 90019

921 S Rimpau Blvd, Los Angeles 90019

THIS PROPERTY IS SOLD! Offered at $649,000 3 bedrooms + 1.75 baths. First time on the market since 1947! Original condition with hardwood floors, window and door framing. Living room, dining room, breakfast room, kitchen, laundry room. Enclosed sun porch, grassy yard, two-car garage.

222 N Lucerne Blvd, Los Angeles 90004

222 N Lucerne Blvd, Los Angeles 90004

THIS PROPERTY IS SOLD! Offered at 1,279,000 5 bedrooms + 3 baths Wonderful, remodeled, well maintained, light-filled spacious home. Living room w/ fireplace, beautiful hardwood floors & original wood molding, formal dining room. Large kitchen w/ center island, ample counter space and cabinets. Family room w/ brick fireplace . Laundry area w/ half bath. Master [...]

846 S Hudson Av, Los Angeles 90005

846 S Hudson Av, Los Angeles 90005

THIS PROPERTY IS SOLD! Offered at $1,500,000 English Tudor in Brookside 4 bedrooms + 2.5 baths First time on market in 55 years! Built in 1924. Large living room w/ fireplace, formal dining room, paneled den, conservatory, original kitchen, laundry room, powder room. Hardwood floors, crown molding, solar paneling, double-paned windows. Upstairs: 4 bedrooms, dressing [...]

WHAT SANDY'S CLIENTS SAY

Opal R Neal

Opal R Neal

Dear Sandy, How quickly and efficiently you sold my house! You worked for me so well and protected my interests in every way. Sandy, you have been such a dear friend and neighbor for so many years. Thanks again! Sincerely, Opal R. Neal

Don and Vita Germain

Don and Vita Germain

Dear Sandy, We are finally getting somewhat settled in our new home in Tarzana, and we want you to know how very much we appreciate the efforts that you have put forth to make the sale of our house on Tremaine a good experience. Everything that you said you would do, was done, and it [...]

Larry Hixon, Executive Director

Larry Hixon, Executive Director

Dear Sandy, Thanks for helping make HOPE WEST APARTMENTS come into being! The real workers never get the recognition due to them! We completed this project because of your involvement by finding the two parcels of land to build the seventeen units for low income families, communicating with the sellers through many months of negotiation, [...]

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