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8677 Franklin Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90069, Vacant Lot PENDING!!!!
8677 Franklin Vacant Lot! PENDING!!!! Developers, the best view lot in the Sunset Strip. Look at the value and the low price! If you want to live and build your own home with dramatic views from Century City to Downtown Los Angeles here is your opportunity. The seller relocated out of country, his loss, your gain. This is truly a Postcard view of Downtown Los Angeles as well as of Century City. This lot has fantastic panoramic views. The best priced View Lot in the Hollywood Hills. Do not miss this great opportunity. Perfect for investors as well as individual who want to build their dream home. There is an updated Soils Report as well as a Slope Band Analysis. Submit your offers before it is gone! Seller wants it sold now. Hard to believe the price for this view lot in the coveted Sunset Strip area of the Hollywood Hills West If you are a consumer who is considering buying or selling a home, investment real estate, vacation homes, or beach properties in Southern California, Los Angeles, Century City, Westwood, West Hollywood, Beverly Hills, Culver City, Playa Vista, Marina Del Rey, Venice or Malibu. Feel Free to give me a call at 310.486.1002 or email me at homes@endrebarath.com or visit one of my websites at https://www.endrebarath.com Your Pet Friendly Realtor. I contribute a portion of my commission to Local Animal Rescue...
read morePayless Water Heaters: Knowledgeable & efficient Technicians and Co.!
Payless Water Heaters: Knowledgeable and efficient Technicians and Company! If you have problems and are looking for a reasonably priced and efficient Plumber to fix your Hot Water Heater, look no further call for Payless Water Heaters. They are quick, pleasant and reasonable in getting to your location. When the Thermal Coupling wire goes bad, guess what, you are unable to start your Hot Water Heater. Clearly you need to replace it otherwise you will not get hot water. This is a simple and easy job for the skilled Technician. My client called the Home Warranty and they sent out Payless Water Heater Technician. My client was a bit concerned with the name of the Company. Clearly afraid of the old adage what you pay is what you get. Instead she received a young, skilled, polite and knowledgeable technician, who educated her and fixed the problem under 20 minutes. Now they have hot water, thanks to Payless Water Heaters http://www.paylesswaterheaters.com/ Their motto is getting you hot water in hours not days. Clearly they live up to their slogan. So if you have a hot water heater problem do not hesitate to reach out to Payless Water Heaters in the Greater Los Angeles area, they will get you hot water in a short time! If you are a consumer who is considering buying or selling a home, investment real estate, vacation homes, or beach properties in Southern California, Los Angeles, Century City, Westwood, West Hollywood, Beverly Hills, Culver City, Playa Vista, Marina Del Rey, Venice or Malibu. Feel Free to give me a call at 310.486.1002 or email me at homes@endrebarath.com or visit one of my websites at https://www.endrebarath.com Your Pet Friendly Realtor. I contribute a portion of my commission to Local Animal Rescue...
read moreSpeechless Sundays: The Orange Thief is making its escape!
Speechless Sundays: The Orange Thief is making its escape! Can you find the Orange Thief making its escape? The Pet Friendly Realtor in the Greater Los Angeles area is curiosJ If you are a consumer who is considering buying or selling a home, investment real estate, vacation homes, or beach properties in Southern California, Los Angeles, Century City, Westwood, West Hollywood, Beverly Hills, Culver City, Playa Vista, Marina Del Rey, Venice or Malibu. Feel Free to give me a call at 310.486.1002 or email me at homes@endrebarath.com or visit one of my websites at https://www.endrebarath.com Your Pet Friendly Realtor. I contribute a portion of my commission to Local Animal Rescue...
read moreThe Fidelity National Home Warranty was a hero for the new buyers!
The Fidelity National Home Warranty Company was a true hero for the new buyers! The importance of having a Home Warranty cannot be emphasized enough. The other day, my buyers just moved into their new home. A few days after this momentous event, they received their home warranty information. There was a package explaining how to register their home on line and to initiate the protection. Fidelity National Home Warranty had a very simple and professional package. The buyers waited a few days before they accomplished this task. The following morning the buyers discovered that the water was not as hot as in the previous days. Not being focused on it, since it was Sunday they went out and enjoyed the day. When they got home it was clear that the Hot Water heater was not working. Not wanting to call in the middle of the evening they waited for the next morning to call. The Fidelity National Call Center Operator was fantastic; she informed the buyers that they could have called, since the hours of operation are: 5am -10pm M-F and 6am-10pm on weekends Needless to say that within four hours there was a plumber who fixed the problem. This is clearly a good example why every home buyer should have a Home Warranty in place when they are ready to move into their new home. There are often unforeseen and unexpected breakdowns when you purchase a home. Keep in mind not all home warranty companies are the same, obviously Fidelity National is a company that stands behind it’s promise. If you are a consumer who is considering buying or selling a home, investment real estate, vacation homes, or beach properties in Southern California, Los Angeles, Century City, Westwood, West Hollywood, Beverly Hills, Culver City, Playa Vista, Marina Del Rey, Venice or Malibu. Feel Free to give me a call at 310.486.1002 or email me at homes@endrebarath.com or visit one of my websites at https://www.endrebarath.com Your Pet Friendly Realtor. I contribute a portion of my commission to Local Animal Rescue...
read moreStress Free Moving: The Holy Grail of moving from one home to another!
Stress Free Moving: The Holy Grail of moving from one home to another… This sounds like such a great idea, needless to say you can plan and try to execute your plan to the best of your abilities, but there are always some unexpected surprises. The movers were a major and critical key to a smoothly moving operation. We did some good pre-planning, pre-packing, organizing for the move. Not wanting to over emphasize the fact, that if everything is packed the movers have it easier. Needless to say running a business from my home required that, the Internet, the Fax machine, the Printer, the Scanner and all other equipment needed to be functioning until the morning of the movers arrival. This is critical when you have ten (10) listings and are working with three (3) serious buyers and have a property in Escrow where the seller is in China and the buyer is in Los Angeles. There is no room for a gap in the communication due to time zone differences and dealing with the local person on local time as well. Needless to say I am thrilled that the move went smoothly. Keep in mind having three cats adds another challenge into the moving equation Jill was supervising the movers NOT! We had six skilled professionals and two trucks. This might sound like a lot, but the benefits were numerous. For starters it was a less expensive move in the long run, because they moved faster and there were fewer delays. The movers knew where everything was and they were able to efficiently upload and unload all our belongings. Not only did they move everything with care and consideration, but they also moved our belongings to the new home without damaging anything. I am referring to the newly painted walls, the hardwood floors, clearly nothing got damaged. One small nick on a tight hallway wall, thanks to a huge Cherry Wood Desk from my father, which the painter will spot paint as soon as we are settled in. So what was the unexpected surprise? Well we were the ones who held up the movers, because we misplaced the documents where all the heavy furniture should be located. Hence we had to go by memory where everything was going to be placed. Clearly this had a small delay as Diane and I tried to recall where everything was to go. Needless to say next time we will both have the documents with us either on our smart phones or the printed hard copy. Now keep in mind we are not into frequent moving, generally it takes us about eight years before it is timeJ. So with that said, I would like to Recommend, Endorse and Praise our movers. If you live in the Greater Los Angeles area and are looking for a fantastic Moving Company please reach out to: Sterling Van Lines Doug Brown 1-800-264-6313 or 323-981-1440 4550 E Olympic Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90022 or email gail@sterlingvanlines.com www.sterlingvanlines.com If you are a consumer who is considering buying or selling a home, investment real estate, vacation homes, or beach properties in Southern California, Los Angeles, Century City, Westwood, West Hollywood, Beverly Hills, Culver City, Playa Vista, Marina Del Rey, Venice or Malibu. Feel Free to give me a...
read moreThe Santa Monica Income Market is on fire! Properties are gone with…
The Santa Monica Income Market is on fire!Properties are in Escrow within days! The investors are swarming on income properties in Santa Monica, Especially those properties, that are close to the beach and need some work are in high demand. I have noticed that there are some listing agents who must know some of the property owners, since they are not in the West Side Multiple Listing Service they are just reciprocal and have out of area contact information such as telephone numbers. This I do not begrudge, it is simply a matter of relationships. I am still a firm believer as hot as the market is we should have photography and description which enhance the property. To some of you who read my post might find these pictures entertaining….I personally find this offensive and disrespectful to the potential buyers, their agents as well as the seller they are representing. Keep in mind this income property is listed at $1,800,000.00. Would you have done something differently than this listing agent? Let me know where I am going wrong. Please focus on not just the description but the photos as well. STATUS: Active ADDRESS: 2438 5th Street , Santa Monica ,CA 90405 LP: $1,800,000 Add’l Photos Larger Map Aerial Map Plat Map RESIDENTIAL INCOME DOM/CDOM: 3/3 AREA: (14) Santa Monica MLS#: WS14154640MR LD: 07/18/2014 APN: 4287-007-031 ADP: STYLE: MAP: SP: NUM UNITS: 3 APX LSZ: 6,032 POOL: No CVD PKG: SD: SUB: APX SF: 3,055 APX LDM: TRASH: $0 NUM PKG: 5 YB: 1923 GI: GRM: SCHED/ACT: WATER: $0 RC: GOI: CAP: TAXES: VAC: CONST: AOE: INS: $0 GRDN: MGMNT: NUM STO: ATE: ELEC: $0 MAINT: POOL EXP: ZONE: NOI: $0 GAS: $0 MGR: ELEV: ASSED IMP VAL: ASSED TOT VAL: ASSED LND VAL: LT: ERS/L Type Number of Units Bedrooms Baths Furnished(y/n) Revenue Unit 1 1 3 1.00 $0 Unit 2 1 2 1.00 $0 Unit 3 1 2 2.00 $0 DIRECTIONS: West of Lincoln, North of Oceanpark REMARKS: Location location location! 3 Santa Monica units to be delivered vacant. 5 blocks from the water. Ocean park area, Main Street shops and entertainment walking distance. Total of 7 bedrooms, with 2 upstairs lofts, 3 car garage. Needs some TLC. Now if you are looking for proper representation selling or buying income properties, please reach out to me directly If you are a consumer who is considering buying or selling a home, investment real estate, vacation homes, or beach properties in Southern California, Los Angeles, Century City, Westwood, West Hollywood, Beverly Hills, Culver City, Playa Vista, Marina Del Rey, Venice or Malibu. Feel Free to give me a call at 310.486.1002 or email me at homes@endrebarath.com or visit one of my websites at https://www.endrebarath.com Your Pet Friendly Realtor. I contribute a portion of my commission to Local Animal Rescue...
read moreSpeechless Sundays: Petersen Automotive Museum Advertisement!
Speechless Sundays: Petersen Automotive Museum Advertisement! If you are a consumer who is considering buying or selling a home, investment real estate, vacation homes, or beach properties in Southern California, Los Angeles, Century City, Westwood, West Hollywood, Beverly Hills, Culver City, Playa Vista, Marina Del Rey, Venice or Malibu. Feel Free to give me a call at 310.486.1002 or email me at homes@endrebarath.com or visit one of my websites at https://www.endrebarath.com Your Pet Friendly Realtor. I contribute a portion of my commission to Local Animal Rescue...
read moreThe last few days of a transaction are critical! Communication is …
The last few days of a transaction are critical! Communication is always important! I have found that often the last two days of a transaction can make the difference if you have a happy buyer or seller. Often times it makes the difference if you will get more referrals from the buyer or the seller. So why it is that Sellers & Buyers and Agents do not focus on it? I will just use my last transaction as an example: The Contractual Agreement was that at close of business 5pm the Seller will vacate his home upon Close of Escrow. There was nothing negotiated about staying an extra minute not a few hours. We were notified around 10am that the Transaction Closed and the new owner should get keys. Customarily this would be an easy part of the sale. Seller would hand over keys to the listing agent and he in turn would hand over the keys to the buyer’s agent. Then the buyer’s agent would show up with a set of keys and suggest to the new owner: please rekey your home and here is a token of my appreciation. Simple, but sadly this was not the case. I asked the listing agent for the keys….I got the run around and ultimately was told that the seller has not moved out yet…. Numerous conversation later it is determined that the Seller will vacate the premises by 9 or 10pm at the latest. I was trying to keep the new owner calm… Then the listing agent went underground. No communication at 9pm or at 10 pm…no response to emails…any response to texts… Sadly around 8:30am the following morning Listing Agent reports that there is a key under the front door mat of the home… Clearly now the buyer and I are grumpy to say the least. Simple communication: “…sorry the seller was not prepared…he will be out by first thing in the morning…” this email or this call could have prevented a stressful night for both the new owner and me. It would have been so much easier to have a flow of communication rather than going underground. Now everyone had a bad taste of a transaction that could have gone smoothly till the end. So my advice is for Agents to step up and face the difficult message but that is still better than hiding… Tell me where I am going wrong here? If you are a consumer who is considering buying or selling a home, investment real estate, vacation homes, or beach properties in Southern California, Los Angeles, Century City, Westwood, West Hollywood, Beverly Hills, Culver City, Playa Vista, Marina Del Rey, Venice or Malibu. Feel Free to give me a call at 310.486.1002 or email me at homes@endrebarath.com or visit one of my websites at https://www.endrebarath.com Your Pet Friendly Realtor. I contribute a portion of my commission to Local Animal Rescue Organizations. ...
read moreWordless Wednesdays: Controversial Marketing! What are your thoughts?
Wordless Wednesdays: Controversial marketing! What are your thoughts? If you are a consumer who is considering buying or selling a home, investment real estate, vacation homes, or beach properties in Southern California, Los Angeles, Century City, Westwood, West Hollywood, Beverly Hills, Culver City, Playa Vista, Marina Del Rey, Venice or Malibu. Feel Free to give me a call at 310.486.1002 or email me at homes@endrebarath.com or visit one of my websites at https://www.endrebarath.com Your Pet Friendly Realtor. I contribute a portion of my commission to Local Animal Rescue...
read moreRuinart Champagne: Brut Blanc de Blance 92 points by Wine Spectator!
Ruinart Champagne As most of you know, I love good wine and good Champaign. Let’s be realistic we cannot drink high priced Champaign all the time. If you are looking for a good Champaign under $100 a bottle you must check this one out. Actually under $75 to be able to buy a Brut Blanc de Blanc is fantastic. Wine Spectator gave it 92 points. I guess that is nothing to be ashamed of. The bottle is a Replica of the Ruinart Champagne Bottle of the 1800’s, so clearly a nice presentation if you are a student of historyJ! Speaking of history if you are interested let me share with you: The house of Ruinart is the oldest Champagne house in France, they have been around since 1729. Ironically now they are a subsidiary of the MOET house of Champagne. The Cellars are of Roman Origin now that is going back a few yearsJ! If you are a consumer who is considering buying or selling a home, investment real estate, vacation homes, or beach properties in Southern California, Los Angeles, Century City, Westwood, West Hollywood, Beverly Hills, Culver City, Playa Vista, Marina Del Rey, Venice or Malibu. Feel Free to give me a call at 310.486.1002 or email me at homes@endrebarath.com or visit one of my websites at https://www.endrebarath.com Your Pet Friendly Realtor. I contribute a portion of my commission to Local Animal Rescue...
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