We went to: The Venice Meet Up on June 9th, 2012. I received an e-mail blast this past Friday about the “Venice Meet Up” this is one of the coolest blocks, not just in the Greater Los Angeles Area, but in the entire country. Generally they hold these events on the first Friday of the month. As many of us who work 5...
Diesel Book Store in Malibu,CA Diesel Book Store is one of the few Independent bookstores that are left in California. The owners are John Evans and his partner Alison Reid, they started their first bookstore in 1989. Currently they have three stores: one in Brentwood, one in Oakland and one in Malibu. There was a time in 2011 when it looked like...
Did you know that today was “National Best Friends Day”? Unfortunately, I did not know this valuable nugget of information, so I will have to reach out to my best friends tomorrow. Since they are my best friends, I am sure they will understand. After all they did not call or email me today, so the odds are good they did not know it either....
The Petcare Foundation also known as Pets90210 is sponsoring its second annual CAT-A-PALLOOZA. Potential Adopters of Cats will be treated like celebrities: Goody Bags, Reduced Adoptions Fees and I could go on and on. 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,...
What is FIRPTA? Understanding the facts about FIRPTA FIRPTA is the acronym for Foreign Investor Real Property Tax Act. The disposition of US Real Property interest by a foreign nations is subject to the Foreign Investment in Real Property Tax Act of 1980 (also know by most as FIRPTA) income tax withholding. Basically what it means is that the United States is authorized to...
