As the land buying and selling community knows, I am one of the Top Land Listing & Selling Realtors in the greater Los Angeles area. Not trying brag, just stating facts. I have sold more vacant land from Mt. Washington to Malibu then any other Realtor in the past twelve year’s period.  Selling Land in today’s Real Estate Market has its own challenges. There...

As I was reading the LA time Sunday Business Section/Real Estate Section. One question was raised in the Ask the Inspector section C (Dec 7th,’08) as to what are the qualification to find a Superior Home Inspector?  Overall the “answer man” gave a ‘poor’ response. Not a “great answer”.  He went on to turn on Realtors, by saying that “good” inspectors are referred to by RE...

I have a question to all Active Rain members: What is this Speechless Sunday, wordless Wednesday?  I am just wondering is this, because we are running out of words? Are we running out of Ideas? So in spite of the lack of flow of creative juices in our brains, instead of just sitting out we must put a post up, because we are in...

The housing slump hurts more than just people.  Animals suffer from the housing market downturn and current economic times too. If you happened to read the LA Times on Saturday, December 6, 2008, the Home Section (Section F) was entitled The Pet Issue.  On the front page of Section F was a picture of Baldwin, a black, 1-year old Chihuahua mix currently awaiting adoption...

 I have been talking to many prospective buyers in the past few months. There is a common question that keeps appearing:  Is it a Great Time to buy a home? The hidden question is “when”. The Answer is easy: Now is a Great Time to buy a home.  The way the current real estate market is, i.e.:  large inventory, anxious sellers, low interest rates, motivated...