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Speechless Sunday: Surfboards with a special meaning!
Speechless Sunday: Surfboards with a special meaning! This window cought our attention as we were strolling in Santa Monica, CA! If you are considering buying or selling a luxury home, an ultra luxury home, luxury investment real estate, luxury vacation homes, or luxury beach properties in Southern California, Los Angeles, Century City, Westwood, West Hollywood, Beverly Hills, Marina Del Rey, Venice or Malibu, feel free to contact me at 310.486.1002 or homes@endrebarath.com or visit one of my websites at https://www.endrebarath.com. I am a pet friendly realtor and I contribute a portion of my commissions to local animal rescue organizations. – ...
read moreWhat song best describes my Real Estate Business of 2013? What a great question
What song best describes my Real Estate Business of 2013? What a great question!! This post was inspired by Kathleen one of my Active Rain friends. She placed a challenge for us to come up with and describe our Real Estate Business in the form of a Song for 2013. What song would best describe my business? First in all fairness to disclosure I am not one who listens to many songs with words. In our relationship Diane is the one who could recite every word of a song as well as name a song on the first or second note as to what the title and who performed it. I am more of the Classical Music and Jazz Music listener we meet at Rock & Roll but do not know and never memorized the words. Now getting back to Kathleen’s question, had she asked during the down turn of the Real Estate Market and Economic Meltdown of a few years ago? The song would have been totally different one for my choosing. This year was a fantastic year compared to previous years and as the year is finishing up I am in the process of trying to close one more transaction in the next day or two. As well as there are already large projects in the works for next year. So it was virtually a no brainer for me to select this song. The song is of course is the Theme Song of Rocky the movie: “Gonna Fly Now”!!! Gonna Fly Now As far as the beginning of the year I was working extremely hard by doing many small and medium transactions to the point that by the second Quarter I was named by my company in a very elite list” “The Top One Hundred Agents by volume” . If you listen to the words of the song you will know that “…I was trying hard…” and by the six month mark my business was “…getting strong…” and as the year is coming to a close and the way next year is looking it is clear “…Gonna Fly, Fly…” stronger next year! If you are considering buying or selling a luxury home, an ultra luxury home, luxury investment real estate, luxury vacation homes, or luxury beach properties in Southern California, Los Angeles, Century City, Westwood, West Hollywood, Beverly Hills, Marina Del Rey, Venice or Malibu, feel free to contact me at 310.486.1002 or homes@endrebarath.com or visit one of my websites at https://www.endrebarath.com. I am a pet friendly realtor and I contribute a portion of my commissions to local animal rescue organizations. – ...
read moreThe Mini Traveler in Marina Del Rey, CA 90292
The Mini Traveler in Marina Del Rey, CA 90292 As some of you know, yesterday Diane and I were taking a casual stroll by the Marina Channel as we were heading on our way to the beach, (that is the Marina Del Rey Beach) and look what we saw: A Mini Traveler! Those of you who read my posts regularly know I love cars and living in the greater Los Angeles is truly a treat, not just from the perspective of the weather, but to be able to find the variety of cars. I want you to know, if are not keeping up with vintage cars, this is a rare one to find anywhere in the world. Here is a bit of a history: The Morris Mini Traveler made its first appearance between 1960 and 1962 and continued until about 1969 as the Countryman. This car is often considered as a real British Icon and the Mini Traveler was the precursor to the Mini Cooper. In 1969 it was reintroduced and production continued until about 1982. Depending on who you listen to there were less than 500,000 cars made throughout the entire period. Keep in mind there were a lot of change names as well as production. Hence this was truly a fun find for me! If you want to buy one, they are hard to find but the good news is, if you find one it will be south of $30,000J. If you want to relocate to a climate where you can keep your vintage cars from the elements of nature, please reach out to me for a Relocation Consultation to Marina Del Rey and or vicinity! If you are considering buying or selling a luxury home, an ultra luxury home, luxury investment real estate, luxury vacation homes, or luxury beach properties in Southern California, Los Angeles, Century City, Westwood, West Hollywood, Beverly Hills, Marina Del Rey, Venice or Malibu, feel free to contact me at 310.486.1002 or homes@endrebarath.com or visit one of my websites at https://www.endrebarath.com. I am a pet friendly realtor and I contribute a portion of my commissions to local animal rescue organizations....
read moreWordless Wednesdays : Merry Christmas from Marina Del Rey,CA!
Wordless Wednesdays: Merry Christmas from Marina Del Rey, CA ! Today was 81 degrees on the beach hope you enjoyed your Christmas as well! If you are considering buying or selling a luxury home, an ultra luxury home, luxury investment real estate, luxury vacation homes, or luxury beach properties in Southern California, Los Angeles, Century City, Westwood, West Hollywood, Beverly Hills, Marina Del Rey, Venice or Malibu, feel free to contact me at 310.486.1002 or homes@endrebarath.com or visit one of my websites at https://www.endrebarath.com. I am a pet friendly realtor and I contribute a portion of my commissions to local animal rescue organizations....
read moreChristmas Decorations in a Pet Friendly Realtor’s home in Marina Del Rey!
Christmas Decorations in a Pet Friendly Realtor’s home in Marina Del Rey, who has cats! As most of you know I am a pet friendly Realtor in the Greater Los Angeles area. We live in Marina Del Rey and most of our friends and neighbors have beautifully decorated homes with large Christmas Trees. We on the other hand have limited decorations! We enjoy our neighbors’ and friends’ decorations and we have to enjoy them from a farJ, because we have cats. Our cats do not want us to have a Christmas treeJ Hence I started years ago to make a Horizontal Christmas Tree! So I hope you like our decorations. I do not want to mention we will not have a White Christmas either! We will have anticipated 77 degrees on Christmas Day and that is the reason we live here! If you are tired of the cold and snow of the holidays, consider relocating to the Greater Los Angeles area. Your Pets will be happy tooJ! I would like to wish all my readers a very Merry Christmas and a Happy Holiday Season! If you are considering buying or selling a luxury home, an ultra luxury home, luxury investment real estate, luxury vacation homes, or luxury beach properties in Southern California, Los Angeles, Century City, Westwood, West Hollywood, Beverly Hills, Marina Del Rey, Venice or Malibu, feel free to contact me at 310.486.1002 or homes@endrebarath.com or visit one of my websites at https://www.endrebarath.com. I am a pet friendly realtor and I contribute a portion of my commissions to local animal rescue organizations....
read moreWhat is in store for the Greater Los Angeles Real Estate in 2014?
What is in store for the Greater Los Angeles Real Estate in 2014? I have been asked by clients, potential seller as well as potential buyers as to what is in store for the Real Estate Market in the Greater Los Angeles area in 2014? This question is often asked concerning the Los Angeles Real Estate activity at parties and other functions I attend. Sometimes I receive the same question via email. Since I have been answering this question so often lately, I thought I would share with everyone via a Post. By the way, on a side note, this is a good thing when Real Estate Questions are the Topic of discussions at Social Activities such as Holiday Parties and Cocktail Parties. It is clearly a positive sign. Let’s be honest, we do not really know where the activity will head without a crystal ball, but there are clearly some solid indicators that give us a pretty good idea where the Real Estate Activity will head to in 2014 and beyond. First and foremost we need to monitor Consumer Confidence Index very closely. This usually will let us know what will be happening in the coming months. This is important, since from the time the average buyers decide to purchase a property generally you are looking at 90-120 days before they actually close on a property. The key is that it takes about three to four weeks to find and negotiate on a property and then thirty to sixty days to close. So if the buyers move fast there is your 90 day benchmark and if there are delays along the way, then you are looking at 120 days. Hence we can have a good indication what will be like in the coming three months! The current consumer confidence has been measured by Government Agencies, Banking Institutions, internet platforms that have a large group of Realtors answering questions as well as potential buyers who are communicating their sentiments and large Real Estate Brokerages who monitor this very closely. The consensus is pretty much identical that the Consumer Confidence is improving. Second we need to monitor the activities of large scale investors. Since the majority of these investors do their homework and even have economic advisors who create prediction models as to how the Real Estate Market will perform in the short as well as in the long term. They are on top of this, since they have the most to gain or lose from a financial perspective. See for yourself as you drive around the Greater Los Angeles Area, there are large massive Condominium complexes which are being built as of this writing. Others have Notices on their Entrance points indicating, that the property is in the building department for updating or demolishing approval. Clearly this type of activity is a three to ten year project. Hence the answer is clear the big developers feel good not only about 2014 but for a few years past it. Third we need to monitor the Affordability Index. As prices increase and interest rates climb these factors will all slow the real estate activity in the various geographic markets. Since Los Angeles has such a high average entry level price point this...
read moreSpeechless Sunday: Merry Christmas
Speechless Sunday: Merry Christmas If you are considering buying or selling a luxury home, an ultra luxury home, luxury investment real estate, luxury vacation homes, or luxury beach properties in Southern California, Los Angeles, Century City, Westwood, West Hollywood, Beverly Hills, Marina Del Rey, Venice or Malibu, feel free to contact me at 310.486.1002 or homes@endrebarath.com or visit one of my websites at https://www.endrebarath.com. I am a pet friendly realtor and I contribute a portion of my commissions to local animal rescue organizations....
read moreBreaking News: There is a New Group on Active Rain: Inman News worthy Blog Posts!
Breaking News there is a New Group on Active Rain: Inman News worthy Blog Posts! Inman News worthy Blog Posts: The purpose of this Group is to produce Posts that the individual writer of the post believes should be featured on Inman News. As most of you know by now, that Active Rain has partnered with Inman News where Active Rain member’s post will be randomly picked by Inman. So why not make it easy for Inman. I created this Group so all Inman News Editors need to do is follow this Group and will have an easier time in picking Posts they would like to feature on their portal. We all know that time is precious and we do not even have the time to read all the blog posts that are published minute by minute, hour by hour and day by day. Clearly the Editors of Inman News do not have unlimited time or resources to read all Active Rain Posts. So with that said if you would like your post featured on Inman News please join this group and post to your heart’s content. Just to give some guidance: I would suggest pick your best posts that either you thought Active Rain should have featured but did not or just write some awesome post that you would like to receive National Exposure to. Clearly do not expect or be disappointed if Inman News did not pick your Post. Just the fact that you are striving to reach this objective I will assure you that it will generate good returns for you. I look forward to you joining and contributing to this Group! http://activerain.com/groups/InmanNewsworthyPosts If you are considering buying or selling a luxury home, an ultra luxury home, luxury investment real estate, luxury vacation homes, or luxury beach properties in Southern California, Los Angeles, Century City, Westwood, West Hollywood, Beverly Hills, Marina Del Rey, Venice or Malibu, feel free to contact me at 310.486.1002 or homes@endrebarath.com or visit one of my websites at https://www.endrebarath.com. I am a pet friendly realtor and I contribute a portion of my commissions to local animal rescue organizations. – ...
read moreIf you consider buying an ultra luxury property, would you get an appraisal??
If you consider buying an ultra luxury property, would you get an appraisal?? If you are considering buying an Ultra Luxury Property, my advice is: Get an Independent Appraisal! Period! No other words need to be said. As most of you know I am lucky to live in a Real Estate Market which is surrounded by many different micro markets. We have streets in Beverly Hills that command price points in the $10-$30million range. Then about ten miles south of it, we have pockets that average around $350,000 for a home. Over the years I have found that most Foreign Nationals do their homework and are almost as familiar and in some cases more familiar than the Real Estate Community with the values, as well as the market trends. Then once in a while I get surprised, when the buyers do not know the market or the micro markets, but are willing to offer prices for properties which we know, or better stated, it is common knowledge to the local real estate community that the property is overpriced or at best diplomatically stated: very ambitiously priced. How is that possible? I sit here contemplating about the answer then it comes to me. The answer is easy: Sellers can price their property, but Listing Price does that justify the true value! The advice we give once in a while ends up falling on deaf ears and the buyer is not getting what I consider proper representation. Why is that? What is motivating the buyer & their consultants? I do not know the answer to that question. I am just thinking out loud: I treat every transaction, when I represent buyers or sellers as if it was my own money on line, hence I give advice that is based on research, facts and mostly based on historical knowledge of the area as well as sometimes the history of the property, coupled with monitoring the real estate market trends. So if you are looking for candid and straight forward advice without sugar coating, then feel free to reach out to me directly. To summarize no matter what the price point is, if you are paying cash, please do yourself a favor and get an independent Appraisal of the property. I can assure you will be glad you listened to me. If you are considering buying or selling a luxury home, an ultra luxury home, luxury investment real estate, luxury vacation homes, or luxury beach properties in Southern California, Los Angeles, Century City, Westwood, West Hollywood, Beverly Hills, Marina Del Rey, Venice or Malibu, feel free to contact me at 310.486.1002 or homes@endrebarath.com or visit one of my websites at https://www.endrebarath.com. I am a pet friendly realtor and I contribute a portion of my commissions to local animal rescue organizations. – ...
read moreWordless Wednesday: Harvey is looking for a good home!!!
Wordless Wednesdays: Harvey is looking for a good home! Please contact the Lange Foundation if you would like to bring Harvey to your family http://www.langefoundation.com If you are considering buying or selling a luxury home, an ultra luxury home, luxury investment real estate, luxury vacation homes, or luxury beach properties in Southern California, Los Angeles, Century City, Westwood, West Hollywood, Beverly Hills, Marina Del Rey, Venice or Malibu, feel free to contact me at 310.486.1002 or homes@endrebarath.com or visit one of my websites at https://www.endrebarath.com. I am a pet friendly realtor and I contribute a portion of my commissions to local animal rescue...
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