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Why is there a new Wildlife along Avenue of the Stars in Century City?
Why is there a new Wildlife along Avenue of the Stars in Century City? This question has been asked by many, but few know the reason. Around the middle of November 2012 there were 22 animal sculptures place along Avenue of the Stars. These 22 “life-size bronze animal sculptures” were made by Gwynn Merrill. Some were Tigers, deer, panthers, big horn sheep, horses and even an eagle depicted in flight. The question was WHY? The Century City Chamber of Commerce Art Council’s Sculpture committee decided to humanize the glass, concrete, asphalt and steel high-rise neighborhood. The vision was awesome to celebrate the human side of Century City by integrating the sculptures in this urban and commercial center. When one comes to Century City one this of the heart of Los Angeles I know of no other city in the US that has two Downtowns. Everyone who has seen the sculptures loves them and I bet not many people know that this Exhibit will be taken down in October 2013. How sad. This could be a destination place for Tourists and Locals to see this great exhibit. It makes me wonder we come up with a great idea, but then decide it is only temporarily we will have this. How about a movement to make this a permanent location for these sculptures? Please let me know where I am going wrong with this idea? If you are considering buying or selling a luxury home, or an ultra luxury home, or luxury investment real estate, or 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 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.comYour Pet Friendly Realtor. I contribute a portion of my commission to Local Animal Rescue Organizations ...
read moreCentury City, CA has been quietly releasing some Wildlife in 90064 Zip Code!
Century City, CA has been quietly releasing some Wildlife in the 90064 Zip Code: Check it out! If you have been driving along Avenue of the Stars in Century City, Los Angeles, you might have noticed that there have been a few wild animals enjoying the good life hereJ If you have not than let me share them with you here. Some of them are across from Fox Studios. Then there are a few hanging out by the Century the Ultra Luxury Condominium Complex I have blogged about a few times. Then there are others that are near the Westfield Mall as well. Hope the Wild Life Conservancy will not take them awayJ If you are considering buying or selling a luxury home, or an ultra luxury home, or luxury investment real estate, or 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 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.comYour Pet Friendly Realtor. I contribute a portion of my commission to Local Animal Rescue...
read more9/11 Memorial Concert: this Wednesday, September 11,2013
9/11 Memorial Concert: this Wednesday, September 11, 2013 Please take time out from your busy schedule and join the Beverly Hills Fired Department as they sponsor a memorial concert at their Headquarters at 455 North Rexford Drive Featuring the Los Angeles Lawyers Philharmonic Orchestra conductor will be Gary S Greene, Esq.! The Beverly Hills 9/11 Memorial Garden is now a reality on September 11th 2011 with the help from the Beverly Hills Firefighters, police officers and elected official and hundreds of dedicated volunteers and donors from the community the dream for a Beverly Hills 9/11 Memorial Garden became a reality. This Wednesday they will be remembering this tragic event that took place in our country on September 11, 2001. As I have written many posts about this day we shall never forget. I wrote this a while back (http://actvra.in/HyL ) Parking is free at the Civic Center and the Crescent structures next to City Hall. The memorial starts at 7:00pm and the concert will begin at 7:30pm If you would like more information check out this link http://www.lovebeverlyhills.com/event-detail/9/11-Memorial-Concert.aspx If you are considering buying or selling a luxury home, or an ultra luxury home, or luxury investment real estate, or 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 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.comYour Pet Friendly Realtor. I contribute a portion of my commission to Local Animal Rescue Organizations ...
read moreEl Segundo is a City in Los Angeles County in California LAX’s neighbor!
El Segundo, California neighbor to LAX ( Los Angeles International Airport) that is. El Segundo is a city in Los Angeles County, California. Many people think it is part of Los Angeles, well yes and noJ. El Segundo was incorporated on January 18th, 1917 as one of the Beach Cities of Los Angeles Country and part of the South Bay Cities Governments. El Segundo translated from Spanish means’ The Second’ as in the second Standard Oil refinery on the West Coast. Since the first Standard Oil Refinery was in Richmond in Northern California. After many name changes what we know as Chevron and interestingly enough soon the company will be in its second century of operation. Originally this geographic part of the Los Angeles coastal area was settled by the Chumash and Tongva Native American tribes. Now keep in mind this was hundreds of years ago. Many aerospace companies have facilities in El Segundo such as Raytheon, Lockheed Martin, Boeing, Northrop Grumman to name a few. El Segundo is also the home to the Los Angeles Air Force Base and the Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC) which is space-related acquisition company for the military and as I mentioned earlier the Chevron oil refinery. Although El Segundo does not boast of Hollywood’s who is who there are a few Sports Celebrities who call El Segundo home the most notable is George Brett Hall of Famer! Demographically El Segundo has a population of about less than 20,000 residents and is not one of the most affluent communities in the greater Los Angeles area, rather it is more middle class and some might even call it blue collar. Should you have more questions about this great community adjacent to LAX (Los Angeles International Airport) please reach out to me directly. If you are considering buying or selling a luxury home, or an ultra luxury home, or luxury investment real estate, or 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 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.comYour Pet Friendly Realtor. I contribute a portion of my commission to Local Animal Rescue Organizations ...
read moreSpeechless Sunday: Views of Century City skyline!
Views of Century City skyline: specifically The Century the Ultra Luxury Highrise Condominium and partial view of Fox Plaza! If you are considering buying or selling a luxury home, or an ultra luxury home, or luxury investment real estate, or 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 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.comYour Pet Friendly Realtor. I contribute a portion of my commission to Local Animal Rescue Organizations ...
read moreReflections about what I have learned growing my Real Estate Business!
Reflections about what I have learned growing my Real Estate Business I was clicking around and found this contest on Active Rain. The question was raised: ‘What have I learned about growing my business?’ First let me say, what a thought provoking question. Well not wanting to bore any of my readers, never the less, I have to give a bit of history. I started out being a Realtor on the East Coast, in Boston, MA to be specific. That was a hundred years ago when we had a Two Page Purchase Agreement and today the Purchase Agreement with all the Disclosures is thirty pages long. Now I am in Beverly Hills, CA and sixteen plus years in the local market as a Realtor. My first listing agreement was done over the kitchen table hand written with a “black pen” The latest listing I took two days ago was done via DocuSign in my home in a T-Shirt and Shorts (This gives you an idea that time and technology has changed a great deal over the time period.) on a side note I should have been in shorts and T-shirt 16 plus years agoJ. I have modified my way of growing my business yearly as well as monthly and sometimes even daily. The common thread in all this was: watching the investments and the returns on the investments, not just money, but time, effort and energy. Over such a long period of time I have made some good as well as some bad decisions. Initially I had to carry lots of dimes to make calls on the road; today I have a smart phone and I text, email, leave voice mails and once in a while talk to someone about the property showing. Mostly I sit in my home office and am on my laptop 12-18 hours a day depending what day it isJ. I used to send out Post Card to my nearest base to the tune of 20,000 post cards per month. Today I send out about 1000 cards a month but I spend comparable marketing money on the various internet portals. So getting back to the question, what have I learned? 1. To stay positive no matter what adverse situations are in the economic, political, world and local arena. 2. Keep up with the changes such as technology ( beeper, suitcase Motorola phone, small cool hip mobile phone, to top of the line Blackberry Smart phone) Dell Desk Top, Dell Laptop and I could go on and on…. 3. Learn from other people, peers, friends, acquaintances and even enemies… 4. The importance of keeping up with my market i.e.: what the prices, styles, activity and trends are. 5. Most importantly what I consider the ultimate tool to grow my business was and is: To provide the BEST CLIENT SERVICE individually tailored to each and every client! 6. I am of the belief that I never wanted to be a clock watcher, my client base is international. That email question I receive at 12:30am local time might be 9am somewhere else and the potential client does not realize the time zone differences and wants an answer now! 7. Give an honest answer to any question, sometimes this will cause a loss of a client, but in the...
read moreWhat is an uninsured Deed:this question was asked from me the other day
The question was asked from me the other day: What is an uninsured deed? The simple answer is when a deed is recorded without any owner’s policy of title insurance! This generally occurs when family members pass properties on to other family members with a Quitclaim Deed or they add a co-borrower on. Why should this be a concern? Well the answer is simple. I will use as an example my closing of the other day. The property was in bankruptcy and the seller took back the deed but without doing any title insurance. Next thing you know is we were looking at The LLC Documents, then who was authorized to sign do documents any way I could go on and on. So the simplest way to see what an uninsured deed look like is when there is no title company or title order number, no escrow number showing g on the document and then the clears way is that it is handwritten document. Finally if that did not catch your attention, then look for the time it was recorded and it was NOT 8:00 am in the morning. Clearly it was not insuredJ If you are considering buying or selling a luxury home, or an ultra luxury home, or luxury investment real estate, or 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 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.comYour Pet Friendly Realtor. I contribute a portion of my commission to Local Animal Rescue Organizations...
read more857 Loma Vista St, El Segundo, CA, 90245 Just Listed! $649,000!!!
JUST LISTED: 857 LOMA VISTA ST EL SEGUNDO, CA 90245 $649,000.00!! THIS PROPERTY IS A FIXER. IDEAL THIS PROPERTY IS FOR A DEVELOPER WHO WOULD EITHER ADD ON ADDITIONAL SQUARE FEET OR START FRESH. ALTERNATIVELY IT WOULD BE GREAT FORSOMEONE WHO WOULD LOVE TO LIVE NEAR THE BEACH. THIS IS A PROBATE SALE WITH COURT CONFIRMATION. THE SELLERS ARE SELLING IT IN “AS-IS” CONDITION. OFFERS WILL NOT BE REVIEWED UNTIL 9/10/2013. PLEASE SUBMIT ALL CASH OFFERS ONLY WITH PROOF OF FUNDS & ON A CAR PROBATE PURCHASE AGREEMENT FORM. CONVENIENTLY CLOSE TO LAX AND THE BEACH! If you are considering buying or selling a luxury home, or an ultra luxury home, or luxury investment real estate, or 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 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.comYour Pet Friendly Realtor. I contribute a portion of my commission to Local Animal Rescue...
read moreWordless Wednesdays: One of Grimmet’s clients!
Wordless Wednesdays: one of Grimmet’s clientst! Going down memory lane, nice to know he was satisfied with their service too! If you are considering buying or selling a luxury home, or an ultra luxury home, or luxury investment real estate, or 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 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.comYour Pet Friendly Realtor. I contribute a portion of my commission to Local Animal Rescue Organizations ...
read moreOn these Hot Days make sure you hydrate yourself as well as your pets!
On these Hot Days make sure you hydrate yourself as well as your pets! In case you have not heard: Breaking news is that the temperatures will remain in the 100 degree range in the majority of the Greater Los Angeles area. On these hot days make sure you have enough water to hydrate yourself as well as your four legged friend. Dogs need to drink too. So often I see people walking their dogs and the dogs tongue is hanging out and panting. This is a clear sign your pet needs some water. As the temperatures hover over the 100 degree mark in the San Fernando Valley as well as Downtown Los Angeles, please make sure that you both have enough water to hydrate yourselves. This post is not meant to be condescending, rather just a quick reminder from your Pet Friendly Realtor as a public service message. While I am on the subject do not leave your dog or dogs in the car either, bring them with you where ever you go. They will thank you for it with lots of kisses and tail waggingJ. BTW it is hot even in Marina Del Rey, CA we have had 79-81 degrees daily! So this advice applies even on the Beach Cities of Marina Del Rey, Venice, Santa Monica and even Malibu! If you are considering buying or selling a luxury home, or an ultra luxury home, or luxury investment real estate, or 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 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.comYour Pet Friendly Realtor. I contribute a portion of my commission to Local Animal Rescue Organizations ...
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