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Real Estate Broker/Owner - West Los Angeles Real Estate Group - DRE# 01813025
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Marketing on line, Social Media, Web Sites, Blogs, capture clients, convert leads,  Facebook, LinkedIn , Twitter, Group On, Amazon, Zappos, New York Times and I can go on and on how we have our lives totally on  line. It truly is becoming scary. I have a friend, we are having lunch today, but we ...
03/24/2011
This will be a short post I just want to throw a question out there. I wrote a few posts back about how I felt clients, especially buyers, are getting worse in how they treat Real Estate Professionals. They do not think a return email is needed , they do not respond unless they can get something ...
03/23/2011
In order to get a listing for a Santa Monica House or a Brentwood condo  you better be well prepared. The market that I am in has a lot of talented Real Estate agents and you better be able to set yourself apart. Potential clients see what is happening in the market; Santa Monica Foreclosures or...
03/22/2011
GRAPHS THAT SAY IT ALL I wanted to share a couple of tools I use in my listing presentation to show my sellers how critical pricing is. The first graph shows the power of drawing potential buyers into your home based on the asking price. At market value 60% of the potential buyers who are in the ...
03/20/2011
You ever wonder what the return will be on home improvements? I don't remember the last time I walked through a house with a buyer and they didn't ask what would it cost to do this or that and you should have the knowledge what some basic remodeling costs. You should also be ready to give some st...
03/19/2011
Mortgage rates were close to 4% and this was supposed to get buyers off the fence, in the West LA Real Estate Market it did not have much effect. Then rates went over 5% and we kept telling those first time buyers of Santa Monica Condos that this was still historically low and rates could continu...
03/17/2011
Home of West LA Real Estate Group, specializing in Brentwood Real Estate, is also where I live and play. With my my youngest son, Jacob, going to school here we are quiet active with the school board and of course the Chamber of Commerce. Brentwood is a western suburb of Los Angelesbounded by San...
03/16/2011
I am involved in a lot of buy side transactions, not for lack of trying to get listings, I really would like to do a lot more listings but as you all know they are hard to come by. Santa Monica Real Estate is especially a crowded field, I will say that it is a lot less crowded than it was 2 years...
03/14/2011
Santa Monica Santa Monica is arguably the most popular and well know of the Los Angeles coast cities. I have lived here and worked the Santa Monica Real Estate market for many years. With such a diverse socio-economic area Santa Monica Houses For Sale give people who are looking to move here a wi...
03/13/2011
This is the fist of three posts about the area of my expertise. Santa Monica, Brentwood and this article about Pacific Palisades. I basically am working on Santa Monica Houses, Brentwood Condos and Pacific Palisades Houses and Condos. All three communities are part of West Los Angeles Real Estate...
03/12/2011