I am all about repurposing food, learned it from my mother.... having been rich and poor, the roller coaster ride of leaving Hungary and stopping in Austria and heading to the United States, I learned to be frugal and make food go a long way. The other day I bought some crab Leggs and Diane, and I had a great appetizer for the main course. Needless to say, we had a little left over. Not enough to share as an appetizer hence I decided to make a salad. Repurposing the remaining crab Leggs.If you asked me or Diane, you would hear it was great. Wishing you a safe and healthy life and I look forward to your comments. If you are looking for a knowledgeable, focused and goal-oriented Realtor in the Beverly Hills area who will help you achieve your Real Estate goals, please reach out to me dire... 01/25/2023

When we lived in Boston, MA Diane and I both saw this painting and loved it. I will not tell you that we got it for a song.... but it was all about both liking it. Friends and visitors always made favorable comments about it.Now with that said, you can imagine how thrilled I was to see one of our cats Jill admiring it too. Wishing you a safe and healthy life and I look forward to your comments. If you are looking for a knowledgeable, focused and goal-oriented Realtor in the Beverly Hills area who will help you achieve your Real Estate goals, please reach out to me directly! If you are looking for a pet friendly Beverly Hills Realtor who can handle and sell the most difficult properties that no one else could, please reach out to me directly!! If you are considering buying or selling a h... 01/25/2023

As most of you heard, there has been a great deal of discussions about Measure ULA & Measure GS, in the greater Los Angeles area. Hence, I thought I would simply try to clarify the important points.Measure ULA is a new tax law that effects the City of Los Angeles and will take effect on April 1st, 2023. This tax is also known as the “Homelessness and Housing Solution Tax”. This was a ballot measure in Los Angeles recently approved by the voters in 2022 during the Los Angeles County Midterm Elections. Often this tax is called as a “mansion tax” and often misleadingly advertised as such. In reality it will be imposed on both residential and commercial real estate sales.Simply stated properties that are sold at $5 million or more will incur a total transfer tax of 4.56%. This is in additio... 01/26/2023

On January 18, 2023, California Association of Realtors (C.A.R) reported the homes values declined 0.5% to the price of $716,500 in December of 2022 from price of $720,000 in November of 2022, and lower 0.5% from price of $720,000 in December of 2021 in Los Angeles Metro Area, California. While, homes sales gained 1.9% in December of 2022 from November of 2022, but fell 49.4% from in in December of 2021 in Los Angeles Metro Area, California.There were 3.1 months supplies of available inventory of homes in December of 2022, down from 3.7 months in November of 2022, but jumped from 1.2 months in December of 2021 in Los Angeles Metro Area, California.An average it took 28.0 days to sell home in December 2022, higher from 26.0 days in November of 2022, and rose from 12.0 days in December of... 01/26/2023