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JohnHart’s 12 Skills for Exponential Growth in Real Estate: Skill #9 – Storytelling

JohnHart’s 12 Skills for Exponential Growth in Real Estate: Skill #9 – Storytelling   Don’t see how storytelling relates to real estate? In what has widely been decried as one of the worst endings in television history, Game of Thrones explained away its conflicts when a main character resolutely proclaimed:  “What unites people? Armies? ...

JohnHart’s 12 Skills for Exponential Growth in Real Estate: Skill #9 – Storytelling

JohnHart’s 12 Skills for Exponential Growth in Real Estate: Skill #9 – Storytelling   Don’t see how storytelling relates to real estate? In what has widely been decried as one of the worst endings in television history, Game of Thrones explained away its conflicts when a main character resolutely proclaimed:  “What unites people? Armies? ...

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The Literally Moving Story of Olvera Street

  Featured image credit: Visitor7 We often talk about the history of Los Angeles on this blog, but today we’re going back to the very beginning. Sort of. Indigenous people lived in the area we call Los Angeles for centuries before the city’s first stone was laid. But if you ask locals to take you to the beginning, most will guide you to a vibrant pocket at the bo...

Palm Springs Home Spotlight: Organic Architecture Lives On with the Elrod House

  Featured image credit: Luis Ashelford Wait, haven’t we done this Palm Springs Home Spotlight before? If you’ve been paying attention (but not paying close enough attention), you’ll be mistaking today’s home for one we covered last year: The Bob Hope House. It’s an easy enough point of confusion: both that home and this one were designed b...

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LA’s Streetside RV Camps Are Beginning to Slowly Roll Away

  Over the last five or so years, every Angeleno has experienced that moment when, frantically searching for street parking, they turn onto a stretch of road completely saturated with recreational vehicles, better known as RVs. For several reasons, these unauthorized RV camps have become a precarious facet of life in LA. Many of these permanent RV dwellers outright own their homes o...

Absorption Rate Analysis – September 2023: Things Look Up for Buyers as Absorption Rates Sink Down

  Temperatures in SoCal may be about to rise again, but September was, appropriately enough, all about the fall. And we’re not talking about changing seasons. With the exception of two of our neighborhoods, all areas dropped closer to a buyer’s market this month or simply treaded water. And of the two that moved further into seller’s territory, one was by a single ...

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5 Killer Cocktail Recipes for the Spooky Season

  It’s time to get into the holiday spirit (Halloween, that is) with these 5 killer cocktail recipes you’ve got to try! Whether you’re looking for a sip that’s hauntingly tasty or just looking to impress your party guests, we’ve got you covered. These TikTok drink recipes will transform anyone into a mystical, at-home mixologist. Haunted Pumpkin Patc...

YIMBY Movement Gains Ground in California While the War Rages On

  No, the average Californian doesn’t place an overly inflated importance on their backyard. But if you’ve heard terms like NIMBY or YIMBY, you’d be forgiven for having that impression. These words are simple enough acronyms. NIMBY, the original, stands for “Not In My BackYard.” Therefore, YIMBY, the NIMBY’s arch nemesis, obviously stands for &ldq...

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Absorption Rate Analysis – September 2023: Things Look Up for Buyers as Absorption Rates Sink Down  Current Real Estate, Industry, Local News, RE News October 2, 2023October 2, 2023  Seth Styles and Harout Keuroghlian Temperatures in SoCal may be about to rise again, but September was, appropriately enough, all about the fall. And we&...

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The Top 25 Agents of Q3 in 2023

  Less competition doesn’t make the current housing market any less challenging. Just ask the agents who battled through a vicious third quarter to claw their way onto our Top 25 Agents list. This year has turned a lot of agents away from the industry, from rookies feeling in over their heads to seasoned agents tempted into early retirement. Then, there are those agents who st...