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Everything You Need to Know About the Rose Bowl Flea Market

 Seth Styles Featured image credit: R.G. Canning Attractions The people of the Greater Los Angeles area love their flea markets. From the Melrose Trading Post to the Santa Fe Swap Meet, Angelenos brave heat, crowds, and their bank accounts in search of deals and hidden treasures. But on the second Sunday of every month, the mother of all flea markets open its gates to the cl...

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Absorption Rate Analysis: April 2023 – Strong Enough Housing Inventory to Move Toward Buyer’s Favor

Absorption Rate Analysis: April 2023 – Strong Enough Housing Inventory to Move Toward Buyer’s Favor  Current Real Estate, Industry, Local News, RE News May 3, 2023May 3, 2023  Seth Styles Even in absorption rate analysis, what goes up must come down. It just seems that someone forgot to tell a couple of our neighborhoods. But after a Marc...

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JohnHart’s 12 Skills for Exponential Growth in Real Estate – Skill #7: Deep Work

JohnHart’s 12 Skills for Exponential Growth in Real Estate – Skill #7: Deep Work  Industry, Misc., Tips May 11, 2023May 11, 2023  Seth Styles We’re already over halfway through our series on JohnHart’s 12 Skills for Exponential Growth in Real Estate! So, with Skill #7, it’s time to go deep. Deep focus, deep determination&hell...

Allegations of Unethical House Flippers Prompt Call for Regulations

Nonprofit media organization ProRepublica recently published a piece drawing attention to disturbing allegations against one of the biggest corporate house flippers in the industry. Their journalistic scrutiny brings to light several tales of the unethical, bordering on horror. It’s demanding a distinction between service and abuse; two completely disparate concepts with a s...

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When is the Best Time to Start Your Home Garden in Southern California?

Few aspects of a property add a consistent feeling of accomplishment quite like a home garden. And Southern California’s weather allows for an active garden year round. Of course, some times are better than others. And today, we’re going to break those times down for you aspiring SoCal gardeners! The Grace of Southern California’s Climate Photo credit: Envat...

JohnHart’s 12 Skills for Exponential Growth in Real Estate – Skill #7: Deep Work

We’re already over halfway through our series on JohnHart’s 12 Skills for Exponential Growth in Real Estate! So, with Skill #7, it’s time to go deep. Deep focus, deep determination… deep results. Our CEO, founder, and principal broker Harout Keuroghlian is a proud proponent of a concept called “deep work.” Popularized by author and computer science profe...

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Absorption Rate Analysis: May 2023 – Surprise! More Seller’s Favor Surges

  We hope you enjoyed last month’s drops (in all but two of our neighborhoods, anyway) closer to buyer’s territory. Because a good amount of those same neighborhoods are snapping right back up like a bungee cord, rocketing us even further into the seller’s favor. Sure, there are a couple of neighborhoods still powering on with the plummet. But if you thou...

What Makes a House a Mansion Anyway?

  Featured image credit: Stan Shebs Living in the entertainment capital of the planet, we have our fair share of mansions in LA. And we mean mansions by every definition. Obviously, the word “mansion” more or less means something. But the details change slightly depending on who you ask. So what makes a house a mansion? Here’s the clearest answer ...

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What is June Gloom? And, More Importantly.. Why Won't it Leave?

  In Los Angeles, we don’t appreciate anyone raining on our parades. Fortunately for us, it only rains an average of 33 days a year here. That being said, we’ve seen dramatically less of the sun this spring. And that trend has been continuing throughout the month thanks to a phenomenon we affectionately refer to as June Gloom. While pretty much every Angeleno is familiar...

5 Trendy Tips to Enhance a Small Porch

  Who doesn’t love the idea of a front porch? Picture a cool lemonade in the shade on a hot summer’s day while watching the world go by. Or imagine sitting outside at night with the string lights lit, winding down after a long day of work.  Backyards have always been popular but now more people are also wanting a little bit of space in the front of their homes. In t...