It is that time of the year. The days are growing shorter, the leaves are changing, and Halloween decorations have emerged. Autumn has arrived. Just as the seasons change, so does the housing market. The Spring and Summer Markets are officially in the rearview mirror. There’s very little of 2018 that remains. Housing’s Autumn Market…
Deeper Into the “Art of the Flip”: Understanding the “Financing” Pillar In continuing with our blog series about house flipping, let’s now take a closer look at the second “pillar” of the process, which is financing. As we covered in the first article regarding the overall basics of flipping, the term “financing” is merely a…
Diving a Bit Deeper Into House Flipping: Understanding the “Buying” Pillar In a previous blog, we showcased the fundamentals of the house flipping process, covering everything from the raw definition of the term and why it’s often times misunderstood to what is known as the “Four Pillars” that comprise the four basic parts of the…
Flip – Don’t Flop: Everything You Need to Know About the Basics of House Flipping Putting aside the myriad of marriage scandals and the latest “sexy” trend of documenting a “celebrity” couple’s tumultuous relationship forays, the HGTV channel has brought to public attention some of the more fundamental subjects regarding home ownership – from shows…
Location. Lifestyle. Luxury. For Premium Real Estate, the “L3” Concept is Where it’s At What do we always hear when discussing the merits of a “premium” real estate buying experience? “Location, Location, Location” – and it’s been that way for decades. Indeed, there is a myriad of truth to the “triple L” theory, as it…
Where Time Stands Still: The Hidden History of Catalina Island (pictures below) Unbeknownst to most save for perhaps the most knowledgeable of long-time California natives, the little sliver of land known today as Catalina Island is actually Santa Catalina Island, or sometimes just Catalina – but irrespective of its nomenclature, this rocky island off the…
Wind Beneath Our Wings: A Look Back at Historic Meadowlark Airport (pictures below) “The end of an era.” That’s the term normally used to describe a famous venue’s closing, a celebrity superstar’s passing or any number of general conclusions to whom or what was once embraced by an adoring public. Such is the case for…
Hauntings, Height of Luxury and History: The Legacy of Long Beach’s Queen Mary (pictures below) Ask anyone who doesn’t fall into the “millennial” generation age group about some of the most famous haunted places in America, and you’re likely to get a few common responses: the infamous Amityville Horror House in New York, the would-be “found…
Comfortably nestled – as we like to say in the realty industry – on the northwest corner of Huntington Beach and bordering Seal and Sunset Beaches, Huntington Harbour embodies five man-made islands bounded by a network of navigable channels, and the land surrounding them. From waterways dotted with jaw-dropping multi-million-dollar homes, private docks and yachts…
Last week the Fed Chairmen (Janet Yellen) came out and hinted that the fed will start to allow interest rates to rise. Right now they are artificially suppressing rates to stimulate the economy. Now that the economy has strengthened, they are now starting to focused on suppressing inflation. One of the major tools in doing…