Thoughts On Real Estate And Other Things I Care About
A Southern California Coastal agent's perspective on real estate and other things that interest me! Based in Laguna Beach, Real Estate is my passion.
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2014
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I Want To Be The Agent My Dog Thinks I Am I want to have my clients all look at me with those big puppy-dog eyes and think I'm the be-all end-all. Just because I showed up. They would never be demanding. They would wag their tail with glee when we meet. They would forgive me if I accidentally st...
05/29/2014
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NAP!!! More accurately I just "rest my eyes." I'm a big believer in the afternoon nap. Just a few minutes of lulling quiet and I'm ready to go again. I've had a long day! I was up early to have a conference call with my client in London. She and her family will be visiting in a couple weeks an...
05/28/2014
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"Anyone Can Open A Door" This is what I heard from a new client last night. We had never met and they called me to see a home early this morning. Unfortunately, I have plans this morning and can't meet them until later this afternoon. Just the fact that I have time on a holiday weekend is impr...
05/25/2014
Luxury Real Estate Listing Brand Comes to Lake Arrowhead Lake Arrowhead is a mix of full time homes and vacation properties. It's about a 50-50 split. One of the biggest advantages of this quiet mountain community is the private lake. Lake Arrowhead can only be used by residents of the Arrowhea...
05/24/2014
Active Rain Yearbook? Those Most Likely To......???? I have a fun Saturday game for all of us! I read the featured post by Debbie Laity, Active Rain is Like High School Only Better, and it gave me a great idea. What if we created an Active Rain virtual yearbook? What categories would you use...
05/24/2014
Lake Arrowhead Memorial Day Events 2014 Residents of beautiful Lake Arrowhead, your Luxury Lake Arrowhead Listing Agent (that's me :)) would like to help you jump start your summer. Ownership in a Lake Arrowhead Woods home comes with lake rights. Isn't that why we live in this lovely mountain c...
05/23/2014
Charming California Bungalow $479,000 Lakewood California Completely remodeled Classic California Bungalow! 4553 Paramount Blvd, Lakewood California bungalows were built in the post war era of the 1950s. The style varied, but they all reflected the California lifestyle of seamlessly moving fr...
05/23/2014
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Attitude Not Platitude Can I tell you how happy I am with my title? Is that wrong to say? But it actually fits my post, and it rhymes, which is really cool. Ok, so back to the post. Melissa Zavala, one of my favorite ARers, posted a May contest to discuss ideas based on her new book, Bee...
05/22/2014
Put A Lockbox On The Home I know that I'm going to immediately get comments from agents telling WHY they always show the Laguna Beach Luxury Home Listing: I like to make sure the home looks it's best My clients don't want strangers in the home I don't trust other agents to lock up I know the ho...
05/21/2014
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Swim When You're Ready: Spring Cleaning This has been an emotional week for me. Who knew blogging could be so draining? :) Seriously, this contest allows me to explain a comment I made in yesterday's post, To Those Left Behind. In that post I mentioned that my first thought when my husband pas...
05/20/2014
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