Belmont Heights Condo For Sale
Long Beach California Real EstatePEEK-A-BOO OCEAN VIEWSEnjoy beach living at the "Pacific Ocean Condos" in the Belmont Heights neighborhood of Long Beach California, just adjacent to Belmont Shore.
Located within a short walk of Belmont Shore shops and restaurants this lovely Long Beach condo is just 2 short blocks to the sand and the Belmont Pier. Walk over to the Belmont Brewing Company for a great sunset dinner or to La Palapa for dinner and light entertainment. Head into the very trendy Belmont Shore for shopping, entertainment and the many great restaurants on Second Street or walk up to Broadway for a fantabulous java fix at the Library Café, it's all just a short walk from home. Not in the mood to go out? Swing by the nearby newly renovated Vons supermarket and pick up fixings to barbeque on the patio for a nice quiet dinner at home.
This lovely condominium is being offered at $429,000. This is NOT a short sale and it is NOT bank owned, it is a conventional sale and is priced to sell. It is the lowest priced 2 bedroom condo, with any kind of ocean view, currently on the market in the Belmont Heights and Belmont Shore neighborhoods. Co-listed with Wendy Rich-Soto Call Laurie (562) 212-5420 or Wendy (562) 606-4040 today to view this lovely Belmont Heights Condo. OPEN HOUSE - SUNDAY 9/28/2008 1-4pm
Read more about this listing at the Long Beach Real Estate Website of Laurie Manny
Breaking Long Beach Real Estate News: Long Beach Own Your Own (OYO) Owners Are Organizing for Condo Conversion. Back in May the Long Beach Real Estate Home Blog published an article on OYO's. So many buyers were inquiring about this form of ownership it made sense to publish an article, explaining this form of ownership, to be found on the Internet. Well it has been found, by several thousand Long Beach and potential Long Beach residents who have indeed read it, including many frustrated Long Beach OYO owners. Several days ago I was contacted by the lovely Deb Dobias, a Long Beach OYO owner who is a major contributing force in the quest to organize OYO owners to push state and local officials to loosen the reigns and convert the last of the existing Long Beach OYO's to condos. Deb went on to explain what these owners have been up against and the efforts they have put forth. We invited her to write an article here and are very pleased that she accepted our offer.
It is our sincere hope that the District Weekly, Curbed LA, the Grunion and Downtown Gazettes, the Press Telegram, the Los Angeles Times and the Orange County Register will also pick up this article or will contact Deb and assist in this noble effort with an article of their own to help these troubled OYO owners. It is our further hope that both California state and local officials will get out of the box and make this happen. Please understand that many of these owners are in deep trouble. They cannot sell their Own Your Own (OYO) homes because there is little or no financing available. Due to the problems plaguing this form of ownership many owners have rented their units out and have moved on. In doing so they have decreased the level of owner occupied units in the remaining OYOs which has eliminated any chance for a Long Beach buyer to obtain financing to purchase.
Read the entire article at the Long Beach Real Estate Home Blog
2012: The Year The Internet Ends
This video should inspire an interesting conversation. What do you think? We have been and are building our businesses around the internet. What if the internet, as we know it was either taken away or became too expensive for us to access large enough distribution of our product? What would we do? Is this really possible? Is there a plan B?
What do you think?
Belmont Heights Market ReportHomes, Condos and Income Properties
Long Beach California Real Estate Sales - 2008Updated 8/11/2008
Belmont Heights is bounded by:
The Belmont Heights neighborhood of Long Beach California is a lovely, ecclectic mix of early century homes, low rise condos, smaller apartment buildings (including some fabulous spanish duplexes), restaurants, coffee shops, funky stores, galleries and a nice mix of neighborhood friendly small business. Just blocks from the bluffs, overlooking the harbor, the beach, and a short walk into Belmont Shore, Belmont Heights is a tree lined Long Beach Community developed in the early 20th Century, and a great place to call home. Many of the neighborhood homes were originally built as summer cottages mostly between 1905 and 1939, later becoming year round residences. More bungalow style homes can be found here than in any other community of Long Beach.
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Belmont Heights Homes - Sales 2008
There are currently 26 Homes for sale in Belmont Heights, ranging in price from $449,000 to $1,795,000.
There are currently 4 Belmont Heights Homes in escrow, accepting Back-Up offers.
and 4 Belmont Heights Homes are Pending in escrow:
22 Homes in Belmont Heights have closed escrow in 2008.
Belmont Heights Homes For Sale
Belmont Heights Condos-Coops-OYOs - Sales 2008
No Coops or OYOs have sold in Belmont Heights in 2008.
There are 9 Belmont Heights Condos For Sale ranging in price from $205,000 to $949,000.
1 Belmont Heights Condo is accepting Back-up Offers
12 Belmont Heights Condos have closed escrow in 2008.
Belmont Heights Condos For Sale
Belmont Heights Income Properties - Sales 2008
There are 11 Belmont Heights income properties for sale, ranging in price from $675,000 to $1,900,000.
Belmont Heights Income Properties For Sale
7 Belmont Heights Income Properties Sold in 2008, ranging in price from $735,000 (Duplex) to $3,125,000 (14 Units).
*All statistics are as represented by the MLS and are not to be interpreted as the representations of the author. DOM = Days on Market
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All around the blogosphere there is talk about EPerks and the Vlad Zablotskyy freedom of speech issues. Bloodhound has taken the issue very seriously and has set up a legal defense fund for Vlad. Mary McKnight over at RSSpieces is very generously offering free blogs to anybody taking up the cause and writing to support both Vlad and our right to free speech. I received a phone call this morning from a sales representative at EPerks. They are looking for an agent in my area to refer to for a 19% referral fee. After explaining to them that I would never do business with them, they wanted to know why. I simply stated "VLAD". The woman on the phone immediately turned into a heinous bitch and screeched that they would not do business with me either and hung up on me. It sounds like the people over at EPerks are quite familiar with the name VLAD. So, EPERKS I have a question for you. Why was it that you called me? DUH! I guess that is how they have earned the nickname EJERKS!
Relocating to Long Beach California?
If you are relocating to Long Beach California you will need lots of information. You will be curious to know about Long Beach communities, neighborhoods and resources. We have tried to include as many area resources as possible here to make your transition a smooth one.
Long Beach California has become a destination resort area. This sleepy seaside city, known as Iowa by the sea, has blossomed into a fabulous beach resort area. Luxury high rise condos are sprouting all along the coastline, in Downtown Long Beach and Alamitos Beach. These elegant and prestigious coastal properties provide sweeping ocean views down the beautiful California coastline, views of Catalina Island - 25 miles off of our coastline and delicious, clean ocean breezes wafting in daily. The sound of gently lapping waves can be heard from your 17th floor Hi Rise condo on the sand.
Here are some local resources to help make your transition a pleasant one:
Local Area and Neighborhood Information:
Long Beach Homes and Condos For Sale(Direct feeds from the Southern California MLS) Search the Entire SoCalMLS Free
Long Beach Income Properties For Sale
California Megans Law
California Department of Justice
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I Hate Blood Sucking Vendors
Salesman barges into my office, laptop fired up and in his arms, already talking - with no regard for the fact that I am on the phone. (I already don't want to do business with him!) This one wants to show me a wonderful new system; for JUST $50.00, which by the way - you can JUST pass along to your customer - your customer gets their entire file on a CD framed with the Realtors advertising. Also the broker will get a copy of the entire file.
Lets clarify what they are referring to:
First of all IF I were interested in this product - and I am not - the cost would not be passed along to my client. I would absorb it, the same way I absorb costs for transaction co-ordination (which many agents charge their clients for) and other fees that I don't believe should be passed along to the client. These fees are part of our internal cost of doing business, nuff said?
Second, I certainly would not pay for copies for other parties, they can just pay for their own.
Most importantly, I want you Mr. Vendor to understand that you have deeply offended me. Your assumption that we Realtors would not see through your intent is an insult to our intelligence. You have assumed that we are not very bright, you are wrong. Contrary to the opinions of some, many Realtors are exceptionally bright. Smart enough to see right through you!
Would you like to try to read and explain some of our contracts? Or perhaps try negotiating a few of them?
I didn't think so!
If you haven't read Monika McGillcuddy's recent post Real Estate's Paradigm Shift you should. It is a great account of the massive changes currently taking place in our industry and how they are perceived. The resistance in the real estate industry to blogging and Social Networking is still strong. Those who have embraced it are having success and understand that a future without viable venues to market ourselves is bleak. Never has it been more important to reach out to the consumer and make a direct connect.
Web 2.0 is marketing. We are marketing ourselves, our ideas, our business in an attempt to both educate the consumer and to survive. Marketing is by no means a new idea; it has played an active role in promoting companies, products, ideas and people for ages. Anybody who doesn't recognize this is just foolish.
I left this comment on Monika's post:
My grandmother was one of 13 children of Irish and German immigrants, many of her brothers worked at the Rheingold Brewery Brooklyn plant for their entire working life. They purchased homes and cars, paid them off, had families, put their children through college, loved their jobs, were committed to the company they worked for, and were happy. When the company began to falter they were blown away. Fortunately most of them were able to retire comfortably.
This is an interesting account of the history of the rise and fall of The Rheingold Brewing Company, and an era. It is a testament to what a really good marketing campaign can achieve. It is also a testament to what bad business decisions and a lack of future vision can do to destroy the empire forever. I hope you enjoy and learn from the read:
Nothing is forever...
Tapping Into The Rheingold Story Has A Distinctive Brooklyn Taste originally published on February 14, 2008 - Part 1
The Miss Rheingold Contest Showed Beauty Of A Marketing Brainstorm
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What is it with the blood sucking 
Sometimes I step back and watch our industry purge itself. That is what is happening you know. The resistance to change combined with the fear of the unknown is crippling many of the ranks in the real estate industry. It's not just at the agent level. We, the 2.0 world, have changed so many facets of our industry that large vendors are showing signs of eminent collapse as we demand better services that actually work for us and refuse to continue with their outdated and useless products. We have discovered our "voice" and combined our voice is quite loud. 
My grandmother is the last surviving member of her immediate family; she is in her late 90's now. I would love to share this story with her as it would bring back a flood of wonderful memories that would make her smile. Unfortunately my grandmother has no memories any longer; she now lives in her own little world and doesn't know who any of us are. 
