AJonesREALTOR's Blog

Los Angeles is one of the most expensive real estate markets in the country. That can make it tough for regular folks trying to live and work here. But there are still some really nice neighborhoods in the L.A. Basin proper that you can own a home in for less than $500k (in many cases less than $...

When anyone considers investments, one cliche holds remarkably true. When it comes to the supply of real estate, ‘ They aren't making any more.' This goes quadruple for beach real estate and demand is always going up. Southern California is one of the most expensive housing markets in the United ...

 Venice Beach has consistently been one of the miraculous exceptions to the disastrous housing slump of the last couple of years. Though some property owners have had to revise unrealistic expectations of their properties value and a few unlucky souls who bought at the height of the market are no...

I originally wrote this article about redevelopment in Las Vegas early in 2008. Basically, it uses the Monorail plan as a map for the city's redevelopment: present and future. Though the real estate market there has taken a beating since that time, much of it still applies. The drastic drop in pr...

I'm a native of Los Angeles and am an agent both in California and Nevada. When I came to Las Vegas six years ago looking to make an investment I already had an idea of where I wanted to put my money.  But to be thorough, I made several trips over a couple of months before returning to my first t...

I've had a crazy idea for some time now that there are a lot of investment dollars in Southern California that should be going into Las Vegas real estate... that most people just don't know where to start when it comes to an out-of-state investment. I'm trying to put a knowledgeable, user-friendl...