Joe's Burbank Real Estate Spotlight

Listings taken off the market

Listing taken off the market

As we all know and have seen in our respective markets.  There are quite a few Bank Owned properties as well as Short Sales on the market today.The problem that I have seen in my market is that very few banks have yet to show the need to sell these homes and get them off of the market.  Most of t...

As i was talking to Marlene Bridges today I was reminded of a great restaurant in Burbank that I wanted to share. Since 1946 "The Smoke House" has been a community favorite.  It offers a fantastic menu and increadible Sunday Brunch.  The restaruant is visited by a few celebs as it is situated dir...

We are pleased to announce our FREE Home Buyers Class.  This is great opportunity for first time buyers to be introduced to the home buying process as well as for repeat buyers to get up to speed with the current real estate market.  You will be able to speak with leading professionals in the fie...

Today I recieved an e-mail from a past client who closed their first home purchase about a month ago.  She e-mailed me to thank me for a recomendation that I had made to her before closing.  That recomendation was simply to ensure that she had all the locks in the home changed immediately after t...

For anyone coming even remotely close to the City of Burbank there is one place that you NEED to stop off at, Porto's Bakery.This incredible Bakery is located at the corner of Magnolia Blvd and Hollywood Way and is always a pleasant experience.  Weather you want to stop off for some breakfast and...

While speaking with a client today they asked me a simple but yet complex question, "What do you consider to be a bad transaction".  I had honestly never really been asked something along these lines before but proceeded to inform them that there are several things which could make a transaction ...

Through the course of the past few months our industry has been met with much criticism.  The media has beat us up and attacked our profession.  Clients have been stand offish and critical and agents who entered into this industry for the quick buck have left us with the broken pieces to clean up...

In today's market it is very easy to get depressed or to lose focus of our priorities.  We sometimes have a difficult time remembering what a great business it is that we are all involved in and all the possibilities that each day has to offer us.Every morning I try to make it a point to start of...