Lynne Pope

Free look at all the listings in the area…This is the latest greatest tool that I have purchased for the buyers and sellers that search properties in our area. This list really covers everything even past the beach. It is free and the easiest search tool I have seen for non Realtors. It is linked to the MLS and is in real time live status.

My costume designer’s home in Gardena is a great spot for someone who wants a lot of storage. The bonus room has one long closet with mirror doors. Isn’t it darling. She fell in love with the parquet wood floors. She went on to add the bamboo through all the bedrooms. New flooring in the kitchen-laundry and bathroom and new kitchen appliances grace an already great home. The fruit trees are mature and bearing. The driveway can park 4 cars plus a 2 car garage. This is for professionals who need to drive only a short way to access the freeways. It is blue and white charming.

 I have it showcased on Realtor.com in Gardena in the 350-400 price range area to shop. It is also on Trulia, and a ton of other sites. I’m about to add it to Craigs list too. I am open to ideas from other agents on marketing on the internet.

OLYMPICS!    175  of  600 Athletes call

Locals in 4 cities ~Keri Walsh  of Hermosa Beach- Kerri Walsh and Misty May are coached by Troy Tanner who stresses fundamentals. Sean Rosie Rosenthal –volleyball and Brenda Shinn- shooting - Shannon all from  Redondo Beach

Nichole Branaga from Torrance team Volleyball.  

Palos Verdes  sports Merrill  Moses -water polo plus  Lindsay Davenport -tennis from 1996 Olympics.

Times to remember 8-11-08 women volleyball starts and Men will plan Thursday Aug 21- women’s finals Friday Aug 22.

Funny word “Fun dame” in fundamentals.  We have fundamentals in every walk of life.  In Real Estate we are back to it. So here I am bragging in my southern accent about the

I blogged about her talk recently. These are the books that she shared to the South Bay MLS this week. Sorry Palos Verdes MLS you didn’t know about it.

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Want to move to The Beach? Top 10 things Out of Area Families need to get informed.

Out of area families in town for July 4th. I met them on open house. Twin sisters and their husbands.They were searching for over a year. They read the papers. circled and went to open houses. It was fun for them and the following top 10 things were discovered. It had been more miss than hit. The result of our meeting included about 6 hours and amazing results.

1.They needed a Real Estate Agent. 2.They needed a Lender. 3.They needed to know things about the area. 4.They needed to make to search plan. 5.They needed to discover that they wanted to be close to each other.

The price of living near the beach.

We started at open house here, in South Redondo Beach, looked at listings in Hermosa Beach,  homes in West Torrance  and Old Torrance.

Then we talked about the next 5 points…

6. Cost in Dollars 7. parking places 8. view 9. available choices 10. rental income

These are details the Realtor knows all about. City parking permits, where you can avoid the tourist stream to the beach, and those current rental income prices. All was information worth years of doing the work. Priceless.

The top 5…here is the story.

Realtor. Affinity and Knowledge. Affinity, we just liked each other. It was as if we had grown up together. This can’t be minimized. We actually really saw the world the same way. We talked alike and understood each other. Knowledge-How much price appreciation can they expect at a minimum over the next 10 years? We can look at charts to see those stats but I sold some 4 years ago here and know the price every year since. They are priced about 2005 value.

Lender. knowledge -how much to put down -what will my monthly bill inc. taxes insurance be?- how much tax reduction on income will I gain?

Area. Places to avoid- congested streets- over built area -lots of renters of homes

Search plan- we looked at my printout of all the properties under 800K town homes and homes, They deleted town homes right away saying “Look how many choices we still have.” We then put them in order and started the search.

After looking at homes and deleting them, weird floor plan, bad homes next to the one for sale, still too close to the busy street.

Found one they loved and yet they couldn’t agree on which would be the master bedroom for them. We stumbled upon 3 in the day and stopped anyway, it was a waste of time on two and the last one was a total surprise. We were going to the sisters house and 1/2 mile away we saw the open house sign. No idea of price and stopped in. The rooms were confusing to 3 of us. I couldn’t wait to get outside. The yard was really cool, big and had potential. One sister came out and said isn’t this the best ever? We looked at each other. Huh? We thought it was terrible. Well, come see what I see. We trailed in and she showed us what she loved. The kitchen, the living room and then the one weird room she said lets open this up to be a dining room and the circle stair over there? Let’s put a real stair in right here. She was right, suddenly the whole house made sense. It was all about potential. It would not have to be immediate. The roof would be. So the price was pretty good. We drove the neighborhood and could see this was the best for her .6 miles to her sisters house. They talked together. I didn’t know you wanted to be near my house. I didn’t know it either. It was a sweet discovery.

We are happy to work with Relocation Companies. The required status reports and work for the company is important on every level. We help the seller or buyer with every and any need they have to complete the search and the closed transaction. We film properties and send them overseas. We provide maps and searches far beyond your expectation.  

This past year we helped people move to Texas from Arizona, from England to Palos Verdes, from Redondo Beach to Washington D.C. and Los Angeles to Atlanta Georgia. Each had very different needs. Each was completely satisfied and available to contact.

If I was a perfect blogger and had nothing to learn then I still would not miss the rare occasion to meet with people like me at Inman. It might be like a candy store of things too rich for my taste. It could be a place to find a friend that I haven’t met yet. This is where real estate and writing connect…Where personal becomes the norm. The connecting areas to our industry, Lenders, Title, Escrow and other agents will all be there to connect to the Blog. One special day- pre -Inman we unite. Contact me to know the details plus it’s free. Blogging found me actually. I had no idea as I learned to operate The Real Estate show that some click away a world awaited me. Alice In Wonderland time for me was biting the cookie and into the rabbit hole of other worlds. The Worm holes of space connect and out you go into another place. We are reading more and writing more than ever through the magnificent mystery of the BLOG. Through this I have discovered my camera Kodak easy share v70.5 the digital 35mm wide dual lens. My flip video camera (still learning) and a world of people with common thoughts and interests. We share with joy our discoveries.

Whiting is one of the best streets in El Segundo, California. This location is prime real estate for home owners.
A+ home, A+ location or A+ price

That is the mantra of all real estate agents that I know right now. We are working to understand buyers in this market. Sometimes people say oh its just like the 70’s 80’s or 90’s but it is never just like…alike. It is always like, but unlike.

The A+ home can be any size and shape but has to be really sharp. It’s clean, really well maintained, cared for and loved. The inside and the outside show the care and pride of ownership. Some top agents get the seller to move out much of their furniture and photos and just stuff…to get this sharp ready to sell look. It’s got fresh paint and no tired anything, floors, toilets, kitchen, plants, you know what I am talking about!

A+ location you know this also. Is it across from a home with cars parked on the lawn, units, businesses, or on a busy street? Its everything surrounding the property. It is how a buyer sees the area.

A+ price. This is simple also. There are divided areas by any way you want to compare.

Match your price to beat out the others in any category if you want to attract buyers- in any market.

That’s what I like about this rule of thumb. It’s true in any market!

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