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How To Choose a Contractor – Podcast
How can you choose a good contractor?!! There are at least as many contractor horror stories as there are lawyer and real estate horror stories. My next podcast guest, Alfred Navarro of Navarro Construction says choosing a good contracto...
5 Tips for Saving Money during the Heatwave
Yes, it's that time of the year again. Just when we think we can start wearing sweaters and scarves, and drinking hot coco in front of the fireplace, Southern California's infamous autumn heatwave strikes once again. For one week, the heat lock...
Podcast Ep 5- How To Choose a Preschool
The process of finding **just** the right preschool for your little one feels like the first truly big hurdle. How do you find a place that will develop your bundle of terror joy into a brilliant and responsible human being? Will your c...
Decluttering? 5 places to sell your stuff that aren’t Craigslist
For most of us, decluttering is a constant challenge—and if you're downsizing to smaller digs, it can be completely overwhelming. One way many people make the process less painful is by selling their castoffs—because parting with old posses...
Family Centric Social Media for Fun And Profit
We had an awesome pop-up event on Sunday for the Glendale Tech Week. We teamed up with the "force of nature" crew of the OC Mommies Blog to educate people on creating a fun and profitable social media business that is family-centric. ...
Podcast Ep. 4 – Simplify Your Life by Organizing!
Lots of us would like to live differently than we currently do. We'd like a more convenient home- one story or smaller yard or, maybe even a "close it up and travel" sort of home. We dream about this easier lifestyle, but we never take a...
5 Ways To Know If You Are Ready To Sell Your Home
How do you know if you are ready to sell your home? Knowing when you are ready to sell your home is not an easy thing. Ten years. That’s the average amount of time a homeowner stays in a house, according to the National Association of Realto...
Ten Top Trends Affecting Indie Brokers
I had a blast moderating Inman News Indie Broker Summit last month in San Francisco. 500 or so owners of independent real estate companies from across the globe were there for an entire day to learn from experts and peers. I opened the ses...
Restoration Resources
Let's face it, tearing down a room and starting from scratch is a lot of work. For months on end, endless appointments with architects and millions of trips to Home Depot to ensure perfection for each knob and cabinet color is overwhelming. Som...
Podcast Ep. 3 – Get a Living Trust!
You might feel like you have plenty of time. You know you need to plan your Glendale CA home estate, but you'll certainly do that before it's too late, right? Did you know Aretha Franklin died without a will or trust?! As poor as her ...