Echo Park Lake, the heart and soul of Echo Park, is to be drained for two years to make way for a $65 million clean up project. The 13-acre lake was built in 1860 as a water supply reservoir. Los Angeles Public Works officials plan to remove years of pollution from the lake and make […]
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Work is under way to turn the Depression-era Beverly Hills Post Office into a world class cultural center, the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts, due to be completed in late 2012. Built in 1933 on the site of the Pacific Electric Railway Station, the Beverly Hills Post Office is on the National Register
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If you are thinking of selling your Los Angeles home, or are actually in the process of trying to sell it, you might consider a reverse offer. What is a reverse offer? A reverse offer is counter to what normally happens in the home buying process, where the buyer presents an offer to the seller.
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If you are looking for the ultimate in green roofing for your Los Angeles home, KB Home and Irvine-based Boral roofing are introducing smog-eating tiles. For those Los Angeles homeowners who are concerned about the environment, installing these concrete tiles will help neutralize the smog-forming nitrogen oxides emitted by automobiles and other burning processes. It
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I received a call today from an out-of-towner looking to rent a Los Angeles apartment. The caller asked me if what she was about to do sounded right. She was about to send money to someone offering a 2 bed 2 bath, 2500 sq. ft. furnished condo for lease for the grand sum of $1,200.
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If you own Los Angeles rental property the IRS are going to want their share. Even if you are a casual investor in Los Angeles rental property as of the beginning of 2011 any payment made to vendors over $600 must be followed with a 1099. Owners of larger Los Angeles properties have had to
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Ever parked your car in a large mall like Santa Monica Place in Santa Monica, gone shopping, and then come back to realize that you have forgotten when you left it? Santa Monica Place has installed the first camera-based “Find Your Car” system in the country. How does it work? You punch your license plate
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Russel Ray, San Diego home inspector, had a client in March 2010 who called him with an insurance problem related to his water heater. It had been many years since he worked in the insurance industry, but he learned all their secrets. So he told his Clients at the home inspection that if they ever
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You can’t open your windows. A common complaint when the cool fall weather arrives. As cool as Los Angeles fall weather can get! When the complaint arrives in an email or via a phone call, the homeowner is usually concerned about the home having settled, causing things to be out of plumb now. After pulling
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Where should you live in Santa Monica? You know you want to live in Santa Monica, but in a city of 8.3 square miles, and several diverse neighborhoods, you are not sure where to look. There are several distinct areas of Santa Monica each with its own advantage and price ranges. From upscale condos on
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