Looking for cage-free dog day-care or boarding in Los Angeles, The Loved Dog provides a wonderful environment. Run by Tamar Geller, trainer to Oprah Winfrey's golden retriever puppies, The Loved Dog is a wonderful place to house your dog while you are at work or away from town. I visited the faci
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11/17/2009
If you are a first time buyer here are some tips to avoid the disappointment you feel when you don't get the house you want.. As I discussed in a previous post, you must get pre-approved so you know absolutely what you can afford. Fresh inventory of homes is low, and if a new listing comes on the
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11/16/2009
First time home buyers, this is what you need to know about the home purchase process: The very first thing you need to do is find out how much home you can afford. Find a lender, or ask your realtor to recommend one and get pre-approved. The reason for this is twofold: Firstly, in Los Angele
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11/15/2009
decided I am not going to write a post today, because I have absolutely nothing to say. I could have written about the fact that this is the 40th anniversary of two Rolling Stones concerts that took place at the Forum in Inglewood, but I don't think anyone would have been interested. I could hav
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11/10/2009
Cirque du Soleil is back in Santa Monica with Kooza, a story about a melancholy loner trying to find his place in the world. Kooza showcases an array of emotions in the original Cirque du Soleil acrobatic and clowning style.The tent is set up on Santa Monica Beach which is a wonderful venue and i
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11/09/2009
Malibu, an area of Los Angeles that contains some of the most expensive real estate in Los Angeles County and is home to countless movie stars, is about to lose the bulk of its septic tank systems after years of fierce debate. The septic tank system has been popular in the area because it hindere
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11/08/2009
These are the the third quarter statistics for median single-family home prices in the Los Angeles area. Looking at the home prices around the country, I can imagine some of you gasping in shock when you see our median home prices of $849,500, and those prices having dropped a whopping 2.91% ov
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11/07/2009
I discussed the contract my first-time buyer is faced with while considering the purchase of a condo in a brand-new 5-unit development in Echo Park. The contract looked daunting on the surface, but I thought, reading through and using my knowledge of the real estate transaction would go much of t
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11/06/2009
arently I had signed up of this tool and forgot I had it. Walk Score allows you to input an address and see all the walkable amenities around it using Google Local Search. It gives you the walk score of a neighborhood based on the following criteria: Factors not taken into consideration in determ
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11/05/2009
I have a first-time, out-of-town buyer finally making an offer on a condo in a new development in Echo Park. He has been looking for about a year and a half which has been difficult since he is not local. He is a very nervous buyer anyway and having to deal with a 40-page contract is somewhat o
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11/05/2009