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Porter Ranch, CA Real Estate News

By Alberto Pacheco, Experience and Trust
(Home Smart Evergreen Realty)
Power. Wanting more of it doesn’t make you a megalomaniac or would-be dictator. Power by another name could also be called influence, and influence in the workplace is a good thing. Influence affords you more opportunity and respect, which gives you more choice and control over your own career and goals. To gain the right kind of power that will help you get ahead, try this advice: Use your authority actively. No matter what your job is, you have some power to make decisions. Don’t ask for permission over actions that are legitimately your responsibility. However, use tact in the execution ofdecisions. Recognize people. Even if you’re not a manager, you can build your reputation as a leader by thanking people for their assistance, pointing out examples of highperformance to managers, ...
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By Alberto Pacheco, Experience and Trust
(Home Smart Evergreen Realty)
Two Special Ways To  Honor Honor Thy Father       Your father, or perhaps your grandfather, plays a special role in your life. Let him know that. This Father’s Day, skip the necktie and tell your dad or granddad what he really means to you. Some suggestions: Write a letter thanking him. Tell him what he means to you. Read it in front of him and the whole family. You can frame it and even add photos or other mementos, creating an art piece.Create a thank-you review book. On each page, write a memory of something that you loved doing with him. Example: “Thanks, Dad, for the time you said that my math teacher was wrong and you gave me the right answer. And then told me never to correct the math teacher! Great advice."Are you ready to buy a house for your Dad in Los Angeles County?  I am r...
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By Alberto Pacheco, Experience and Trust
(Home Smart Evergreen Realty)
Hannah had no children. the Lord had closed her womb. So it was, year by year, when she went up to the house of the Lord, that she provoked her; therefore she wept and did not eat.  Hannah’s Vow Then Elkanah her husband said to her, “Hannah, why do you weep? Why do you not eat? And why is your heart grieved? Am I not better to you than ten sons?”  So Hannah arose after they had finished eating and drinking in Shiloh. Now Eli the priest was sitting on the seat by the doorpost of the tabernacle of the Lord.  And she was in bitterness of soul, and prayed to the Lord and wept in anguish.  Then she made a vow and said, “O Lord of hosts, if You will indeed look on the affliction of Your maidservant and remember me, and not forget Your maidservant, but will give Your maidservant a male child, ...
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By Alberto Pacheco, Experience and Trust
(Home Smart Evergreen Realty)
Free List of Today's Homes on Short Sales and  Foreclosures Granada Hills , Northridge , Mission HillsFree List of Homes, Condos, Townhomes and Multi Units on Standard Sale Granada Hills  • Avoid Caffeine and Alcohol: Don’t drink caffeine (found in coffee, tea, chocolate, cola, and pain relievers) for four to six hours before bedtime. Similarly, refrain from drinking. Alcohol may help bring on sleep, but after a few hours it acts as a stimulant.• Turn Your Bedroom into a Sleep-Inducing Environment: A quiet, dark, and cool environment can promote sound slumber. Lower the volume of outside noise with earplugs or a "white noise" appliance, like a fan. Use heavy curtains or an eye mask to block light, which is a powerful cue that tells the brain that it's time to wake up.• Establish a Sooth...
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By Alberto Pacheco, Experience and Trust
(Home Smart Evergreen Realty)
Follow This TechniqueIn our jobs, relationships, and even ordering dinner at a restaurant, life is full of choices. Most of the time, the decision is easy. You want chocolate or vanilla? Easy. But if you have a particularly important challenge and you're not sure how to approach it, here's a technique that can help: Brainstorm a "Do Want – Don’t Want" list. Take a sheet of paper and draw a line down the center so that you have two columns. At the top of one column, write Do Want. At the top of the other, write Don't Want. Then brainstorm everything you Do Want and Don't Want about the situation. Go back and forth between the sides freely. Write down each thing you think, no matter how silly it sounds. No one will read this but you. For example, if you're stuck trying to figure out how t...
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By Alberto Pacheco, Experience and Trust
(Home Smart Evergreen Realty)
A $50 bonus may not seem like much, but these days every extra dollar may help you maintain your financial stability.  Here are five ideas to making the most of a small bonus.Cut credit card debt.  If you put $50 toward a $2000 credit card balance, you will cut your payback time by four months, if you usually pay a minimum of $40 a month. Using $50 toward the debt can save you $103 in interest (at 16%).Buy financial management software. Use the $50 to help you manage your money better by putting it toward some financial software like Quicken. It will help keep better control of your checking account and help you identify other areas where you can save money.Buy a share or two of a stock.  Just look for an online brokerage firm with a low minimum account balance requirement and low commi...
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By Alberto Pacheco, Experience and Trust
(Home Smart Evergreen Realty)
PORTER RANCH HOME SALES STATISTICS FOR FIRST QUARTER 2015 In the First quarter (01/01/2015 to 03/31/2015) 63 homes were sold. The Minimum Listing Price $480,000 and Selling Price was $430,00,000 with 3 bedrooms, 2 baths, 1391 square feet house, and 3837 sq ft lot. Maximum Listing Price $1,420,000 and Selling Price $1,426,000 with 6 bedrooms, 6 baths, 4721 sq ft home, 28,082 sq ft lot, and 320 days on market. Average Listing Price $747,780 and Selling Price $734,758 with 4 bedrooms, 3 baths, 2547 sq ft home, 9628 sq ft lot and 76 days on market.  20 sales were in the price range of 600K to 700K and 13 sales on the 700K to 800K range.6 of the sales were bank owned aka reos, 7 on short sale and 2 with notice of defaults aks nod MORTGAGES AND INTEREST RATE Conventional Loan 30 year fixed it...
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By Alberto Pacheco, Experience and Trust
(Home Smart Evergreen Realty)
Plumbing Repairs While plumbing can be a pain in the neck (literally), most people are perfectly capable of making simple repairs, like replaicing a leaky faucet or broken sprinkler head. Potential savings: $100 to a $1000 for typical repairs. Pest Control  Using approved chemicals and methods that you can look up online, you can treat your own house for insects and rodents. Savings up to: $50 a month or $600 a year.Painting  If careful you can tape and edge like a painting profesional. Savings: $400 to $1,500 for a typical interior paint jobs. Replace Light Fixtures Many people avoid light fixtures because they don't know how.  But once the job is started, they realize how easy it is and wonder why they almost called an electrician who wanted $180, when it took them 20 minutes and cost...
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By Alberto Pacheco, Experience and Trust
(Home Smart Evergreen Realty)
A Good Laugh  and A Long Sleep Are The Two Best Cures For Anything Irish Proverb
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By Alberto Pacheco, Experience and Trust
(Home Smart Evergreen Realty)
There are eight units available for sale in Porter Ranch CA 91326 and here they are:   11311 Tampa Av 42 with  2 bedrooms, 2 bath, 1028 sq ft, 14 days on market and lsted at $329,000 20433 Paseo Castelon with 2 bedooms, 3 bath,  1320 sqft, 193 days on market and listed at $419,000 20431 Paseo Cresta,  with 2 bedrooms, 2 bath, 1298 sq ft, 17 days on market and listed at $438,000 20013 Livorno Way #30 with 2 bedrooms,  3 bath, 1182 sq ft, 83 days on market and listed at $460,000 19151 Index St #9 with 3 bedrooms, 3 bath, 1697 sq ft, 2 days o the market and listed at $465,000 19464 Eagle Ridge Lane with  2 bedrooms, 3 bath, 1787 sq ft, 36 days on market and listed at $509,000 11461 Ghiberti Way with 4 bedrooms, 3 bath, 1563 sq st, 167 days on market and listed at $545,000 20038 Pienza Lane...
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By Alberto Pacheco, Experience and Trust
(Home Smart Evergreen Realty)
 The Gold Wrapping Paper                                                                            At this very commercial time of year, here’s a story that reminds me of what’s important.Once upon a time, there was a man who worked hard to put food on the table for his family. One year during the holidays, he saw that his five-year-old daughter had used up the last of the family's expensive gold wrapping paper. He became even angrier when he saw that she had used all of that expensive gold paper to decorate just one shoebox, which she had put under the Christmas tree. He also was worried about where she had gotten money to buy what was inside the shoebox.The next morning the little girl, filled with excitement, brought the gift box to her father and said, "This is for you, Daddy!" As ...
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By Alberto Pacheco, Experience and Trust
(Home Smart Evergreen Realty)
  Thanksgiving is Just a Reminder To Give Thanks For Everything We Have: Family,  a Place To Live, Health, Money, Friends and Above All TO GOD WHO PROVIDES EVERYTHING TO US THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU
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By Alberto Pacheco, Experience and Trust
(Home Smart Evergreen Realty)
On Saturday March 08.2014 before going to bed turn your clock One Hour Forward, since daylight savings start Sunday morning at 2am.  Sleep Well.   Check Available Homes For Sale Here: http://granadahills.kwrealty.com/  
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By Alberto Pacheco, Experience and Trust
(Home Smart Evergreen Realty)
A jobless man applied for the position of office boy at a large company. He perfomed well and was offered the job. The interviewer said, "Now, I just need your email address to send you some documents to sign and verify, and then you can start". The man replied, "I don't have a computer or an email account." "Oh, I  am sorry" said the interviewer. "without the email, we can't hire you." The man left feeling frustrated. He had only $10 in his pocket, so he went to the market , bought a large create of tomatoes and began selling them door to door. In two hours, he succeeded in doubling his money. He repeated the operation three times, and made $60. He realized that he could survive by this way, and stated to go earlier and returned later. Thus, his money double or tripled every day. Event...
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By Joanne Louise Stevens, Realtor - Serving Brentwood and Surrounding Cities
(Keller Williams Realty Los Angeles-Brentwood)
Greetings Active Rain: For those of you who are in the Los Angeles area and searching for a holiday service, I would like to invite you to come to Shepherd on the Hills in Porter Ranch, California.  Our church is located at 19700 Rinaldi Street, Porter Ranch, California 91326. If you can't make it, then listen to the service Saturday at 5:00 pm live on 99.5 KKLA.  On Christmas Day watch our 1-hour special on KTLA beginning at 12:00 pm, Pacific Standard Time.  Please note the following dates and times for the Candlelight Christmas Eve Services.  Friday, December 23, 2011:  7:00 pm and 9:00 pm Saturday, December 24, 2011:  5:00 pm, 7:00 pm, 9:00 pm and 11:00 pm. There is also a live link where you can watch online:  http://live.sothc.com.  I hope to see you at one of our services. We have...
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By Joanne Louise Stevens, Realtor - Serving Brentwood and Surrounding Cities
(Keller Williams Realty Los Angeles-Brentwood)
As a child growing up in Virginia, I got a heavy dose of American History.  Virginia was one of the 13 original colonies, so I couldn't escape years of learning about the history of our glorious state.  As I type, I just remembered that the state bird was the cardinal and the tree was the dogwood.  I guess I will never forget some of the lessons learned in the Virginia school system.  They were big on the 3Rs (reading, writing and arithmetic).     One of the reasons why the new settlers came to America was to worship freely and live a life away from ruling England.  Well tonight, I had an opportunity to attend worship service at the Shepherd of the Hills Church, in the beautiful town of Porter Ranch, California, which is located north west of the San Fernando Valley.  We also have a chu...
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By Stefan West, Temecula-Murrieta-Menifee CA Real Estate
(West Realty)
So many clients recently in the Porter Ranch real estate market believe that with all the awesome hi-tech real estate instruments accessible today that their home will sell swiftly.  They research the Web (a fantastic place btw) read all these marketing pitches about the latest and greatest technology widgets for real estate.  Finally, they interview an agent, or two but regrettably they focus on the incorrect things, particularly gadget programs and technology used when they should be focusing on practical experience, ethics, and most of all, final results. No doubt there is some great things available either online, within our smart mobile phones, and rotating the earth!   Heck, as a successful Northridge real estate broker, I receive about 3-4 calls every week marketing  a new web pa...
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By Mike Leznik, Los Angeles Bank Owned Homes
(Whole Sale Supplies)
Get the latest active and pending porter ranch luxury home listings by following the link below. http://realestate-818.com/for-buyers/home-search/porter-ranch-luxury-homes/ Current market Activity for Porter Ranch California. ( 3 Bedroom 2 Bath Minimum Current Listings - 67 Active Average Active Price $819,475 and 71 days on Market Pending Sales - 18 Pending Average Pending Price is $874,711 and 47 days on Market Sold Homes ( Last 120 Days ) 50 Sold Homes Average Sold Price is $ 737,400 and 67 days on market There are currently 11 Porter Ranch Luxury Homes on the market in porter ranch over 1 Million Dollars
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By Dawn Helena Anderson, Realtor Since 1998
(Coldwell Banker - Quality Properties)
With all of the recent fires we have experienced in the Porter Ranch and Sorrounding communities come and join us at the Public Safety & Community Appreciation Picnic!  Looking forward to seeing you there.
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By Dawn Helena Anderson, Realtor Since 1998
(Coldwell Banker - Quality Properties)
Show off your home by turning on plenty of lights If you have a fireplace, build an easy fire with a paper log from the grocery store Light a scented vanilla candle in the kitchen Bake cookies or brownies prior to the scheduled showing Turn on low volume, soothing music Display information about your home such as: Utility costs Local Schools Community Information Summer photos showing landscaping, flowers and trees When your home is being shown try to be away while people are viewing your home.  Others will feel more comfortable if you take a short walk after greeting them at the door.  (Please, don't forget to take your pet with you) If you can't be away, become scarce after greeting the prospective purchaser at the door.  
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