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The 13 Emotional Stages of Buying a House

How home shoppers feel, why they feel it and what they can do about it. Looking for a home — and eventually buying a home — can be a roller coaster, filled with ups and downs. It’s one of the biggest decisions you can make, and while at times, you’ll feel elated, moments later, you might find yourself feeling completely crushed. And while it’s hard to anticipate...

  • calendar_month October 24, 2023
Palm Springs Home Spotlight: Organic Architecture Lives On with the Elrod House

Featured image credit: Luis Ashelford Wait, haven’t we done this Palm Springs Home Spotlight before? If you’ve been paying attention (but not paying close enough attention), you’ll be mistaking today’s home for one we covered last year: The Bob Hope House. It’s an easy enough point of confusion: both that home and this one were designed by legendary Am...

  • calendar_month October 24, 2023
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LA’s Streetside RV Camps Are Beginning to Slowly Roll Away

Over the last five or so years, every Angeleno has experienced that moment when, frantically searching for street parking, they turn onto a stretch of road completely saturated with recreational vehicles, better known as RVs. For several reasons, these unauthorized RV camps have become a precarious facet of life in LA. Many of these permanent RV dwellers outright own their homes on wheels. But ...

  • calendar_month October 24, 2023
Surprising Meanings Behind the Names of Los Angeles Area Neighborhoods

With a city as sprawling as LA, city planners in days of yore had to get pretty creative when it came to naming Los Angeles area neighborhoods. Sometimes to the point of desperation (we’re looking at you, Beverlywood). All kidding aside, a lot of LA’s neighborhoods have surprising meanings.  When You Wish Upon the Tar Photo credit: Downtowngal Everyone knows t...

  • calendar_month October 24, 2023
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Best Fall Specialty Drinks & Where to Get Them

The fall season comes with a surge of pumpkin, gingerbread, apple crisp, caramel, hot chocolate, and other delicious fall-themed flavored drinks. Here is our list of popular fall drinks and where you can snatch them up for your slurping pleasure. 1) Pumpkin Spice / Pumpkin Fall Specialty Drinks The Pumpkin Spice Latte and Pumpkin Spice Cold Brew fall drinks have risen in popularity &ndash...

  • calendar_month October 24, 2023
5 Killer Cocktail Recipes for the Spooky Season

It’s time to get into the holiday spirit (Halloween, that is) with these 5 killer cocktail recipes you’ve got to try! Whether you’re looking for a sip that’s hauntingly tasty or just looking to impress your party guests, we’ve got you covered. These TikTok drink recipes will transform anyone into a mystical, at-home mixologist. Haunted Pumpkin Patch Margarita ...

  • calendar_month October 24, 2023
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Californians Can Buy and Sell ADU Homes Like Condos Thanks to AB 1033

It’s a great time in California to own an ADU. Last year, our government made it easier than ever to build authorized accessory dwelling units (ADUs). But now, thanks to Assemblyman Phil Ting’s (D-San Francisco) recently drafted Assembly Bill 1033, it’s becoming just as easy to sell these units as ADU homes the way one would sell a condo. It’s a big step toward solv...

  • calendar_month October 30, 2023
Best Los Angeles Halloween Costume Shops for Those Last-Minute Looks

Halloween is less than two weeks away. Don’t have your costume yet? That’s not a problem in Los Angeles. We’ve compiled a list of some of the best Halloween costume shops in the city. No matter what you’re looking for, they’re sure to have it! 1) Adele’s of Hollywood: One of the Original Halloween Costume Shops Photo Credit: Google User Samantha Zam...

  • calendar_month October 30, 2023
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Everything You Need to Know About Buying a Haunted House

Haunted houses are labeled as “stigmatized properties,” but they can be highly sought-after. Marianne Bornhoft was locking up after an open house showing when she heard a faint cry: “Help me!” Following the cries downstairs to the basement, the veteran real estate agent ended up in front of what appeared to be a concealed door. She pushed on it. It sprang open, and...

  • calendar_month October 30, 2023
Top 9 Takeaways from NAR's 2023 Profile of Home Buyers and Sellers

The National Association of REALTORS® has produced the Profile of Home Buyers and Sellers since 1981. The report provides an overview of who purchased and sold a home in the last year. While the report is 142 pages long, and of the many statistics included, some will appeal more than others, these findings are particularly interesting. 1. Household income jumped among successful home buy...

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