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Preparing to sell your home
Los Angeles home buyers don’t want fixers. Investors do, flippers do, but most first-time home buyers in the San Fernando and San Gabriel Valley have their hearts set on a move-in ready home. After their down payment, most buyers don’t ha...
Five ways to boost your credit score for the New Year
Consumers with higher FICO scores obtain lower interest rates. FICO scores are calculated from five groups obtained from your credit history. Here are the top five ways to boost your credit score: Payment history (35%) Phyllis tip: If y...
California School District Rankings: San Marino, La Canada and South Pasadena School Rankings
Many factors influence home buyers as to what location they desire. Schools often are a major deciding factor on where a family wants to reside. Even if schools aren't high on your priority list, an excellent school district is an important fac...
Ask Phyllis: How to handle multiple offers
Ask Phyllis is a blog series of frequently asked real estate questions. Have a question about real estate? Email us here Dear Phyllis, We received four offers on our home, two of which were at the same price. My agent push...
Real Estate Relationships
I had a crazy busy summer - mostly all work, very little play. But I love what I do, so it was great. This summer I had two clients sell La Canada homes which I sold to them. The first home was in La Canada's Sagebrush neighborhood. ...
LA’s Most Beautiful Brunch Spot, the Maple – Opens October 1
There's a new brunch spot coming to Descanso Gardens in La Canada on October 1. The new restaurant called Maple is said to be the most beautiful brunch spot in LA by Eater. Maple will be a year-round weekend-exclusive restaurant only — tha...
Why was your purchase offer not accepted?
Why was your purchase offer not accepted? Most of my listings have sold this year in multiple offers. In today's competitive real estate climate, all offers have prequalification or preapproval letters, and evidence of down payment. Most also...
Winding down in the 4th quarter of the year
Several weeks ago, I attended a real estate seminar put on by my broker. I took away from the seminar that the 4th quarter can be the most important for a Realtor. This is the time to plan for next year so that in January, we hit the ground run...
