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By Endre Barath, Jr., Realtor - Los Angeles Home Sales 310.486.1002
(Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices California Properties)
2401 San Marco Dr. Los Angeles CA 90068 Massive Price Reduction... just to be clear this is one of the best priced vacant lots in the Beachwood Canyon area.Directions : Head East on Franklin Ave to Cahuenga BLVD (N) first right (E)on to Dix St and first left (n) on Holly Dr. to the end turn (L) to San Marco, land is just past 2407 San Marco Dr.Remarks : Best priced vacant land in the Beach Wood Canyon area. Truly a fantastic opportunity to build your dream home in the highly desirable Hollywood Dell section of the Hollywood Hills East. This lot is equally desirable for a developer to build for spec. The house next to this lot on a more difficult upslope with smaller frontage was built recently. This up sloped lot has about 58 ft of frontage with panoramic canyon views. Just imagine bein...
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By Endre Barath, Jr., Realtor - Los Angeles Home Sales 310.486.1002
(Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices California Properties)
2840 N Paradise Dr Los Angeles CA 90032 Pending!! I am thrilled to announce this property is Pending and heading to a closing soon.Directions: W Huntington Dr; S Telluride; W Forest Park Dr/N Amathyst CtRemarks: Panoramic view lot with varied terrain, has a flat pad and gent ale down slope. Fantastic opportunity to build a home with paved street access and listed for a price that land on dirt roads are selling for. Seller may consider financing. Close to DTLA, Doger Stadium, 10,710 and 101 Freeways and Pasadena. The land is not just ideal for an owner user, but a developer as well. Take advantage of this well priced lot in a quiet part of Los Angeles.Agent Remarks: Please email listing agent for a Plat Map and go directly. homes@endrebarath.comWhat makes this extra sweet for me about fi...
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By Endre Barath, Jr., Realtor - Los Angeles Home Sales 310.486.1002
(Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices California Properties)
Speechless Sundays: did you know it was national clam chowder day?.. well it was, I found out because one of my favorite restaurants sent me an email. so with that said I had to make New England Clam Chowder.It is a very easy meal if you have the ingredients on hand. Now with that said you would know I have the ingredients at hand:)1. Two tablespoons of butter (not salted)2. one medium onion diced3. two garlic cloves minced4. two stalks of celery & leaves minced5. one teaspoon of dried thyme6. two bay leaves7. one large baking Potatoe diced to 1/2 inch sizes8. two cans of minced clams in case no fresh ones available9. clam juice from the container and another bottle of clam juice10. chicken or fish stock combined to cover the potatoes and vegies.11. Two carrots.12 Fresh minced parsleyTh...
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By Endre Barath, Jr., Realtor - Los Angeles Home Sales 310.486.1002
(Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices California Properties)
If you are a fan of true crime, specifically of serial killers, this is a must-read book for you.Terror in Ypsilanti John Norman Collins Unmasked by Gregory A. Fournier a book review. As a bit of background, I seldom read non-fiction books. That said, this book was gifted to me by one of Diane’s Goodreads online reader friends, a woman who hails from Michigan and who knew that I attended Eastern Michigan University (EMU) for two semesters from 1972-1973.  While I was waiting for my US Citizenship papers and subsequently hearing whether I would be accepted into the U.S. Air Force Academy or the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, I chose to go to EMU on a scholarship and grants rather than hang around my parents' house.  Yes, I was always up for an adventure back then! When I arrived as...
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By Endre Barath, Jr., Realtor - Los Angeles Home Sales 310.486.1002
(Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices California Properties)
Wordless Wednesdays: Life of Holly in a pet friendly home... As a pet friendly Realtor in Los Angeles, I not only talk a good game, but I practice what I preach. Now with that said how many homes can show pictures of their dog being sandwiched by two cats one on each side. Now in all fairness she does not seem that thrilled but clearly does not mind. On a side note, they all end up in bed with us and I am glad we have a King Sized bed.  Wishing you a safe and healthy life and I look forward to your comments. If you are looking for a knowledgeable, focused and goal-oriented Realtor in the Beverly Hills area who will help you achieve your Real Estate goals, please reach out to me directly! If you are looking for a pet friendly Beverly Hills Realtor who can handle and sell the most difficu...
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By Endre Barath, Jr., Realtor - Los Angeles Home Sales 310.486.1002
(Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices California Properties)
The Exile by Allan Folsom, a book review by Endre Barath, Jr. a Beverly Hills Realtor Do you like to read?  Do you love a good page turner, a book that will make you want to stay up all night and hole up all weekend to read?  If yes, then have I got a book recommendation for you.  The Exile is my fourth book by author Allan Folsom; the first three I read were The Day After Tomorrow, The Machiavelli Covenant and Day of Confession.   I loved all of them.  For no good reason, I went on a book sabbatical, just not having the motivation or the inclination to read.  With a houseful of books, this was not a good thing.  Thanks to my Active Rain friend and author,  Ricki Eichler McCallum , I got back to reading again with her two novels Snow Fire and Snow Fire Revenge and Justice.  Which brings...
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By Endre Barath, Jr., Realtor - Los Angeles Home Sales 310.486.1002
(Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices California Properties)
Motivation Monday: Please let me know what you think of these quotes. Just as a background I bought this book in 2002 and the quotes are from it. I met the author, and she personalized it for me, and I am grateful for it. The book is called "Business Etiquette" by Ann Marie Sabath. I loved her quotes hence I thought I would share it here." Civility costs nothing and buys everything" Lady Mary Worley Montagu "Nature has given men one tongue and two ears, that we may hear twice as much as we speak" Epictetus. "All sins cast great shadows." Irish proverb "The central problem of our age is how to act decisively in the absence of certainty" Bertrand RussellWishing you a safe and healthy life and I look forward to your comments. If you are looking for a knowledgeable, focused and goal-oriente...
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By Fred Sweezer Sr. CMI, LLC., HUD 203k Consultant
(Hud Certified 203K Consultant)
Many friends and family ask me all the time are you still working at 77 years old? the answer is YES! I just finished several renovation projects as a FHA Renovation 203k Consultant helping first time home buyers get there first home with this program. The physical labor part of it is left to my younger experienced consultants and Contractors that I have trained in the profession to be as skilled as I am in the construction industry. I love what I do, both as a family man and professional man. I have references.Fred Sweezer Srhttps://california203kconsultant.com/ 
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By Endre Barath, Jr., Realtor - Los Angeles Home Sales 310.486.1002
(Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices California Properties)
Speechless Sunday: what did you have for dinner? We had swordfish with mashed potatoes and a vegetable mixture of Lacinato Kale, spinach and mushrooms.Easy to make, you bake the Swordfish with a little olive oil, garlic, lemon juice and lemon zest. Oh, and do not forget a little garlic and some onions ( I love sweet onions)While you are baking the fish, the vegies are boiling in bone broth.Then the mashed potatoes were from flakes so easy to make:)Wishing you a safe and healthy life and I look forward to your comments. If you are looking for a knowledgeable, focused and goal-oriented Realtor in the Beverly Hills area who will help you achieve your Real Estate goals, please reach out to me directly! If you are looking for a pet friendly Beverly Hills Realtor who can handle and sell the m...
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By Endre Barath, Jr., Realtor - Los Angeles Home Sales 310.486.1002
(Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices California Properties)
Throwback Thursdays: sometimes I have to check on my Real Estate Signs...Sometimes, I find it is important to take a tour and look at my Real Estate Signs. Some neighborhoods I do not even put up a sign because I know that the neighbors think by knocking down my sign, I will not be able to sell it and they do not have to worry about someone building near their home...Yes, it does sound strange when we have all the internet portals some neighbors still think that only the sign will sell the property. How naive, anyway, then again there are other neighbors who are totally different. They call me and tell me someone vandalized your sign check it out.All depends on the personalities, and I am grateful for the kind neighbors. Some even tell me... Well, when we are ready to sell, we will be r...
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By Endre Barath, Jr., Realtor - Los Angeles Home Sales 310.486.1002
(Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices California Properties)
Wordless Wednesdays: Happy Valentine's Day to all who read this post..Hope you all had a fantastic Valentine's Day today, bit late in this post but life, work, real estate and the pets delayed this post. We had Seared Lobster and Sea Scallops in a beurre Blanc sauce. If you like the meal let me know and will post the recipe. Wishing you a safe and healthy life and I look forward to your comments. If you are looking for a knowledgeable, focused and goal-oriented Realtor in the Beverly Hills area who will help you achieve your Real Estate goals, please reach out to me directly! If you are looking for a pet friendly Beverly Hills Realtor who can handle and sell the most difficult properties that no one else could, please reach out to me directly!! If you are considering buying or selling a...
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By Endre Barath, Jr., Realtor - Los Angeles Home Sales 310.486.1002
(Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices California Properties)
Most of you who read my posts, know I focus on Real Estate, and the rest of the time I focus on cooking and eating good food.When we visit our doctor for our annual checkups, we discuss, that there is hardly any salt on the menu and there is always a balanced gourmet meal on the table.Well, there are times when there is nothing but a good healthy soup. Might not be gourmet, but very tasty and healthy. "...I think one of the terrible things today is that people have this deathly fear of food: fear of eggs, say, or fear of butter. Most doctors feel you can have a little bit of everything..."I so agree with JULIA Child she was spot on with this observation."...the more you know, the more you can create. There's no end to imagination in the kitchen..."Julia Child's quote is so spot on, I kn...
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By Endre Barath, Jr., Realtor - Los Angeles Home Sales 310.486.1002
(Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices California Properties)
I had some left-over Fried Onion Pieces from Trader Joe's since Thanksgiving, hence I searched high and low on the internet for some recipes. Well, I found a Crescent Roll recipe. I happen to have a roll in the fridge, so I made it into my version.Real simple take the Crescent rolls and place some Friend Onion Pieces on the dough and roll it up. I used a lot less than what the recipe called for just to be cautions and I am glad I did.Then the recipe called for an egg wash on top, I did not think that was necessary instead I chose to melt some unsalted butter and poured a bit over the Crescent Rolls and sprinkled some more Friend Onion Pieces and bake it for 12 minutes on 425 degrees and all I can say is Diane approved it. BTW the dinner was easy too, post coming soon:))   Wishing you a ...
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By Endre Barath, Jr., Realtor - Los Angeles Home Sales 310.486.1002
(Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices California Properties)
Wishing everyone who reads this post a Happy Lunar New Year again... this post was inspired by a comment Laura Cerrano  had to say. I wrote a post about the Lunar New Year if you missed it here is a link to it.   https://activerain.com/droplet/HX8r Anyway, our friend Laure posted either on FB or Instagram that you need to put some Oranges out for the New Year and she had listed numbers what they mean, 8 was for prosperity and 9 was for longevity. I will not tell you what I picked nor what Diane has picked. Needless to say here is the bowl and you guess or count how many oranges are in the bowl.  Not as exciting as Wayne Martin  quizzes but at least you have a 50/50 chance of getting it right:)Wishing you a safe and healthy life and I look forward to your comments. If you are looking for...
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By Endre Barath, Jr., Realtor - Los Angeles Home Sales 310.486.1002
(Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices California Properties)
Market snapshot of the Los Angeles, CA 90020 zip code... as most of my regular readers know I follow a handful of zip codes very closely since I have clients who ask about them regularly. I would be remiss if I did not share this here today.I have often been asked in what part of Los Angeles is the 90020-zip code? Well, this time I thought I would share what the Post Office had to say:Stats and Demographics for the 90020 ZIP CodeZIP code 90020 is located in southern California and covers a slightly less than average land area compared to other ZIP codes in the United States. It also has an extremely large population density.The people living in ZIP code 90020 are primarily Asian. The number of people in their late 20s to early 40s is extremely large while the number of seniors is small....
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By Endre Barath, Jr., Realtor - Los Angeles Home Sales 310.486.1002
(Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices California Properties)
Wordless Wednesdays: The rain stopped, and the birds were frolicking well this morning we had a reprieve from all the rain we have been getting for the last three or four days. The sun came out and the birds were frolicking in our backyard bird bath.Check it out. On a side note, as I write this post it is raining again. I keep telling Diane it is good for the grass and good for our citrus trees:))))) Wishing you a safe and healthy life and I look forward to your comments. If you are looking for a knowledgeable, focused and goal-oriented Realtor in the Beverly Hills area who will help you achieve your Real Estate goals, please reach out to me directly! If you are looking for a pet friendly Beverly Hills Realtor who can handle and sell the most difficult properties that no one else could,...
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By Endre Barath, Jr., Realtor - Los Angeles Home Sales 310.486.1002
(Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices California Properties)
What to do on a Sunday afternoon while the Atmospheric River is raging through the Greater Los Angeles area? Well, I decided to make "sauce" (Italian Pasta Sauce) and use my leftover frozen Turkey Meatballs with some Spaghetti Squash.I would have posted about it yesterday, but the platform was not permitting me to do so.Now with that said, to make the Sauce is a three-to-four-hour project. Most of my readers have seen me write about it. I should look for the old recipe and link it to my post here.Hence while I was working on the Sauce, I thought this would be a good time to take the Spaghetti Squash, cut it in half. clean it out and bake it for about 45 minutes.As I was finishing up the sauce, I figured bake the squash with the turkey meatballs and sauce for another 45 minutes and dinne...
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By Endre Barath, Jr., Realtor - Los Angeles Home Sales 310.486.1002
(Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices California Properties)
First, I would like to thank all of you who reached out to me if Diane and the furry family are OK during this unusual time.Second, I would like to thank the powers to be who had anything to do with getting the platform up and running. I usually comment to everyone after 9:30pm and if time permits do a blog post. Clearly yesterday was not to be...Thanks to last night's glitch, I was able to read for about three hours, so I am grateful for that as well.Allow me to focus on the update of the Atmospheric River in the greater Los Angeles area. Gratefully we live in Westchester, CA 90045 virtually next to Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) as most of my readers know I have to wash my citrus fruit before I put it on the table thanks to Airplane Dust.Now with that said look how lucky we w...
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By Endre Barath, Jr., Realtor - Los Angeles Home Sales 310.486.1002
(Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices California Properties)
Speechless Sundays: look what I found on my cart... as most of you who read my posts know I posted last Sunday about Grillo's Pickles. Well, look what I found yesterday as I was doing some last-minute shopping before the big rain we were expecting. In case you missed it I will put a link here to that post:) https://activerain.com/droplet/HWs5Clearly Grillo's Pickles are trying to get your attention, now with that said take my word for it if you like spicey pickles they are good!Wishing you a safe and healthy life and I look forward to your comments. If you are looking for a knowledgeable, focused and goal-oriented Realtor in the Beverly Hills area who will help you achieve your Real Estate goals, please reach out to me directly! If you are looking for a pet friendly Beverly Hills Realto...
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