Westlake Village, California

Westlake Village, California | Certainly a village… though its beauty might surprise you… The City of Westlake Village, set between the Simi Hills and the Santa Monica Mountains in Western Los Angeles County, combines the beauty of the Southern California countryside with choice luxury real estate. This master planned ‘City in the Country’ enjoys the [...]

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Interior luxury design | Dark Creek Road, Calabasas

Amazing Tuscan Retreat | Joni Koneig | Luxury Staging

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Historic Calabasas and Father Juniper Serra

Not Sherwood, but it’s close. Thought we’d talk about the virtues of Calabasas today. We tried to assemble the other 3 parts but we decided to introduce you to something more “historic.” A city that actually is part of “an historic time” and founded by a Father (which is coming up soon!): Calabasas, California. Calabasas, [...]

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Sherwood Country Club | The Original Robin Hood

Sherwood Country Club is a private gated community realized by David Murdock, an American businessman, and owner of Dole. Built around Lake Sherwood, the oldest man made lake in California, Sherwood Country Club was built on the filming site of Douglas Fairbanks, Sr.’s 1921 movie ‘Robin Hood’. The ‘Robin Hood Cabin’ built for the movie [...]

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Social media strategy for real estate

Our tactics for marketing properties on the web Marketing of luxury real estate is increasingly more complex with the digital landscape. Largely, this is because of social media. It’s not something we are afraid of. We can’t afford to ignore it. It is increasingly becoming part of our daily routine and marketing. Of course, the [...]

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City of Thousand Oaks

Thousand Oaks, California Thousand Oaks began as several sleepy ranchos situated in Conejo Valley (the valley of the rabbits) of Southern California in the late 1800’s. Now with more than 125,000 residents, Thousand Oaks has been distinguished as one of the safest cities in the nation, and ranked among the top ten communities for statewide [...]

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Sotheby’s Realty | Luxury home and lifestyles around the world

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One Million Max | Mortgage Interest Deduction & your Tax

One Million Max | Mortgage Interest Deduction & your Tax What is the rule? There seems to be some confusion regarding the “1 million dollar” deduction homeowners can take on their tax return for mortgage interest. Is it that you can actually deduct up to a million dollars in mortgage interest per year? If that [...]

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What is an Escrow?

What is Escrow? In a real estate transaction, an escrow is simply a deposit of funds from a buyer, for delivery to a seller, upon completion of specific conditions set forth in a contract. In fact, in California, our Residential Purchase Agreement is also called “Joint Escrow Instructions”. These instructions are unique to your agreement, [...]

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