The Malibu Real Estate Blog

This business is changing so fast it’s hard to keep up….but we do and will if it benefits buyers and sellers! Here’s what I learned this week. Email is on it’s way out, at least for the younger generation. They are using Facebook instant messaging to talk,  not slow email. The new Facebook Page, used for business,  will be equally or more important than a traditional Website. For certain types of business it will be the only website they use. You can check mine out here.

So here is where I’m heading with technology. We are offering an Ipad Iphone app where you can search for Malibu real estate and homes for sale.

Now I’m about to go one step further and give you this!

Welcome to QR codes. Just take a shot with you Iphone and the search app will get started at the Itunes store. The code to activate it is 9065.

Deal alert! New to the market just a few hours ago…..4 bedroom condo for sale in Malibu for $370,000! Here’s the low down….Bank owned unit located in the Malibu Villas near Paradise Cove. Appliances were stripped out and it needs some fixin, BUT it’s a nice unit with ocean views and a short stroll to the beach. It’s on the first row which means you’ll get some PCH noise, but rent the place out to a bunch of Pepperdine kids who probably won’t even hear it, sit back and collect rent checks! This is the least expensive 4 bedroom condo for sale in all of Malibu.
8:38pm update. Offers are starting to come in but there is still time, this weekend to write. The kitchen has nice cabinets, a nice stainless sink, and really nice countertops. The master bath has a spa tub and radiant heat floors. There are two 80 gallon new water heaters in the garage.The bad…..all appliances gone, toilet is missing, faucets are gone, and even a few light fixtures are gone. There are some cracks and things in the walls too. Still, it would be a great rental for college kids. My guess is that it going to take 10k-30k to get the place livable again.

Call for a showing. I can show it any time and I’ve already got two scheduled for today.
Email Me to get all properties in Malibu on my Bank Owned/ Foreclosure/ Short Sale list. There are 40 right now within the Malibu real estate market. You can run your own reports anytime on the link above called Foreclosures.

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For seriously straight talk about actually buying or selling a home in Malibu, call me on my cell at 310 699 8428 anytime 7am to 10pm.

listed with D. Carroll Prudential Malibu

There was a time not so long ago that a $100,000 per month Malibu summer rental was the talk of the town. Now it’s like, “Whatever, pass the Splenda, I gotta run to Pilates”. The new OMG price range is above $200,000 per month or higher and it shouldn’t be long before someone makes a run at $300k.

Do they get rented? Yes. Just when you think there is no way anyones going to pay that amount, the listing quietly gets withdrawn from the MLS, and a fleet of black Chevy suburbans with funny little TCP letters on the back bumper appear in front of the address.

Who are these people? In the upper digits it’s likely sheiks, royalty, oil barons, and guys who like horses under the hood or in the stable. It’s not the A-list actors that have business managers with good sense; they tend to stay in the $100k and under club.

Call for a showing but to see any of these you’ll need to be seriously qualified. Swiss bank statements, a truck load of gold bullion, or showing up with Mark Zuckerberg should all be fine.

Here are the Top Three Most Expensive Summer Rentals in Malibu

1. 26848 Pacific Coast Highway. $250,000 per month with 13 bedrooms and  14 baths.
2. 23316 Malibu Colony Road. Listed at $200,000 per month with 5 bedrooms and 7 baths. It will be completed by summer 2011.
3. 7107 Birdview on Point Dume asking $100,000 with 6 bedrooms and 6.5 baths.

1 listed w Chris Cortazzo, 2 with Damon Skelton, 3 with Paul Randall

Vanity Fair ran a really nice article about the mobile homes in Paradise Cove, Malibu in the recent issue. Both David Carter and the trailer park got some great press. Here are some links that should help you.
The article can be found here at our FaceBook page

You can search mobile homes for sale here.
Click this link to be taken to an MLS search for all Mobile Home in Malibu.The user id is x55032 and the password is trailer

Sit down and get ready for this……$2,275,000 for a D-luxe mobile home in the  Point Dume Club! No, I didn’t accidentally include an extra zero. That’s the going rate for the most expensive mobile home listing in Malibu and  possibly the world. So what are you getting you ask? You get a huge ocean view and are seconds from the shores of Zuma beach. The place is more like a home than something with an axle but you still need to register it each year with the DMV. Can’t roll like that? There are some single wides for under $350,000 but they look more like sardine cans that homes. But still better to be a sardine in Malibu than a big fish in Elko, NV. Showings call 310 699 8428
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listed with David Carter

I just got done with my new custom designed Facebook page! This “Malibu Home For Sale” Facebook Page is going to have some different information than the blog here. Myself and another company worked together on this new product as a joint venture and will be offering it to other agents. Please take a moment to check out the welcome page then the “Wall”. I would love some feedback on it. Click here to check it out. Like it if you like it!

Here are the top three most expensive Malibu homes / mansions for sale.
Coming in at number one is a Malibu home that may be one of the most beautiful homes in the world for sale. This grand estate has been in numerous movies and TV shows and get ready, is asking $75,000,000! Known as La Villa Contenta, this Malibu home sits on 8 acres, has 13 bedrooms, and incredible ocean views above Latigo Point. The home can be purchased for $34,500,000 with apprx 1.5 acres.

Coming in at number two this Malibu home for sale is located in the Paradise Cove Bluffs area and is asking $45,000,000. This home sits on over 6 acres of waht many consider to be the best beach in all of Malibu. The home is almost 12,000 sq ft and is reminiscent of the great estates of Montecito in Santa Barbara.

The third and final most expensive home for sale in Malibu is located on the Encinal Bluffs west of Broad Beach. 32604 Pacific Coast Highway is a recently built ocean front estate on 3 acres. There are 9 bedrooms and 12 baths within this beach front villa and has a garage to park a fleet of bullet proof cars. This Malibu Home for sale can be had for $39,950,000.

Like this article???  For the “Low Down on the High End” in Malibu subscribe via the RSS feed button on the right or here.

For seriously straight talk about buying or selling a home in Malibu, call me on my cell at 310 699 8428 anytime 7am to 10pm.

Created Wednesday 11:03AM Email Me to get all properties in Malibu on my Bank Owned/ Foreclosure/ Short Sale list. There are 40 right now within the Malibu real estate market. You can run your own reports anytime on the link above called Foreclosures.

Like this article???  For the “Low Down on the High End” in Malibu subscribe via the RSS feed button on the right or here.

For seriously straight talk about actually buying or selling a home in Malibu, call me on my cell at 310 699 8428 anytime 7am to 10pm.