You just can’t make this stuff up! As mentioned in the caravan food menu post from this morning, the Rock and Roll Snack House on caravan lived up to its name. The house, which was previously vacant, was recently staged by Kathy Kurasch and was done with all sorts of music industry memorabilia, guitars and a fake recording studio. It was an impressive...
It’s 8:30 am and my wife just asked me what I’d like for breakfast. To be honest, the first thought that came into my mind was, “What’s being served on caravan today?” because the answer to that will tell me how to answer my wife. A quick scan of the food being offered, and the homes being shown, revealed some pretty great...
I’m a data hound and just a few minutes ago a real estate transaction that had a lot of talk and speculation just made more sense. After reading an update from title showing what has quietly transferred in the last few months the rumors of a large deal could be explained with reality. There were a bunch of $1m and $2m items but at the bottom...
I started the Malibu Real Estate blog about 5 years ago with the idea of just trying to get some interesting news out there about our unique market. I look back on my very first post and remember just how difficult it was trying to come up with something to say that people would find interesting. My first paragraph was small but it took forever to write...
Rumors have been swirling for months now about what will become of the vacant restaurant next to the Nobu on Carbon Beach, but now those rumors may soon translate into a reservation at a new Wolfgang Puck restaurant. In a recent interview with Haute Living, restauranteur and legendary chef Wolfgang Puck hints that he may be taking a run at establishing...
For weeks now a resident of a Malibu beach house has been looking for a tenant with some homemade signs on PCH. It started with a simple for rent sign then the campaign got serious with some hand written signs erected on top of wood stakes in the back of a truck. It appears the ad campaign may not be working so well as it been a few weeks BUT I have...
The Caravan for Malibu real estate agents is every Thursday. One week it’s on the west end of town, then the next on the east end with Latigo Road acting as our Mason-Dixon Line. It’s a time to see the new Malibu real estate inventory and occasionally grab a great bite to eat when agents entice other agents with attention grabbing headlines...
I always get asked if anyone is getting any great deals on Malibu beach houses or, from the real hustlers, if I see anything that can be purchased at “wholesale” then flipped. The answer is yes, but as we leave 2012 behind, those opportunities will be less and less. Every morning I do a few things before heading out the door. First, I start...
Quick history for you about why Zillow revolutionized the real estate industry and why I’m all in on Zillow. One of the main goals for a real estate agent is to market a property so buyers and other agents come to see it. Simple…promote the heck out of it and then sell it any way you can. When agents get listings the first thing they do...
The landmark Malibu castle that burnt down in the 2007 wildfire is now up for sale. The famous Kashan Castle sadly went up in flames when Santa Ana winds whipped up a fire caused by downed utility lines. What’s unique about this offering is that the property is being sold partially built. The land also sits right next to Larry Ellison’s...
Sometimes you see a house so dramatic that all you want to do is click away on your cell phone. I’m talking Instagram effects, panorama, and HDR….everything you can throw at it. I did just that when I saw this Ed Niles modern home for sale while out on the Malibu Realtor’s caravan this morning. The home is offered for $7,995,000 and...
Many times when agents talk to each other they use the term “real money” to describe their buyers to the listing agent. We may say something like, “I’ve done some research, feel free to Google him, he’s real money.” This makes it easier to get an appointment to see many of the higher priced listings and it’s...