The Malibu Real Estate Blog

There’s a really great condo complex that sits on the corner of Heathercliff and Dume Drive with a unit for sale at an incredibly low price. The two bedroom condo has beach rights to the gate on Grey Fox and has  a two car covered garage. The Unit is listed at $625,000 and would be  a great purchase to rent out to Pepperdine students. Call for a showing 310 699 8428

listed with J. Cosentino/ PritchetRapf

From a recent deal on the real Amityville Horror home to the address where Charles Manson murdered Sharon Tate, VIEW THE GALLERY of plots that have made a killing.
THE LIST:
1) The Amityville Horror House; Price: $1,150,000 (listed); sale price undisclosed; Location: 108 Ocean Avenue, Amityville, New York

2) The Tate Murder House; Price: $1,999,000 (listed); $1,600,000 (sold); Location: 10050 Cielo Drive, Los Angeles, California

3) The JonBenet Ramsey House; Price: $650,000; Location: 755 15th Street, Boulder, Colorado

4) Nicole Brown Simpson’s Condo; Price: $590,000; Location: 875 S. Bundy Drive, Los Angeles, California

5) Gianni Versace’s Villa; Price: $19 million; Location: 1116 Ocean Drive, Miami, Florida

6) The In Cold Blood House; Price: $275,000; Location: Oak Avenue, Holcomb, Kansas

7) The Haunting in Connecticut Home; Price: Unknown; Location: 208 Meriden Avenue, Southington, Connecticut

The Kreischer Mansion; Price: Listed at $2,499,000; Location: 4500 Arthur Kill Road, Staten Island, New York

9) Michael Jackson’s Final Home; Price: Listed at $28,995,000; Location: 100 N. Carolwood Drive, Los Angeles, California
from TheDailybeast.com

10) The Maryland Double Murder House; Price: Undisclosed; Location: 9337 Columbia Boulevard, Silver Spring, Maryland

The Sixth Annual Malibu Community Surf Classic will be held Sat. Aug. 21, 2010 at Zuma Beach Tower 8. We will have a truck load of gear including new surfboards, skateboards, wetsuits, stomp pads, back packs, and other awesome raffle prizes. We will be giving away a Sunova surfboard!. We will also be picking up gear from Freedom Artists, Drill, Oquinn, and West Coast Riders. Don’t miss the raffle, it will be like Christmas Morning part 2. Also on board is Zinka, so don’t miss our crazy face painting contest! Tiger Lily Jewelry is also throwing some bling our way for the ladies. Crumbs Bakery also is donating to this event with dozens of freshly baked cupcakes just for the contest. So, don’t miss the event – see you at Zuma!! E-mail Me for an entry form! links to website where you can download an entry form. Mail it or bring it the day of.

So what do you do if you want a fire show on the 4th of July but you want it right in your back yard? Hire a private barge to come out and shoot as many fireworks as your pocket book will allow!
Around July 1st, it’s time to start finding out who is having a firework show and where the best beach parties are going to be at. Broad Beach, Paradise Cove, and The Colony have always been good bets in the past. There’s also the PCH Traffic Party.

Three Private Firework displays have received permits so far.

80 Malibu Colony Road (9pm)
21528 Pacific Coast Highway (9 pm)
27910 Pacific Coast Highway (9 pm)

You still have time to come out and enjoy a month in Malibu. There are several beach houses available for the month of August. Prices range form $20k-$100k but you’ll need to act fast because agents across the board are reporting that they are getting multiple calls for summer rentals. Call for a list of what is available. 310 699 8428

I can’t emphasize enough how important it is as an agent to use every means possible to market a property. We got this listing because we excel at finding new ways to expose properties to the world and really think “outside the box” when it comes to online marketing. We had the print areas covered being featured in OceanHome Magazine, LA Business Journal, LA Times, Malibu Times, and in dozens of online websites. What we really wanted was television coverage and we couldn’t have asked for a better segment than this for NBC. Check it out! To find out how we can do a better job marketing your home than anyone else, call Mike Gardner @ 310 699 8428.
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I am totally hooked on finding interesting stories for this blog. I also love spinning the PR wheel and finding ways to get media exposure to my listings. A few weeks ago I saw a new Malibu home for sale in the MLS for a home where a Ferrari was being given away. I called the agent up and said “Do you realize the size of media gold mine you are sitting on?”. He had no clue so I asked for permission to run the story on my blog and call my media contacts because I’m not letting this one go to waste. The original story can be found here . So here’s what happend…The story first went out to Wallet Pop. After that it found it’s way on to 30 different auto sites and forums. Then it hit the newspapers…. the big ones. Lastly it went on Fox News. So with a good story and a few calls I was able to bring in about 30,000 page views to the blog, got mentioned on dozens of portals, and got the agent some face time on TV. So I got to ask…..Does your agent go to these lengths for your home. If the answer is no then call me 310 699 8428. I”ll tell you what I’ve done for my listing here.

Update! reduced to $12,950,000

A new home in Serra Retreat went on the Malibu Real estate market this week for $14,795,000 . The home, best described as a “Modern interpretation of a barn” is sure to find favor with buyers looking for privacy and stylish design. The home is located at the back of Serra Retreat and sits in a bowl surrounded by the hills of the Santa Monica Mountains. It’s private enough that one will feel at ease with nothing on in the master Continue Reading »

My Malibu real estate listing, Villa Cascata, was named in the top 25 of all ocean front homes for sale in the US!  The home  is featured in the print version and the online digital flip book found here. You’ll need to give an email first to see the online version and it’s worth seeing the entire magazine.

Here’s the Low Down. A Malibu home seen on TV’s Million Dollar Listing is headed for auction on May 22.  This type of home for sale is much easier than the headaches of the bank owned, REO, short sale type. This 5600 sq.ft.home is located in my neighborhood, so I know it well, and is located in a private, gated canyon with winding streams, oaks trees, and a few minutes walk from the beach. Continue Reading »

The Kogi BBQ truck will be at Bluffs Park today, Wed 9th, from 11-1 sponsored by Villa Malibu. If you are a student, love good food, and are thinking about living off campus, then come down and enjoy the feast!

Carbon Beach, aka billionaires beach, has given us one more reason to believe it’s name. A new $57,000,000 listing came on the Malibu real estate market this week. This is not your average beach house! This Malibu home for sale is on a triple lot on Carbon beach and has almost 13,000 sq.ft. with 180 feet of frontage. The home is exceptionally done in a Cape Cod style and  boasts Continue Reading »

Check out the new “Quickly Search” link on the right. Once you search an area like Malibu, you can adjust the search results by price, time on market, etc. BUT the best one of all is the tab that lists homes with the largest % price drop! That is where you are going to find the deals! Yeah, like that beach house was $8m now you can buy it at $4m! This is one of the best ways to find a Malibu home for sale with a motivated seller.

A home seller in Malibu has come up with a very unique and creative way of bringing attention to the sale of his home….he’s throwing in his red Ferrari F40. The iconic Italian sports car has less than 800 miles on it and only 1315 production models ever rolled off the factory floor in Maranello, Italy. The car was originally offered at $400k, though some buyers were willing to pay a bit more to possess this stellar sports model…up to $1.6m! The F40 was the first ever legal production car to exceed 200 mph. A Japanese Ferrari dealer once filmed himself hitting 201 mph only to be arrested after he sold a videotape to an undercover policeman. Bail probably wasn’t a problem, he had already sold 10,000 of the videos. The only catch on securing the car is that the home for sale must be purchased before 6-30-2010.

Oh, and about the house! The home’s asking price is $4,399,333.00 and it has expansive ocean views on half an acre. There are 5 bedrooms, 5 bathrooms, and close to 6000 sq.ft. of living space. There is a pool, room to park 13 cars, and is less than a minute walk from the beaches along Encinal Bluffs. The house across the street is asking $49m! Call for a showing of the car or house! 310 699 8428

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