Featured image credit: Hollywood Unwrapped You don’t have to be a Hollywood insider to recognize the name Tony Duquette. Throughout the 1940s and ‘50s, he elevated set decoration to an art form with his “more is more” approach. It earned him a great deal of admirers, some well-positioned friends, and, it would seem, a small […]
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Blending a Real Estate Agent and Loan Officer, the AMLO℠ is the Future of Real Estate
If you missed JohnHart’s {RE}VOLUTION event yesterday, you’ll likely be hearing some of our plans trickling out to the public over the weeks. One of the most hotly discussed topics after the presentation was the introduction of JohnHart’s and Golden Coast Finance’s AMLO℠: a plan that would see qualifying agents potentially multiply their commissions while […]
Palm Springs’ Mojave Maxine Gives Groundhog Day a Run For Its Money
Featured image credit: The Living Desert Zoo and Gardens Groundhog Day, the annual tradition you sort of forgot was a thing, is coming up on February 2. And while the rest of the U.S. (and, believe it or not, Canada) will have to wait until then for the prophetic Punxsutawney Phil to predict the coming […]
The Downtown Chocolate Shop Los Angeles Historians Love is Short on Sweets… But Big on Vision
Featured image credit: Omgivning Perhaps as a deeply inadequate escape from the stresses of the first World War, hot chocolate was all the rage in Los Angeles in 1914. Through this fad, new life was etched into the very walls of a formerly non-descript four-story building that remains standing today at 217 West 6th Street. […]
VOTE for JohnHart’s 2023 Person of the Year
It’s that time of year again at JohnHart; a time when one real estate agent is elevated by their peers to heights we’ve already known they’ve attained, but were just too humble to admit it. We won’t say it’s a time when transactions don’t matter, but maybe a time when they’re not all that matter. […]
Absorption Rate Analysis: December 2023 – Secretly Good News for Buyers?
As our absorption rate analysis blogs have likely emphasized by now, statistics are often at the whim of interpretation. These numbers are concrete: they tell us something that actually happened. A certain number of homes were sold in a given area. A certain number of homes were on the market in that same area. Anything […]
Sorry, Other California Mushrooms. The Golden Chanterelle is Officially Our State Shroom!
Featured image credit: Boleslaw Kuznik (Bolek) On January 1, a slew of new California laws will take effect, impacting minimum wage, health care, public transit, and more. It also means, for the first time ever, California will have an official state mushroom. And, no, it’s not that kind of mushroom. Sure, California mushrooms may not […]
Glendora’s CocoVino Wine Shop Finds Its Terroir in Community
Los Angeles, like many major cities, is a place of instant gratification. You don’t usually have to look too hard to find something rare or even unique. From vintage clothing to obscure records, classic cars to Hollywood memorabilia, the city itself is like a museum in rapid motion. But if it’s a rare wine you’re […]
The 3 Best (Free!) Christmas Light Displays in Los Angeles
It can be tough to get into the spirit of the holidays when you live in Southern California. After all, our weather is just so relentlessly perfect that we just can’t quite get that snowed-in sense of coziness. But packing the family into the car and checking out some of the area’s best (and free) […]
Why is Pickleball Becoming So Popular Across Los Angeles?
We’ve noticed a marked interest in pickleball among JohnHart’s agents and staff as of late. But we didn’t need to look far to realize this isn’t a phenomenon unique to our brokerage. It’s happening all over the city, the state, the country. What is this recent fascination with pickleball Los Angeles residents seem to have […]