Keep in mind, construction is moving on Los Angeles time. Featured image credit: Chris English For decades, a delicate ballet of colored light and aquatics in motion has enlivened the point where Riverside Drive and Los Feliz Boulevard intersect. Yet, you’d never know it if you’d passed through the area in the last several years. […]
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How Purposeful Real Estate Website Design Makes for a More Rewarding Experience
Computers have placed pretty much anything you can imagine at our fingertips. So why is it still so challenging to find the perfect house? While the digital world still hasn’t quite figured out how to make more housing inventory, a well-crafted real estate website does make house hunting easier than it was a few decades […]
Valley Relics Museum Collects Nostalgic Treasures from a Unique Culture
Featured image credit: ValleyRelicsMuseum.org The San Fernando Valley can feel like its own world… maybe even its own dimension. Is there anywhere else quite like it? It has its own identity, its own culture. For a time, it seemed to even have its own accent. While characteristics of the Valley come and go, one man […]
Okay, You’ve Passed the California Real Estate Exam! Now What?
The moment you pass the California real estate exam, you may feel that the last hurdle between you and success as a licensed real estate agent is finally behind you. And you might be right. But what comes next can often be a rude awakening for the novice agent. In most cases, the real estate […]
California City is the Forgotten Metropolis that Survived the Death of Its Own Dream
Featured image credit: Tedder Don’t call it a ghost town. Although, admittedly, California City is a ghost of what its creators intended. If we’re looking at it purely from the perspective of land area, it’s the third-largest city in California (bigger than San Francisco and Sacramento) and the 43rd biggest city in the country, measuring […]
Get the Most Twang for Your Buck at the 11 Best Country Bars in Los Angeles
You might even find a few mechanical bulls mixed in. Featured image credit: Sassafras Saloon Let’s be honest: we don’t get a lot of people looking for an authentic hoedown in LA. It’s a place where the city slickers are extra slick; where the palm tree is greater than the prairie rose; where the emphasis […]
3 Obstacles Keeping LA from a Healthy Housing Supply – and What You Can Do About Them
There’s no way around it: Los Angeles has a housing supply shortage. You may not hear us talk about it much here at JohnHart. But that’s only because we invest in agents who know how to use conditions like this to your advantage. That doesn’t mean we’re working in an ideal market. Will supply ever […]
The Folk Art Masterpiece of the Watts Towers Inspired a Community to Build Up
Featured image credit: Levi Clancy This city (and, by extension, this blog) is no stranger to incredible feats of folk art. We’ve seen it in structures like Rubel Castle, the Mosaic Tile House, Zorthian Ranch, and even, to some degree, the Sam Maloof House. We explored it in installations like the Old Trapper’s Lodge and […]
Experience the Mojave in Style at the Historic 29 Palms Inn
Featured image credit: 29 Palms Inn Official Site In the community of 29 Palms, an authentic desert experience doesn’t necessarily mean roughing it. This truth is artfully illustrated by the historic 29 Palms Inn, a community staple that has been serving visitors to the area since opening in 1928. At just a hop, skip, and […]
LA Glows Brighter Thanks to the Museum of Neon Art
Featured image credit: MONA Glendale When Blade Runner hit theaters in June 1982, it introduced us to a portrait of LA’s dystopian future, a constant barrage of polluted rain plummeting into percussive refinery fires. And, at street level, neon as far as the eye could see. Though modern LA can at times echo the film’s […]