When you are buying or selling in Culver City, the history behind a street or a neighborhood usually explains something about it today. Why certain blocks have small lots and older bungalows. Why some areas still carry a bit of an industrial edge while others feel purely residential. Why a piece of land ended up…
The Real History of Blair Hills, Culver City: A Land Grant and a Will Rogers Connection Blair Hills is one of those Culver City pockets people drive past for years without knowing the name. A few hundred homes on a hillside off La Cienega, quiet streets, big trees. Someone asked me the other day whether…
How Much Money Do You Need to Buy a Home in Los Angeles? Most people in Los Angeles think buying a home takes $200,000 in the bank. That number keeps a lot of would-be buyers renting for years longer than they need to. The down payment is one piece, not the whole bill When people…
Selling a Home You Inherited in Los Angeles: Where to Start If you’ve inherited a house, I’m sorry. For most people this comes after losing a parent, and the house lands on top of a long list of hard things at a hard time. You don’t need someone rushing you, and you don’t need a…
The Culver Hotel Has Survived a Century. That Tells You Something About Culver City. You can walk past the Culver Hotel a hundred times and not think twice about it. It’s just there, on the corner, doing what it’s always done. But a building that’s stood in the same spot on the same street for…
Should I Sell My House in Los Angeles Now or Wait? If you’re wondering whether you should sell your house in Los Angeles now or wait, I’d start with a different question: What are you hoping the wait will accomplish? Maybe you’re hoping home prices will rise. Maybe you’re waiting for mortgage rates to come…
When the Hollywood Bowl first opened in 1922, it was more than a music venue. Los Angeles was young, ambitious, and determined to prove it was more than a Wild West town. The Bowl’s founders wanted a gathering place that would elevate the entire community, and they delivered an architectural and cultural landmark that still…
Route 66 officially received its designation on November 11, 1926, stretching 2,448 miles from Chicago to the California coast. If you’ve been to the Santa Monica Pier and looked out at the Pacific, you have stood at the symbolic end of one of America’s most famous highways. The road that built Los Angeles. Route 66…
Guard-gated, historically significant, and surprisingly attainable — here’s why this West LA gem deserves your attention. By Nicole Strober, DRE #02001608 Compass I’ve sold in many communities across Los Angeles, but whenever I show someone Cameo Woods for the first time, there’s always a moment, usually right after the guard waves you through the…
