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Report: Nearly Half of the Units Listed in LA Through Short Term Rental Companies Are Violating Regulations

It’s been over three years since the city of Los Angeles passed laws designed to regulate out-of-control listings by short term rental companies. Yet, a recent report highlights that, in light of a disturbing lack of enforcement, hosts are still bending the rules. Or, in many cases, outright breaking them. David Wachsmuth, an urban planning professor at McGill University, re...

Denied Financing? Here’s How a Savvy Agent Can Help You in Your Home Loan Pre Approval Process

Maybe you just found your dream home. Or maybe you just realized that the living situation that’s worked for you in the past isn’t cutting it today. It’s all good until that dreaded moment when you seek home loan pre approval… only to get denied. Where can you go from here? Ten times out of ten, we’d tell you to talk with a compassionate real estate agent. You kno...

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Are Expanded Renters Rights at the Federal Level the Right Direction?

Some are calling it the kind of relief one expects from a functioning first world government. Others are calling it an overreach that ignores the real solution. But no matter how you slice it, the Biden administration announced on Wednesday, January 25 its intention to establish a fledgling “renters bill of rights.” What does this mean? A diverse battery of renters rights applied at...

Why Me! Christina Malyan as Your Realtor

Why Choose Haik Bokhchalian & Associates Is your listing stagnating on the market? Here are just a few ways I can freshen it up: We Understand Every Aspect of Real Estate Haik Bokhchalian and Associates have cultivated decades of combined experience bringing sterling service to clients just like you. Real estate is so much more than buying and selling homes and we treat the full ...

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JohnHart’s 12 Skills for Exponential Growth in Real Estate – Skill #4: Writing Skills to Develop Critical Thinking and Beyond

There are myriad reasons you might want to tighten up your writing skills. Believe it or not, critical thinking development is among them. Even if you’re unfamiliar with the term “critical thinking”, you’re using it everyday. It starts with the collection of information and follows with in-depth analysis to help you form an opinion. And hopefully that opinion is an educa...

8 Reasons Why We Won’t See Home Prices Dropping Anytime Soon

If you’re looking forward to home prices dropping in the near future, you may want to read this. Our CEO, founder, and principal broker Harout Keuroghlian recently made clear his belief that we’re not going to be seeing home prices reduced by much, if any, in the foreseeable future. And when Harout has a “belief”, you can count on it being more of an educated guess. His ...

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When Do You Have to Disclose a Death in a House?

We’ve all seen the movies where an average family’s new dream home becomes a nightmare as they discover it’s haunted by restless spirits. That’s just movie magic, right? But whether or not you believe in ghosts, you’d probably want to know if someone had passed away in the home you’re purchasing. It’s actually a really common question among buyers. If y...

Explore My Elegant Listing in Granada Hills

  Did you happen to miss my Twilight Open House at this beautiful Granada Hills estate?  Not to worry, I invite you to experience the magic!     Take a look at this magnificent 8 bedroom, 6 bathroom home with an impressive 9,145 sqft floorplan.  Complete with sky high ceilings, a chef’s kitchen and a 3-car garage, th...

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Here’s What to Do if the Home Insurance California Brokers Offer No Longer Covers You

If you’ve been paying attention to the news, you’ve seen it’s getting harder to secure California homeowners insurance. Farmers Insurance, the second most popular home insurance California provider, just announced their intentions to place a cap on new policies. This trails even stricter decisions by State Farm and Allstate to completely cease issuing homeowner’s policie...

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