The Least Trusted (Part Two)

Agents are still highly valued by industry brethren, mortgage and escrow officers, retrofitters, pest control, and other support personnel, if only as ringleaders of the referral circus. Now more than ever.

I've begun receiving cold calls from young, husky voiced, incentive offering, female escrow agents. Little do they know that I already have a young, husky voiced escrow agent. (Before I had an older, husky voiced escrow agent. But she retired.)

At a recent open, marauding packs of mortgage toughs, cased my hand outs, looking for a space to infiltrate rate sheets and cross promotional materials. "Fewer buyers", I explained, cornered and forced to confess my recommendation loyalties, "are coming unattached. Even first-timers, have done more leg work, and are pre-qualified, with a lender of choice. It's not my place, unless I perceive gross abuse, to undermine that relationship." Dissatisfied, they mounted their Bradley fighting vehicle, prepared for another Caravan coldcock, and lunch at Taylors.

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Clarifying my inventory

I've a modest Adobe Revival coming, in Kinney Heights. Massive systems work: roof, total re-pipe, re-wire, new HVAC, exterior and interior paint, new wood windows, re-finished oak and fir floors. Here's a sneak peek of the living room. The property is two bedrooms, one bath. Price? Low to mid $500's.

I'm currently marketing 2361 W. 20th St., a Craftsman bungalow of superb proportions. Previously we accepted a full price offer, only the deal stalled, and we've returned to market. I will be showing it tomorrow (Sunday, November 11th) from noon - 4 pm. If you haven't seen it, you ought to. All compliment its' size (nearly 2000 square feet on a single level) and flow (long sight lines). The property, featured on a recent house tour, resides in one of West Adams' most prized Historic Preservation Overlay Zones, neatly defined Western Heights (East of Arlington at Washington, North of the 10 freeway). It too can claim electrical, heating and cooling, and plumbing upgrades--and knockout features (see photos left and at top).