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New Los Angeles Restaurants Opening in 2022

Los Angeles is serving up some new restaurants in the year 2022. Be the first to try out these new dining locations throughout Los Angeles County. Get your appetites ready. There are some pretty promising options. 1) Aegea A brand-spanking-new restaurant called Aegea is set to open in 2022 in Melrose. According to WhatNowLosAngeles.com, this new restaurant will take ov...

The 6 Best Palm Springs Spots for Your Valentines Date Night

With Valentine’s Day just around the corner, here are some of the top spots in Palm Springs to check out. These are some gems in Palm Springs beyond your typical chain steakhouses to get a taste of the best of local flavors. Enjoy a memorable atmosphere and spectacular food at any of these venues. Make reservations now for your evening with your spouse, partner, significant other, or frie...

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Las Vegas Home Spotlight: Grab Your Iodine Pills, We're Going to the Underground House

  Located less than three miles from the iconic Las Vegas Strip, but with no traces of its glitter or glamor, stands 3970 Spencer Street. You could easily drive past it without giving it a second glance. But even if you took a long, hard look, you’d only see an unassuming, slightly dilapidated townhouse. Yet, as the old adage goes, you can’t judge a book by its cover. An...

Even with California Rent Control, Tenants Could Be Enduring 10% Rent Hikes This Year

  Rent control has long been the barrier tentatively protecting the Angeleno renter from unmanageable rent hikes. Virtually anyone who’s recently left the city will cite high rent as a factor in their move. The state as a whole benefits from California rent control guidelines. Certain pockets of the city even enjoy stricter Los Angeles rent control laws. But in all of these cases,...

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Six Street Viaduct Chaos Gives Way to New Safety Measures

    Good luck finding a local topic hotter than the opening and closing (and re-opening and re-closing) of the Sixth Street Viaduct. That’s a lot of opening and closing and we can reasonably expect more of the same over the next few months. The redesigned Sixth Street Bridge was opened to the public with serious fanfare on the weekend of July 10th. There were fireworks...

In LA, Even the Hollywood Walk of Fame Gets A Face Lift

  People the world over flock to the Hollywood Walk of Fame to bask in its iconicism. Unfortunately, they usually have to scrape through a few layers of grime to find it. But that could slowly begin changing for the better starting in 2023. That’s when a long-planned project to revitalize the area will break ground.  Beneath the Glamor of the Hollywood Walk of Fame ...

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Cycling in Los Angeles is Scary… But Could These Improvements Make It Easier?

  It’s easy to see Los Angeles as a city at-odds with its cycling community. Historically, it hasn’t done much to beat this reputation. A megalopolis measuring approximately 4,850-square miles with a subpar public transit system tends to encourage automobile-dependence. But these days, it seems the city is at least trying to offer alternatives. Attempts to improve the de...

The Years First Big Heat Wave is Here: What You Need to Know

Your friend who’s been going on about this year’s mild summer in Los Angeles is likely pretty quiet this week. That’s because we’re just getting started on this year’s big Los Angeles heat wave. At least we hope this is the big one. Then again, we’re just entering September so there’s still plenty of time for more juggernauts of heat. Things a...

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Absorption Rate Analysis: August 2022 Shows the Market Belongs to Everyone

Numbers don’t lie. We wish we could say the same for headlines. In our quest for transparency, we’re going to be bringing you monthly updates on the health of the real estate market with our new series Absorption Rate Analysis. We hear a lot about “fewer homes hitting the market”, but this hasn’t been our personal experience. We still see a very healthy market in t...

Las Vegas Home Spotlight: The Shared Dream of Lonnie Hammargren House

  Collectors share a similar compulsion. Yet, the subjects of their obsessions can be radically diverse. Some might collect I Love Lucy memorabilia. Others might collect the dried husks of dead butterflies. Big ticket collectors might boast garages full of classic cars. Broke collectors might write down  in a tattered notebook a collection of vanity plates they see in the...