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Painting Tips to Sell Your Home
Color Choice: Painting your house a new and fresh color (both inside and out) can change the way prospective buyers feel about a property. For example, painting the interior of a house white makes the house feel bigger, brighter, fresher and ne...
Fairfax District Real Estate
When you hear the name “Fairfax”, you automatically conjure up images of Old Jewish immigrants “kibitzing” at Canter’s Deli and the epicenter of the original Los Angeles Jewish Community, which has spilled over to East and Southwest o...
Best Recent Sale on Orange Drive in Los Angeles
Duplex Sale: Duplex properties on Orange Drive and Mansfield Ave (adjacent to Hancock Park in Los Angeles) are the most sought after properties for purchase. Both owner-users and investors want to buy these properties. Best Recent Home Sale L...
Investing in Elysian Park
You don’t have to be a Dodger’s fan to covet a home base in one of the hottest new development areas in L.A. Like many burgeoning areas along the Los Angeles River, a renaissance is occurring near the oldest municipal park established in th...
Recipe: Cauliflower Grilled Cheese
INGREDIENTS 1 head cauliflower, (to make about 4 cups processed cauliflower) 2 eggs, lightly beaten 1/2 c. finely grated Parmesan 1/2 tsp. oregano 1 1/2 c. shredded white Cheddar DIRECTIONS Cut cauliflower into florets. Process cauliflower f...
An Off-Market Opportunity of Majestic Brick English on McCadden Place in Hancock Park
Off-Market Opportunity: At The Bienstock Group, we listed the house at 171 S McCadden in Hancock Park for $2,900,000 on July 15, 2014. It sold immediately for $2,900,000 all cash. The house had 4 beds and 4 baths, it was 4,034 square feet on a ...
Conversion of a 4-Unit Building into Condos in Hancock Park
Clients of The Bienstock Group bought a fourplex on Sycamore Ave in Hancock Park, turned it into condos, and made a nice profit. On October 27, 2011 clients bought the building at 114 N Sycamore for $1,500,000. Over the next two years - 2012 an...
Best Duplex Sale on Mansfield Ave Adjacent to Hancock Park
Best Duplex Sale: The Bienstock Group represented 215 S Mansfield in 2014 and the property sold with multiple offers over the asking price for a record sale for the neighborhood for the time. The reason 215 S Mansfield sold for top top dollar i...
Best Recent Home Sale Los Angeles on Orange Grove
Sale on Orange Grove: The Bienstock Group recently sold 714 N. Orange Grove in 90046 for $1,949,000. The house is 2,819 square feet on a 5,638 square foot lot. The house has 4 beds and 4 baths. The owners bought the house for $845,000 on 8/8/20...
LANDSCAPING: It Goes a Long Way
Keep it Green:In the real estate world it is often said that “Curb Appeal is Everything.” How your home looks from the street will determine how interested one might be about viewing the inside, especially for high priced homes. You want yo...
