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The State of Mind Called “Christmas”!

This holiday season finds Huntington Beach’s streets and stores humming with as much activity as has been seen for some time—which brings us to a particularly upbeat year’s end. Whether it’s Christmas, Hanukkah or Kwanzaa that’s spelled out in overhead banners, this is the one time of year when the commercial activity that marks all the big holidays is accompanied by a special spiritual overlay.

The hustle and bustle that’s led up to this week may have kept most of Huntington Beach’s parents, grandparents and everybody else busy collecting gifts and preparing for the gatherings we reinvent annually, but it’s nearly impossible not to also call to mind some of the indescribable wonder from childhood days.

That must have been in mind when, nearly a…

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The L3 Open House December 16th and 17th!

L3 Real Estate Orange County, CA Featured Open House for

Saturday -  December 16th, 2017

987 Trenton Way, Costa Mesa 1-4

Sunday - December 17th, 2017

987 Trenton Way, Costa Mesa 1-4

2844 N Anchor Avenue, Orange 1-4

We are built on a philosophy of Heritage & Hustle L3 is a full service real estate agency including property management with a regional office located in the heart of #CostaMesa offering a wide-array of custom services to meet their clients’ needs with roots in the community since 1976. It’s L3 mission to provide trusted, convenient, responsive service to ensure clients enjoy their real estate experience. L3 was originally formed to offer personal, concierge-level service as an alternative to…

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Approximating Newport Beach Mortgage Refi Requirements!

If you use a credit card or Newport Beach bank checking account’s online system, you may have noticed the appearance of a free service: FICO score tracking. You find it as a clickable area with a link title like “Your FICO® score” or just “FICO®.”

For many years, each of the major credit reporting agencies was mandated by law to honor any consumer’s request for a copy of their credit scores—but it was a once-a-year deal. For access to regular updates, you had to pay for a subscription. Particularly for consumers working to improve their credit scores, the paid services became a prudent monthly expense. The arrival of anytime free FICO score reporting eliminated much of that need.

Of course, tracking your FICO score is only useful if you know how…

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Huntington Beach Home Selling Negotiations are More than a Game!

  When it comes to appraising and developing appropriate responses to offers on your Huntington Beach home, I’m there to offer counsel and guidance. Even so, you are the ultimate decision maker. Especially for Huntington Beach homeowners without previous selling experience, becoming familiar with some practical pointers for home selling negotiations is well worth doing. Huntington Beach sellers can find one rich source at the National Association of Realtors® web site. This month’s World Series finale undoubtedly inspired the title for a list of home selling negotiation pitfalls. Published the morning of Houston’s Game 7 victory, it dealt with errors in home selling negotiations. It was subtitled “Negotiation Hardball Fouls.”

  Although the…

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Costa Mesa Homeowners Gain from Home Value Optimism!

More than half of U.S. homeowners expect their home’s value to rise in the coming year. For Costa Mesa real estate watchers who track public sentiment as a market indicator, the news comes as a welcome addition to other reports of rising consumer optimism regarding the economy as a whole.

  The finding comes from a national telephone and online survey conducted earlier this month by the Rasmussen Reports organization. It signals an acceleration in a year-long trend of rising expectations among U.S. homeowners. A year earlier, fewer than 40% had predicted that their own home values would rise in the coming year. In this latest report, that number has increased to 53%—a leap of 12% over the March finding. According to Rasmussen summary, this…

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New Newport Beach Home & New Auto: the Metaphor Fails!

   Ask a typical Newport Beach consumer to name the two most important purchases people make, and you’ll almost always hear “new house” and “new car.” They’re often lumped together, but they shouldn’t be. They aren’t all that similar.

  The rationale for buying a new car is clear: automotive technology advances nearly every model year, improving fuel economy and safety. Add in that intoxicating new car smell, and the preference is all but automatic. Used cars may be economical, but as for the thrill factor: nyah!

  Similarly, when the question is put to a cross-section of typical Americans, new homes get the nod over existing ones. The percentage of those who “strongly” or “somewhat” prefer buying a newly built home weighs in at 41%. That’s a…

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A Good News Item Buried in Fountain Valley’s Hurricane Coverage!

Last weekend’s regular California news should have been promoting all the usual upbeat feature stories about the onset of football season, the start of a brand new school year, the finals of tennis’ last grand slam tournament and the like—but Fountain Valley readers would have gotten eye strain trying to find any of them. Instead, the dark clouds brought by Hurricanes Irma and Harvey cast dense shadows across the region and the nation’s news. It was certain, too, that even after the terror of their actual passages had subsided, the fallout would continue to reverberate—expensively—for a very long time.

What was covered was how the prayers of millions not directly affected were being answered by many thousands of Good Samaritan volunteers.…

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New Price on 4 Bedroom Home Mesa Verde

Open floor plan in Costa Mesa! - $839,000.00 Bedrooms: 4 Bathrooms: 3 Year Built: 1969 Lot Size: 5760 Square Footage: 2,190 Agent Name: Larry Weichman Broker: The L3 MLS #: PW17116506 Price: $839,000.00 3305 Alabama Circle   Costa Mesa, CA 92626 View Map View More Photos Join The L3 Our Concept Our Agents Our Other Listings Dishwasher Sink Disposal Patio Swimming Pool Quiet double cul-de-sac at the end of tract with minimal traffic. Green belt with access to bike trail 4 miles to the…

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Check out this Amazing Film about our Company!

1 year ago we stepped out of our comfort zones to create The L3 Real Estate.

The mission was to provide an experience unlike we had ever seen in this industry and it is exciting

to have seen it come to life in such a phenomenal way.

We are proud to finally unveil our film we have spent months to create.

The L3 is a family rooted in the culture of the Orange County Lifestyle and this is our concept piece

#TheL3 #Location #Luxury #Lifestyle #WeAreL3 

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Newport Beach Independence Day: Best on Tuesday…or Sunday?

This year we’re fortunate indeed: the calendar has cooperated with the spirit of the occasion to give Independence Day its proper import. With Newport Beach’s Fourth of July festivities falling on a Tuesday, we avoid the vexing problem that crops up every time July 4 falls on a weekend. Since nobody wants the extra day of picnicking and parading to be confused with the ho-hum regular weekend days off, the powers that be have to arbitrarily reassign July 4 observances to the following Monday (or previous Friday, if the Fourth hits on a Saturday). 

This year, with the Fourth happening on the 4th, all is well. For convenience’s sake, most everybody opts for a four-day long Fourth—so Monday the 3rd gets a star turn due entirely to its lucky proximity to…

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