Los Angeles and South Bay Real Estate Video Blog with Lenny LaRocca

In our current market, you’re much better off buying a home instead of renting one. Today I want to tell you why. Looking to buy a Los Angeles home?Search all homes for sale Selling your Los Angeles home?Get a FREE home value report Why should you buy a home instead of renting one? There are three good reasons I want to share with you today. The first reason is that the cost of renting is on the rise. According to studies, rent increases have far outpaced inflation in recent years

Reverse mortgages are a complicated subject, so today I wanted to discuss what you need to know about them and how you can pay them off. Looking to buy a Los Angeles home?Search all homes for sale Selling your Los Angeles home?Get a FREE home value report How do you pay off a reverse mortgage on a property? As more and more seniors turn to reverse mortgages in current times, their surviving spouses and/or children have a couple of options to do this once they pass on. One of those

There are 10 reasons why selling a home during the holidays is actually very smart. Looking to buy a Los Angeles home?Search all homes for sale Selling your Los Angeles home?Get a FREE home value report There are some important reasons to list your home during the holidays. People looking for homes during the holidays are much more serious, for obvious reasons. More than likely, they have to buy a home, which is why they're out during the holidays. Less competition. These serious

Renovating a home is a huge undertaking that requires a lot of time and money. Today, I’ll give you a few tips on how to avoid some major renovation mistakes. Looking to buy a Los Angeles home?Search all homes for sale Selling your Los Angeles home?Get a FREE home value report When you renovate your home, you are committing a lot of time and money to the project. Renovating a home is almost like running a business! Since renovations can be overwhelming, I wanted to go over a few mistakes

We're back with the second portion of our video series on real estate investing and the 1031 exchange. Today we're discussing what it takes to qualify. Looking to buy a Los Angeles home?Search all homes for sale Selling your Los Angeles home?Get a FREE home value report For the second portion of our two-part series about the 1031 exchange in property investments, I'm joined once again by 1031 exchange expert Phil Antwan. You can see the first portion of this series here. As I