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What We Look for in Successful Agents
After recruiting, training, and working alongside more than 100 agents over the last decade, Stephanie Younger Group has learned something important: The best real estate agents are rarely the “salesiest” people in the room. In fact, ...
By 2050, the Average LA Home Could Cost $5M
The idea of the average Los Angeles home costing $5 million by 2050 sounds outrageous today. But every generation has felt that way about housing prices. Decades ago, buyers thought paying $100,000 for a home was excessive. Later, people believ...
Worried About Inflation? Real Estate May Be One of the Best Long-Term Hedges
Inflation does not just raise prices. It quietly erodes purchasing power. Since 2020, consumer prices have risen dramatically, meaning the same dollar buys meaningfully less today than it did before the pandemic. That is one reason many buye...
Why Summer in Westchester Is the Best Time to Love Where You Live
There Is No Better Place to Spend the Summer Than Westchester. Here Is Why Homeowners Here Already Know That. Memorial Day weekend marks a specific shift in Westchester that longtime residents recognize immediately. The farmers market gets ful...
SpaceX IPO Scheduled for June 4th: Why Silicon Beach Real Estate Could Be About to Surge
SpaceX IPO Scheduled for June 4th: Why Silicon Beach Real Estate Could Be About to Surge The highly anticipated SpaceX IPO is now reportedly scheduled for June 4th — weeks earlier than many analysts originally expected — and the potential ...
California Didn’t Get the Memo. Why LA Inventory Tells a Different Story This Spring.
The National Inventory Story Is Complicated. For Westside LA Sellers, It's Actually Good News. National active listings are up 8.1% year over year heading into the core spring selling season, according to ResiClub's analysis of March 2026 data...
Why SYG Open Houses Draw 4x More Buyers Than the LA Average
The Average Westside Open House Drew 8 Parties Last Weekend. Ours Drew 48. Here Is Why That Gap Exists. Compass runs a weekly open house attendance survey across Southern California. The weekend of May 9th, 613 Compass open houses were held ac...
The 1031 Exchange: How LA Investors Defer Taxes and Build Wealth
The 1031 Exchange: How Los Angeles Investors Defer Taxes Indefinitely and Build Generational Wealth Consider this scenario. An investor purchased a duplex in Culver City in 2008 for $480,000. That property is worth approximately $1.6 million t...