“This just in from NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration): a tsunami warning is in effect for the state of Hawaii and Southern and Central California — along with all countries with a Pacific Ocean-facing coastline. The tsunami… Read more
Chile Earthquake 8.8 Tsunami May Hit Southern California Coastline at 12:20 PM Today
February 27, 2010 By View Comments
How To Search Online for a Home for Sale
January 3, 2010 By View Comments
Long Beach Realtor Makes the Top 50 Real Estate People to Follow On Twitter
December 31, 2009 By View Comments
Happy Long Beach Realtor® named to Top 50 List for Twitter Each month Roost.com, a leading residential real estate search engine. comes out with their Top 50 Real Estate People to follow on Twitter.com. Jay Valento, Co-Founder of The Red… Read more
Merry Christmas Long Beach
December 25, 2009 By View Comments
May God Bless You and Your Family this day…. Jay Valento & Stella Frize, The Red Wagon Team at Main Street… Read more
How the Housing Affordability Fund’s Mortgage Protection Program in California Works
August 6, 2009 By View Comments
The California Association of Realtors® has a new program called “Housing Affordability Fund’s Mortgage Protection Program”. It enables first time home buyers who lose their jobs due to layoff or job loss are entitled to receive $1500 towards… Read more
9:39 PM 2nd Blackout Hits Belmont Shore
June 24, 2009 By View Comments
Belmont Shore residents on Roswell noticed all of thier lights going out for a few minutes. This caused local residents to reset their computers, modems, vonage boxes and so on. Where were you? Belmont Shore. There was no earthquake, tidal… Read more
Long Beach Houses Sales Report
April 15, 2009 By View Comments
Long Beach Home Sales Report – March 2009 In March 2009, 182 homes were purchased by families to individuals in Long Beach. Average price city wide for a single family home was $338,410. Highest priced home in March… Read more
$8000 Tax Credit for Home Buyers Adjusted in Stimulus Package
February 12, 2009 By View Comments
While the $15,000 tax credit was appealing to home buyers, it also increased the overall stimulus package that the Congress is working on…so what did they do? According to an article in the Associated Press: “Working to accommodate the new,… Read more
What is a “Short Sale” or Pre-Foreclosure?
February 7, 2009 By View Comments
A “Short Sale” means that the owner owes more than the home is listed for and is trying to sell it short of what they owe. The lender who holds the mortgage would have to approve the lower amount in order for the sale to go through. In… Read more
$15,000 Home Buyer Tax Credit Could Help the Southern California Real Estate Industry
February 6, 2009 By View Comments
More Tax Credits for Home Buyers? US Senator, Johnny Isakson, with a many years of experience in real estate developed an amendment that passed in the US Senate today and may be included in the economic stimulus package. The amendment… Read more
Southern California Fire Smoke Cloud Reaches Long Beach CA
November 15, 2008 By View Comments
Fires from Los Angeles County to Corona to Orange County and Felt Beyond Fires are burning in Southern California. A few days ago our first fire started in Montecito in Santa Barbara about a two hour drive from Long Beach. Then, last night a… Read more
Happy Veterans Day, November 11th, 2008
November 11, 2008 By View Comments
Take this day to honor past and present service man for their heroic efforts to keep our country free. To make the USA a great place to live. My dad, Joe Valento, was a veteran of World War 2 and served as the radio man and ship’s barber on… Read more
Dow Jones Stock Exchanges Plunges Over 700 Points
September 29, 2008 By View Comments
The Dow Jones Stock Exchnage is based on a weighted average value of the top 30 companies publicly traded on the stock market. Investors in the stock market reacted to the news that our elected officials did not pass the $700 Billion Dollar… Read more
