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CLEANING AND HAULING
Mrs. Montes (562) 421-4154
Juan and Lupe Parra (562) 644-0016
ESTATE SALES
Olli Makela, Estate Sales and E-Bay Services (626) 818-5531 [email protected] Olli and his team evaluate, organize and sell items via ebay, craigslist, estate sale etc. Owners get 70%. They donate or dump what doesn’t sell and leave the property cleared out.
STAGING & DESIGN
Backstage Mikka Johnson, Staging and Organizing (310) 310-1971 [email protected] will make a plan for client to follow, plus pick out paint, flooring etc. like interior design. Will declutter, rearrange, rent furniture for you.
Perception Is Everything Sabine Bryttegard (562) 728-7640 [email protected] Full staging services. Will rent furniture to you or use your own. She rearranges and uses her plastic food, wine etc. to set up lifestyle areas like brunch areas, dinner parties etc. to make a client feel at home
MOVING & STORAGE
Alex Moving and Storage owend by Allied (800) 231-4765 Erika [email protected]
Two Guys and a Truck Moving (714) 596-5979
Curbside Mobile Storage (562) 596-5979
TEMPORARY HOUSING
See the dedicated site with lots of info and ideas – use this link
Real Estate
1031 EXCHANGE Anchor Seaport Escrow Jennifer Sterud (562) 596-5979 [email protected] 5602 E. 2nd St., Long Beach, CA 90803
1031 Exchange Services – AniX31, Inc. Carla Polkinhorn, Attorney (877) 494-3139 5582 McFadden Ave. Huntington Beach, CA 92649
ACCOUNTANCY FOR REAL ESTATE
Green-Zahn Joan Green, CPA (562) 799-4440 [email protected] 1700 Pacific Coast Hwy., Seal Beach, CA 90740
**Tax Deductions for Real Estate Agents info
Gerald Bobrosky, CPA 562-596-5717 [email protected] 1945 Palo Verde Ave. #207, Long Beach, CA 90815
APPRAISAL
WRES Pre-Listing Appraisals Craig Wallace, Wallace Real Estate Services (562) 673-1138
$2012 prices: 30 Value Check, $100 Desktop Review, $125 Exterior Only Appraisal, Complete Appraisal $275, $100 Measure house and provide sketch
ESCROW
Anchor Seaport Escrow (562) 434-4437 Jennifer Sterud [email protected] 5602 E. 2nd Street, Long Beach, CA 90803
1031 exchanges and more. Daniel Lopez [email protected] also does mobile homes.
International City Escrow Patreece Coburn (562) 497-9777 [email protected] 5000 E. Spring St. #120, Long Beach, CA 90815
HOME INSPECTION
US Inspect 888-874-6773 Schedule an Appointment on Web Jerry Blodget [email protected], Kevin Deleskiewicz, Sandro Leveratto
888-225-3755 Commercial Properties (separate department) Request a Proposal for Commercial Property Inspection
HOME WARRANTY
First American Home Warranty Lizz Nowak 800-698-0422 -2 -1 x6255 (818) 760-4715 – private cell for agents only [email protected]
INSURANCE (property)
Allstate Insurance Gary Jolif (310) 791-0444 – Gary can send to other companies as well
LEGAL COUNSEL FOR REAL ESTATE
Spierer, Woodward, Covalis and Goldberg Steven Spierer (310) 540-3199 707 Torrance Blvd. #200, Redondo Beach, CA 90277
Attorney Sidney Mendlovitz (562) 420-1351 (562) 420-8219-fax 4010 Watson Plaza Dr. #100, Lakewood, CA 90712
LOANS
Progressive Funding (562) 592-7500 16390 E. Pacific Coast Hwy. #200, Huntington Beach, CA 92649
- Carrie Beyer (562) 889-6199 cell [email protected] NMLS# 253845
American Financial/ iServe Lending (562) 494-4222 2248 Obispo Ave. #202, Signal Hill, CA 90755
- Julio Sandoval (310) 941-8074 cell NMLS# 1076097
- Vince Tran (562) 207-2400 cell NMLS# 259986
Specialized Lenders
who can do specialized and unusual loans:
- All Unusual Situations and Properties: Iron Financial, Ron Ready (949) 433-6269 cell NMLS” 320985
- First Time Buyers Carrie Beyer (562) 889-6199 cell 1/2% and 1% down programs, VA/FHA, CHDAP, city programs
- Flip Loans for Property Flippers Action Funding, Ari Waldstein (818) 914-4437 (818) 337-2418-cell 6320 Canoga Ave. #1500 BRE# 1243910
- Hard Money Loans Woody Financial, Dave Woody (562) 439-3344 5580 E. 2nd St. #211, Long Beach, CA 90803 BRE# 604535
- Investment Property and Apartment Buildings: Stratis Financial, Christopher Reid (562) 472-1121 [email protected] NMLS# 321852 Lawsuit Builings (i.e. Marina Pacifica)
LBS (see above)
Hans Stone, TNG Mortgage 714-243-0034 [email protected] 714-644-8228-fax 4332 Cerritos Ave. #208, Los Alamitos, CA 90720 BRE# 1704140
OYO’s Own Your Owns
LBS – Long Beach Financial Credit Union Josie Truong 562-598-9007
Stock Coop Lenders
Chase Bank, Doug Kromer 805-739-2655 [email protected] (Arroyo Grande) NMLS ID# 670885
NCB, Jeremy Morgan 866-622-6446 ext 3425 (Hillsborough, Ohio) NMLS# 507536
MOLD TESTING : See below for Water Damage Restoration for mold remediation companies
American Environmental Specialists 714-379-3333 testing only 15183 Springdale St., Huntington Beach, CA 92649
NATURAL HAZARDS Admin usually orders
LGS / JCP Natural Hazards Reports (800) 814-5599 (admin orders on files)
TERMITE / PEST CONTROL Admin usually orders
Brother’s Termite (562) 927-5541 562-928-8504-fax Robert Cooper, 6241 E. Florence Ave., Bell Gardens, CA 90201 [email protected]
Coleman’s Pest Control (323) 731-8771 323-731-1220-fax Coleman Hart, 4919 1/2 Adams Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90746 [email protected]
TITLE COMPANIES
USA National Title (714) 908-5220 Rep Robert Toffel (949) 702-3027, Stuart Dingwall, Title Officer 5582 McFadden Ave. Huntington Beach, CA 92649
North American Title (949) 419-9400 Steve Lopez, Title Officer 2100 S.E. Main St. #450, Irvine, CA 92614
TRADES See also: Remodel & Ideas
GENERAL CONSTRUCTION AND HANDYMAN
MM Home Improvement Manny Montes (562) 421-4154 (562) 239-7025c [email protected] A licensed general contract who does small jobs reasonably including plumbing, heating including floor furnaces, electrical – just about everything.
CHIMNEYS
Oliver Twist Chimney Sweep (562) 595-5122 Long Beach, (310) 377-8163 South Bay, (714) 843-9944 Orange County
EARTHQUAKE SHUTOFF VALVES AND SMOKE ALARMS ETC.
Metro Retrofitting, Inc (800) 450-3660
LGS Retrofitters (800) 771-5971
Compliance Alliance Retrofitting (818) 768-8000 24 hour
SEWER, DRAINS, UTILITY CONDUITS
Kohler & Sons (310) 375-2725 South Bay Replaces and repairs sewers, drain lines, water service, conduits for underground utilities – residential and commercial.
ROOFING
Adam’s Roofing Adam Thorin (562) 961-9299 or (714) 965-0245 [email protected]
WATER DAMAGE AND MOLD REMEDIATION
Ewell Construction Inc. Darrell Ewell (310) 793-2239 [email protected]
RETROFITTING
Retrofitting is common practice in West Hollywood and other parts of Los Angeles, it protects the seller.
Solutions Retrofitting 818.908.8945
Metro Retrofitting, Inc. 818.340.3060 Theresa Gonzalez [email protected]
LGS 800.771.5971 Alex does the proposals
Retrofit Express, Inc. (818) 883-8772 Brenda Barbabella contact@@retrofitexpress.com
Note: The above info is NOT meant to be a recommendation, but rather a resource to check into.