Real Estate Round-Up: Recap of Los Angeles CAR trip
Last week, I traveled to Los Angeles for a California Association of Realtors state meeting. Traveling to Los Angeles is always an experience. It reflects the image of the state as a whole, in many ways.Upon arriving to Union Station, yes, I took the train, keeping in mind the smaller carbon footprint and the avoidance of stress being tied up on the freeways for hours, I was immediately impacted by the thousands of homeless encampments that now make up Los Angeles.People live on the freeway overpasses, in the freeway underpasses, on every conceivable park or open space, and along the aqueduct. It is startling for the first-time visitor, I’m sure.My meetings were in the LA Live area. This is only 2.5 miles away, but in comparison of lifestyles, light years away. LA Live is hom