Real Estate Decisions From a Distance
The Chinese New Year ushered in the Year of the Dragon, but 2012 may well be the Year of Distant Purchases on the real estate calendar. After a visit to Palos Verdes, my sister remarked about the variety of languages her ears detected while dining at a local restaurant. The chatter from behind was Chinese, an Indian family, with grandmother in traditional sari, murmured quietly in the forward booth. A Japanese family watched as their daughter skated at the adjacent indoor ice skating rink. Neighboring tables echoed English, Spanish and a bit of "surf speak" laced with dude and other coastal Cali vernacular. Yes, the [...]