The home of former US President, Gerald Ford, has come on the market in Rancho Mirage, California for $1,699,000. CNN is reporting that the Fords built this house in 1978 after he lost the presidential election to Jimmy Carter. 
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In just a few minutes, I’ll be heading to Bel-Air where I will be shooting a segment for the upcoming season of Bravo TV’s Million Dollar Listing. This will be the second time that I have worked with series regular, Josh Altman. The first time we worked together was when he brought the buyer to my “Million Dollar Listing” in Sherman Oaks California. In fact, here’s a photo of the house that we closed together.
This house closed over a year ago. Today we are shooting a segment for Josh’s listing. I’ll post more information later about that property.
This great single story pool home offers a unique floor plan. Currently, it is configured with three bedrooms and a formal dining room; however, the formal dining room could become the fourth bedroom if so desired because it has a closet and is adjacent to the remodeled three quarter bath. The beautiful kitchen features cherry wood cabinets, granite counters and newer appliances. The wood floors are in good condition, as well. An enclosed lanai is featured on the back of the house and offers easy access to the pool and detached covered patio. There’s also room for kids and pets to romp and play on the grassy area. To inspect the interior, call Lorri Seidensticker at 818-512-3809 or Rodney at 818-262-6778.
10433 OklahomaThe Deal of the Week…No Maybe the Deal of the Year!
Click on the link above to see what has to be the deal of the week if not the year! This 4775 square foot custom Mediterranean sold for $1,550,000 in 2006 as a brand new home. It’s on the market today for $735,000. That’s right, that is NOT a misprint. Over 50% drop in price since 2006, makes this a great buy for the right buyer.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B6zJs2lxjGk
Like the name of the street, this celebrity-owned hillside home has multiple views from almost every room in the house. Additionally there are two balconies on the top two floors with an approximate 1300 square foot deck on the bottom floor. Think of the entertaining you can do in this Mediterranean styled home. The living areas are almost 2600 square feet plus there is an additional floor with approximately 1000 square feet that would make a wonderful recording studio or editing bay. Watch the video and then call me for an appointment to view this home at 818-262-6778.
My Dream Home
Robynn Creitz who has worked with our team for over 18 years loves the English Tudor style for her dream house. As for me, I much prefer the Mediterranean style. I enjoy the arched windows, the high ceilings, the tile roofs, and the stucco walls that are in keeping with the classic Mediterranean style. Here’s a link to some beautiful Mediterranean homes that are for sale in Florida and California, courtesy of HGTV. If you’d like see the houses in Malibu, Carpinteria, or Santa Barbara, shoot me an email @ Rodney@RodneyJohnson.com. If the West Palm Beach or Boca Raton homes pique your interest, I can connect you with a great agent there, as well. What’s your favorite style of architecture and are you living in your dream home yet?
Who would like a brand new mountain lodge home in Vermont? HGTV is at it again. It’s time for their yearly new home giveaway and this year you could be sitting pretty in beautiful Vermont.
HGTV's Dream Home Contest
To see more pictures of the Dream Home, click here. Like what you see? Then click here to enter to win. Oh, you can enter twice a day. Once here and the second time at FrontDoor.com.
I spoke two times this weekend to a group of leaders on the topic, “Business as UN-Usual.” I told them that in January 2009, I woke up early and as I was stumbling across my bedroom in the dark, I had this impression, You can control your thoughts. The next thing that I thought about was what a mess our nation is in financially. But my mind was brought back to that inner voice that continued, And if you can control your thoughts, you can control your world. I immediately knew that I could not control the world at large; however, if I could control my own thoughts, that would set the stage for controlling my own world. I made a decision that day and the decision was NOT to participate in the recession. I told my real estate team at Rodney Johnson & Associates, a part of Prudential California Realty, that we were not going to let other people’s thoughts, decisions, and actions affect us. Immediately we noticed a difference. In the next two weeks, we sold more houses than I had ever done in a two week period in my then 22 year career. We went on to end up #1 out of 1600 agents with the Prudential California Realty Mulhearn Group in 2009.
In an earlier post, I talked about naming your year. We are naming 2011 as a year of “Honor and Covenant.” We’re continuing to “Control Our Thoughts,” and thereby “Control Our World.” Our political leaders will be making many significant changes this year. Some I will support and some I will not support. Nevertheless, I choose NOT to let their decisions affect my internal world. Yes, I may have to make different plans based on what laws are inacted. However, I make a quality decision right now to control my thoughts, to honor our leaders, and control my world. I am still choosing NOT to participate in the recession.
No matter what is going on in the political climate, there will always be people who need to buy and sell real estate. I am of the opinion that as long as I choose to work in this business, I will be effective because I am taking responsibility for controlling my thoughts. I’d love to hear some of your thoughts.
Yesterday I was reading an article about actor, Armie Hammer, who played the Winklevoss twins in the movie The Social Network. In the article, he discussed how he was scheduled to make a movie about Batman and the director had already made storyboards for every frame of movie to be shot. All he and the other actors had to do was live out what the director had already envisioned. Unfortunately, the financing fell through and we won’t be seeing this movie any time soon. However, I bring it up to say that was we stand here on the threshold of a New Year, I encourage you to do as this director did and that is to plan out your year so that you have something to live into. My new year begins in December when I think about the upcoming twelve months and my hopes and dreams for living them fulfilled and passionately. Each December, I name what I envision the next year to hold for me, my family and my business.
For instance, in 2010 I named it a “Year of Transitions” and we lived that out as a family and a business. My middle daughter graduated from Gonzaga University and is transitioning into the work world. In February, she will transition into spending the next 27 months of her life working as a volunteer for the Peace Corps in Guyana. My youngest daughter graduated from high school and moved off to college where she will be spending the next four years getting a higher education and representing her division one school on the soccer field. Meanwhile, my oldest son who works on our real estate team, transitioned from full time hourly work to full time sales on our team. My longtime assistant also transitioned into fulltime sales and took over our short sale department. My new assistant transitioned out of the entertainment field and came back to the real estate field where she first started her career.
Now in 2011, I have named this as a “Year of Honor and Covenant.” In thinking about the word “honor” I see several shortcomings in myself where I have failed to honor people and/or officials who have been placed in my life to help me “lead a quiet and peaceable life.” I have, therefore, determined that this will be a year where I choose to restore honor to our public officials, to those in authority over me, to my clients, to my family, to my friends, and to those who are placed in my path. I look forward to this year because I know that honoring others is like planting a seed and as I plant seeds of honor, it will come back to me as a bountiful harvest.
So I challenge you to “Name Your Year” as we enter 2011. Here are some suggestions on naming your year:
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