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Your Lake Arrowhead Realtor would like to share some local Lake Arrowhead Information with you. 

Luckily for mountain folks, if we have questions about a property, or a property we’re selling, need to get a building permit, find out if permits were pulled on a home that a buyer is purchasing, we/they can head right over to our Building & Safety/ DEPARTMENT OF LAND USE right here in Twin Peaks.

There are new office hours. Check below:

TWIN PEAKS
26010 State Highway 189  Ph: 909) 336-0640
P.O. Box 709                   Fax:   (909) 336-0616
Twin Peaks, CA 92391      Inspections:   (909) 336-0641

Serving the areas of Crestline, Lake Arrowhead, Running Springs, Twin Peaks, and Waterman Canyon.  Office hours are Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday only, 8:00 am to 4:30 pm, office will be closed for 30 minutes during lunch time.

ALSO at this location is our Sheriff’s Office, Tax Assessor and Court House.

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BIG BEAR
477 Summit Boulevard      Ph: (909) 866-0170
P.O. Box 2835                 Fax:   (909) 866-0172
Big Bear Lake, CA 92315  Inspections: (909) 866-0194

Serving the Big Bear area. Open on Tuesday only, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm, office will be closed for 30 minutes during lunch time.

It’s EASY To Green Your Halloween!

Halloween Green Tip

• Use reusable Halloween trick-or-treat bags.

• After Halloween or your Halloween party, keep your carved pumpkins & the apples from your party and use them for cooking pies, soups, etc. If they’re too icky, toss them into your compost pile.

• Make treats to hand or for your party with eco-friendly sweets, such as organic chocolate or other candy from the healthy aisles of the grocery store.

Dear Seller:

We (Realtors) know how frustrating it is when you get a LOW BALL offer on your home. After all, it’s a wonderful home. You’ve raised your kids here. You KNOW it’s priced right. AND you can’t afford to take less; you have your blood, sweat and tears in this place.  SO, when you get one of those nasty, ridiculous offers, your first instinct is to be  ^*#@%& off….justifiably so.

“Tell that Realtor to tell his client …blah, blah, blah with his offer…” You may blurt out.

Instead, you need to take a deep breath. Take a walk. Take a chill-pill. More importantly, you need to let the offer simmer. Let the buyer wait until (almost) the expiration period he/she has given you, expires. Almost, but not until it actually runs out. This lets the buyer know you may not be as desperate as he may think you are.  Because, desperation only reaps desperate responses.

The market stinks right now, for sellers. It REALLY is a buyer’s market. But even the buyers aren’t jumping allover all the great deals they have at their disposable.  They’re VERY cautious. So, before you blow off that low ball offer, give it some consideration! Work with your Realtor to come up with a “reasonable” counter.”

There’s an old saying in the Real Estate World; YOUR FIRST OFFER MAY BE YOUR BEST OFFER