Hollywood Forever Cemetery Events Breathe Life Into the Unlikeliest of Places

Featured image credit: Gary Minnaert No one wants to hear “I’ll spit on your grave.” But “I’ll sit on your grave?” More than one Hollywood luminary would be happy to oblige. And that’s the underlying theme of Hollywood Forever Cemetery; a place where even death can’t pull the stars from their spotlights. Those interred at […]

JohnHart’s 12 Skills for Exponential Growth in Real Estate: Skill #12 – Persuading Others

We’re ending JohnHart’s 12 Skills for Exponential Growth in Real Estate series strong with the often misunderstood art, or should we say science, of persuasion. Persuading others is an integral skill that transcends a profession in real estate. And it’s easy to confuse it with influencing, the skill we previously explored in this series. While […]

Lucky Baldwin: The Name Behind All of Those LA Locations

Featured image credit: THylbom Angelenos know the name Baldwin well. You’ll find it plastered all across the cityscape. Baldwin Hills, Baldwin Park, Baldwin Avenue, Baldwin Lake, Lucky Baldwin’s Pub… it’s everywhere. Yet the namesake of these diverse locations is a character few Angelenos could identify today, despite coast-to-coast recognition in his time. Newspapers printed the […]

The Battle of Los Angeles: A Grim Reminder That “Simple Times” Weren’t Always So Simple

Featured image credit: Los Angeles Times Sure, parts of Hollywood Boulevard resemble a warzone. But it’s hard to imagine real war ever touching LA’s palm-peppered shores. So, it may surprise you to read that the Greater Los Angeles area was the setting for one of World War II’s smallest battles. Or sort-of-battles. It only lasted […]