Sunshine after a big rain

The big storm predicted to hit Malibu last night moved South and landed in South Orange County. I heard that they got somewhere around 4 or 5 inches of rain overnight.

At 10:pm I put out a rain gauge to measure the big rain forecasted. It filled up exactly 1″. This is after days of rain, maybe somewhere around 4″ to 6″ here in the Malibu. I wish I had put a gauge out earlier as it is always fun to know about the weather when it is so far out from the ordinary. It has been a really beautiful time here in The Malibu. Today while walking the dog, I was privileged to witness the sun reappearing out over the ocean. it began as a huge reflection off the ruffled ocean surface. In the sky you could tell that there was a break in the cloud cover. It was not big enough to see any blue sky. In the cloudy area around the break in the gray mass that covered us for days was a gradual melting to white with a hint of powder blue. I think you would have like it. I didn’t have a camera. Damm.

Soon the sky open up to reveal a brilliant blue. The sun shone through and hit my face. It was warm. I unzipped my raincoat and let the wonderful warmth permeate my cloths to warm my skin.

The whole morning incident gave me such hope for the coming real estate market. We all have experienced a dredging with the housing foreclosures and homeowners being forced to withstand so much difficulties as the result of lost jobs, business failures and overall economic downturn. There really is a silver lining. The sun always comes out again.

When someone wants to know about how the market is, the obvious answer is that if you are a buyer right now, it could not be any better.

Now is the time that investors move in and scoop up as much real estate as they possibly can. The boom bust cycle that we are near the end of is only another downturn in a repeated event that has gone on since anyone ever took the time to measure economic results. For hundreds of years real estate prices have move in approximately 20 year cycles. Those that have understood this phenomenon have been able to build great wealth during the end of the downturns-recessions-depressions or whatever name the experts come up with for the current set of economic factors.

I am going to buy some four unit places, What are you going to do?

Now is the time to enjoy the silver lining. Now is your opportunity to creat wealth that can be in your family for the rest of all time. A little action now and you will be very glad you made the right decision.

Have a great Christmas, Chanukah, and a very safe & Happy New Year.

Spring & Summer Real Estate selling & Buying season

Buy low-sell high & enjoy everything in between

For a majority of home buyers & sellers this time of year normally has the highest volume of transaction. It is a time when families can get resituated into a new home and their children can start school in the Fall at the beginning of the school year with their peer group. Good schools, low crime areas, extra-curricular, activities, sports, adult supervised events, art instruction, drama and music instruction and performance, dance, creative writing and all the activities that growing children do using their home as a base of operation.

With all these family details in mind, there are always other items and amenities that cause the Springtime and Summertime to be a big moving time of the year. The weather is amenable for transferring your furniture and all your belongings from one place to another. The children are not in school. It is a time to socialize and move closer to your social peer group. It’s a time for outdoor activities. It’s time to get the BBQ out and have friends over into your new diggs. It’s time to move closer to work and quit losing time to the freeways and commuting back and forth when you could be spending quality time with your loved ones, children and friends.

It’s a good time to paint or do small decorating projects so your new home will feel like home. All in all Springtime and Summertime is the best time of year to buy a new home. In many cultures The beginning of Spring is the beginning of the new Year. Time for New Years Resolutions and Changes.

Beside all the normal season motivations to buy real estate at this time is the new market reality that home prices are all low because of the world economy. The real estate balloon bust of 2006 has taken it’s toll. Even sellers who have abundant equity in their homes have to meet the market prices of the lowest selling homes with the same amenities and comparable statistics. Therefore prices for great homes are very affordable RIGHT NOW, while it lasts. There are many buyers who are buying multiple homes in this market to build a financial fortress for the future. Interest rates are near all time lows again. The Euro debacle and shaky stock market has sent investors into the U.S. Treasury Bonds and real estate. This affects the mortgage interest rates. It brings them lower. It is a fantastic time to get a low mortgage rate. The average last week for a 30 year loan was 4.71%. Some people with stellar credit ratings are getting near 3.5%. These kinds of rates haven’t been seen for some 40 or 50 years. It is your big opportunity to buy a home for your residence, pay a very low interest rate and only 3 1/2% (FHA loan) down payment if you reside in the home for 3 years.

I am writing this to try to persuade people to act now. There will never be a better time to buy a home. A home of your own to fix up, add to, raise children, sell in the future, make a bunch of money in appreciation and have the pride of ownership.

The only way to make it happen is to take action now!

Grandpa’s Advice

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GRANDPA’S ADVICE———-“BUY REAL ESTATE“ ‘SEE CONCLUSION ‘
Malibu, Los Angeles, California Real Estate and Life
Homes-Land-Ranches-Commercial property-Farms-Memorial Parks-Public Recreation areas

From the beginning of recorded history owning or controlling land was an avenue for success in gaining security and safety when dealing with society and all the financial and production needs that make a community or an economy thrive and prosper. Space was needed to produce food, livestock, manufacture and warehouse products. Space was needed to sleep, eat, bathe and all the necessary activities associated to raising families from socializing, education, recreation, growing organic food, raising pets and animals and health necessities including recuperation of all kinds . THESE TRUTHS WILL NEVER CHANGE.

Space is an important part of life. In this space we all consume throughout our lives is where life happens. All the moments of our lives take place somewhere on the face of the Earth we live on. When we pass on many of us will have a small piece of the Earth to place our deceased bodies. The need for space on Earth never ends. As the population increases the value of space, land or homes increases. This too is also a universal truth.

There are many other factors that are part of the determining factors when we are evaluating the value of this space that we all consume. Economic factors are a major part of the current value of space and the consumption of that space. A reality of real estate values for the last 200 to 400 years is that ‘THERE IS A BOOM AND BUST CYCLE‘. This reality is hard to anticipate in the evaluation of real estate prices. It is important to know where the cycle is when purchasing homes and all forms of real estate. To benefit financially it is of course most advantages to purchase real estate at a low point in a pricing cycle. That being said it is always important to keep in mind the need for a home or land or farm or a production facility. If there is a need for a roof over your head, timing can take second place when determining the decision to purchase a home or a place to do business.

OVER THE COURSE OF TIME ALL REAL ESTATE VALUES INCREASE.

Over the course of time the value of real estate always increases. It is impossible to know exactly how that pricing cycle will unfold. There are historical precedents that will lend us clues to how real estate prices develop. The dynamics to those cycles are always slightly different and the precise determination of tomorrows value will be different for every downturn. The dynamics of the world keep changing. The dynamics of political intervention are an ever changing factor that it is impossible to predetermine.

Many of the most studied economic professionals invest massive amounts of time in the study of historic fluctuations. All are doing there very best to determine what factors are repeating themselves and what is the potential of creating a similar result that somewhat mimics the past performance of the economic factors. All this investment in studying the past is in an attempt to predict what tomorrow will bring. If they are successful in their determination they can invest capital into real estate, businesses, precious metals, raw material or commodities to increase their fortunes and build their capital reserves.

Many of these forecasters’ are very successful at there vocation and create massive wealth for themselves and their clients and followers. It is a matter of focus, experience and decision making. With all the different determining factors in the economics of capital evaluation it is very confusing and difficult to pick and choose the factors that will affect this particular set of factors and how those factors will actually affect the results they are working to determine.

Many prognosticators’ have conflicting conclusions. It is every person duty to determine for themselves who has the correct forecast and who is choosing the correct economic factors and set of details when determining their results, their forecasts. It can and is a daunting task.

‘HISTORY IS OUR BEST GUIDE’. All real estate values increase over an extended amount of time. If your goal is to increase your financial result over the course of time “THE BEST AND MOST SECURE INVESTMENT IS IN REAL ESTATE”.

I wish everyone well in your search for a home, for an investment, for a space that will help increase your security, safety and ability to create all the results that you would like to create in the span of your life time. It is never to early to create the results that you dream of weather that be writing a book, raising a family or building a custom automobile. All of it will take space. Now is a great time in are current economic cycle to benefit buy an upturn in real estate values. You can have a life and economics results that will help direct you in the direction you want to go, UP.

“NOW IS YOUR TIME TO CREATE SOME SPACE FOR YOURSELF AND YOUR DREAMS”

“NOW IS A GREAT TIME TO BUY REAL ESTATE”

It is my studied opinion that if you can buy a home in the higher price ranges soon, “YOU WILL HAVE THE BIGEST FINANCIAL RESULTS AVAILABLE IN THE REAL ESTATE MARKET.”

All areas of real estate will be increasing in value. If you need to buy with an FHA 3 ½% down payment to assist you to start your home ownership, DO IT. You will be glad you did.

My grandfather purchased a home in Culver City in 1955 for $5,500. This was a big expenditure at that time. He built two more homes on this lot within the next two years. For the rest of his life he had income from renting out the front house and the two backhouses became a home for he and my grandmother am=nd the other house became a home for his daughter, my aunt. When he passed away I purchased that propert for $380,000 approximately from my father and my aunt. I made some structural changes and later sold the same property for $880,000.

My Father and Mother purchased a track home in Baldwin Park in 1955 for $11,000. Ten years later they sold that home for $17,000. They then purchased a home in Monterey Park for $37,000. 18 years later they sold that home for $85,000. They then purchased a home in West Pasadena for $85,000. 20 years later they sold that home for $880,000.

During the time they owned these properties there were many recessions and economic downturns. They were not buying and selling homes to build their financial fortune. They were simply buying homes they needed to raise the five children they produced and have a base for their business, social and family life. They just happened to buy real estate and not rent.

It was always my grandfathers advice to buy real estate.

It was good advice then and it is great advice Now”.

Buyers are looking at areas that they could not afford before

The distressed real estate market has opened the door to many buyers who would like to live at the beach and in a wonderful home that they can entertain in and now are able to do so. It is a great opportunity for Home Buyers to get a home they can live in for the rest of their lives at very affordable prices. On top of the great prices are low interest rates for a short time forthcoming. Also great news is that between federal and state tax credits home buyers can receive up to $18,000 for the right circumstances when buying your new home.

All the Tax Credit guidlines have specific dates and requirements that when adheard to are a wonderful benefit to any home buyer. The government is doing what ever they can to stimulate the housing market which stimulates the furniture and home fix up stores. There are many economic benefits when the government steps in to help prop up a vital part of life—Homes.

Things to do in Malibu Beach California

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One of the only pristine beaches in California with no Railroad tracks going through the natural beauty. You can hear the story why at the Malibu Lagoon Museum Adamson House. Location is on the beach at the most famous surfing beach in the world-Malibu Surfrider Beach. There is a $5.00 docent guided tour through the Adamson home completed in 1930 as a summer home for the daughter (Rhoda) and her husband (Merritt) and there 3 children, nanny, cook and chauffer. Care takers residences were scattered around the original property confines.

The history of Malibu is very interesting and the Lagoon Museum is filled with the details of the successive list of Land title/ownership from when it was Chumash Tribal land, to Spain, to Mexico and finally to the ‘Queen of Malibu’ May Rindge. May successfully fought to keep the railroad out of her rancho and unsuccessfully fought to keep roads from penetrating her family owned land. She started and operated the famous Malibu Potteries manufacturing company that maid some of the most beautiful tile in the world. The Adamson house is a ‘Tile Palace’ with mosaics and custom tiles of different styles in every room of the house. It is the main reason the home was turned into a museum. It is definitely a must see when visiting Malibu. It only takes about an hour to go through the house for this guided tour.

From the 2cd floor rooms and balonies are some of the best views of the Santa Monica Bay and the World famous Malibu Pier, built by the Ringe family to bring in supplies for their rancho, railroad and a place to dock their 99’5″ yacht and the best surfing spot in California, Malibu Surfrider Beach. Home of many famous surfers since Duke Kahanumoku started giving surfing lessons there. He also was making movies in Hollywood and staying with friends in The Malibu Movie Colony #16.

Don’t miss this beautiful tour.

For more information about Malibu Go to:
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Selling or Buying a Home in or around Malibu California

Finding a Home or Selling your Home Finding a Paradise Cove, Malibu Park, Malibu Colony, Carbon Beach (Billionaire Beach), La Costa, Point Dume, Broad Beach, El Nido, Malibu Canyon, Ramirez Canyon, Las Flores Canyon, Malibu Coastline homes, Zuma Beach, Malibu @ County Line, Latigo Canyon, Corral Canyon, Piuma Road, Stunt Road, Saddle Peak Road, Trancas Canyon, Big Rock, Sunset Mesa, Topanga Canyon agent that is the right real estate agent can make all the difference between a Satisfying, stressless home purchasing or the marketing experience of selling your home compared to a dissatisfying, unhappy and stressful experience.
I will provide you the eVantage, ePRO(r), eTransactions of a CyBer REALTOR® you need to sell your home in today’s Real Estate Market.

Everybody knows that the market is not what it used to be.

Why would anyone use tired old methods to sell homes in a completely new market. Over 90% of all buyers find their new homes through the use of the internet. Buyers no longer walk into a real estate office asking for information. To sell your home for the highest amount you want to syndicate your home sale offering to all of the home search websites.  The more buyers that see you home the higher the value will be when offers are submitted. The value of your home is set by the market that you tap in to.

Most of the brokers, lenders and economists I have read and consulted with currently agree that prices in the upper end price ranges will see more decreases into the middle of this year . They could be much more drastic than the reduction we have already seen. Malibu is rife with these homes for sale that have not moved well in the current market. Many of the homes that were for sale have been removed for the sale offer from the market place and many homes have decreased their asking price by as much as 70%. If you need to sell your home in this current market you will want & need as many interested potential buyers eyes on the offering of your home for sale.  You will want to and need to have an international pressence so all interested buyers will see your home with professional photography and videography and have a seasoned long time local professional who can answer all their questions and negotiate for the absolutely highest price possible.

As the unemployment increases it’s affect on the real estate market and ARM loans come due in the coming months and later this year, most think the upper end housing market will be very adversely affected. It could be a great opportunity for buyers who have done there homework and chosen homes that they really like and want to keep for at least 5 years. You can buy these homes for a nice discount from their former high prices right now and really benifit greately in the future.

Over time the markets will improve and the general buying population will, as always want to live in the best neighborhoods and environments. These dynamics will push prices higher over time, much faster than inflation, as it has done since circa 1890.

I believe that: “Malibu will experience one of the greatest price rebounds in the country.” Now you (buyers) will really benefit by this appreciation in home value and market price aside from the beauty of living in Malibu (simply a great place to live and raise families).

Please get in touch with me and I will do everything I can to assist you in winning one of these bargains. I am a former Los Angeles City manager and teacher for the Tony Robbins Reasearch Institute and a trained professional NLP neogotiator that will work within all my ability to get you the very best price to meet your goals

First;  I will be your local Malibu agent who will make a full time commitment to you.  There are may other agents and brokerages who can perform many traidtional tasks but to get a personal expert with masive sales experience and the technical expertice to use the newest marketing tools available is always challenging.  I will be your local and world wide Malibu agent that is willing to hear your specific requests and needs who can market your home to the entire world or help you buy one of the many bargains available for a lifetime of splendor and LUXURY MALIBU LIVING.

Second; You want a Malibu agent with the experience needed to know the local Malibu, Topanga, Pacific Palasades neighborhoods, schools, market conditions, ordinances, etc. When people from other states or time zones contact me, you want me me to accommodate buyers needs at any time of the day or night. My years of experience in the local market and technical tools will give you an ePRO®, eVantage©, that no one else can. See below for a list of technical evantages.

Third; You will want me to use all the newest technology without losing the personal touch. You will love the resources available on my website and the e-mail alerts that I send to everyone who requests one, but these will never replace the time I spend with you, serving as your personal guide through this exciting and challenging process. If you would like me to send you daily Malibu listing information contact me and I will set you up with my automatic home search web site personalized for you, your interests and criteria. I will do this for buyers all over the world so they can find your home and buy it.

Contact me NOW to be invited to join a private, invitation only, interactive, personal search website that will allow you to do your own research on neighborhoods, local sales, community sales, city sales, county sales or the entire region just like a licensed real estate agent. You will have full access to the real estate for sale, sold and changes information and be fully informed on the most current reality of the real estate market. It is the absolute best way to educate yourself before you make any real estate decisions. Remenber that to get the most for your home, the best time to sell is when the most buyers are looking to buy a home. The current real estate market is flush with potential buyers who want to make a purchase now.

I will Get the highest price buy having the best World Wide Web and internet visibility

I will make your home available to the entire world of home searchers who buy homes here in Malibu

I will market your home on the most widely used home search web site in the world administered and updated nearly 100 times a day by the National Association of REALTOR®s (NAR), and all of the most popular international websites.

I will post video PODCAST of your home so it will be available to all iPhones, and other mobile devices, websites and anyone accesing home purchasing internet information.

I will post video on YouTube so millions of home searchers can become interested in your home while viewing a video tour, consistantly increasing the value as more buyers see it.

I will use professional Networking sites to attract attention to your home by other professionals and other real estate brokerages from around the world.

I will include a link to your home listing in my real estate blog and this web site emphasizing the values of living in Malibu.

I will offer all potential buyers a market snapshot, market trends showing up to the minute market conditions and all community information.

I will assist all potential buyers in attaining a low cost mortgage before rates go up again

I will promote the tax credits ($6,500 & $8,000 respectively)available to all home buyers who buy before April 30, 2010 & close escrow before June 30,2010.

I will send to interested buyers an automatic home search web site that helps them find a home that meets their personal criteria. This could be your home!

I will be available 24/7 so people from other countries and time zones will find it easy to get information and to buy your home.

I will offer everyone a free valuation web site to check home values.
Jim (We Be Cool) Wiebe CyBer REALTOR® ePRO®

eVantage© Real Estate

Your Malibu advantage & eTransactions

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Let’s get together and talk about your home buying and/or selling plans.

Call me at the office (310-589-8469) or on my cell phone (310-428-2232) or send me a text, or an e-mail (jimwiebe@WeBeCoolMalibuRealEstate.com), We will setup a time that is easy and convenient for you and I to meet. Let me know your best form of communication, phone, text or email.

P.S. If you’re not ready to meet in person, please tour through my website http://WeBeCoolMalibuRealEstate.com, and contact me to get your FREE invitation to your private real estate research site. I’m sure you’ll find the resources here useful and helpful. Call me to ask any question you may have and I will answer it to the best of my ability. I will set up an automatic home search web site personally for your criteria. It will search the MLS twice a day. All new listing that meet your criteria or if there are any changes or PRICE REDUCTIONS it will notify you twice a day. I will create exact guidance and answers to all your real estate questions. I am looking forward to helping you buy or sell your home. Enjoy!

Buy a home in Malibu and quit driving to go surfing, check it, suit up and walk down. There are`many homes under $500,000.

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International Real Estate Markets are Improving

Over the last 40 or so years the internationals markets have been a very important part of the local real estate market. As other markets rebound it causes cash buyers to look to the great US market to buy homes and investment properties that will appreciate more than in their home markets. The buyers also get to come to America and enjoy the wonderful cities, parks, coastlines, cultural events, art, music, sports and entertainment of all kinds, not ot mention the relatively safe travel realities and normally a very favorable business and real estate climate that exist here in our country.   

The fact that other real estate markets in cities around the world are rebounding faster than most US cities,  is the beginning of the foreign markets starting to look at America where prices are still very attractive (low). For those of you who want or need to sell your property it is a good time to make sure that the realtor you choose has all the capabilities to market your property on an international scale. The National Association Of REALTOR®(NAR) has developed a classification called an ePRO

®.   

 It is common knowledge that all real estate is local but to sell your property for the highest price possible it is important to have as many interested buyers see your listing. To have all buyers look at your property use all available internet avenues to gain the absolute most interest in your offer.   

In Hong Kong the concept of guan xi, (pronounced: Gwan Chee) is a Chinese phrase meaning relationships.   

I have based my business on is our guan xi in the community, in Malibu and throughout the other local cities here in California. Like anywhere else in the world, it’s about relationships and knowing that you are here tomorrow, and that you are here next week and you are here next month.   

Other advice would be that properties have to have value. You cannot go to Asia or any where else and expect to sell a home that is over-priced. It’s not going to happen. In addition if you treat people right they will respect you and trust you and want to do business with you.   

So to get the absolute most for your property, use a REALTOR®, ePRO® who will market your property to the entire world and especially those markets that are beginning to rebound quicker than the US market.  

Malibu fought the government and won 4 a minute

 

When Malibu (17,000 acres and 21 miles of coastline) was owned by the Rindge family, they were very vigilant in their efforts to keep progress away from their rancho. The county of Los Angeles, the state of California, the railroad companies and the federal government all wanted to build through their land for an access to and from the northwest and access to all the personal property surrounding the ranch. The Rindge family even built their own railroad through Malibu to move products around the ranch, to the cattle, the tile factory, feed fields and to market.

The transportation laws prohibited two railroads competing side by side which helped the Rindge’s achieve their goal of keeping the big RR companies off of their land. The Rindge’s were upset that people would come on to their land and they would be missing cattle and other staples that the campers, travelers and comuters needed to sustain themselves, unfortunately at the expense of the Rindge family Ranchers. In these early years of horse and buggy travel it took a long time for travelers, commuters to travel through the ranch to get anywhere in or into the surrounding areas and most of the coastal route was only accessable at low tide. High tide waves broke right on the bluffs and rocks in most areas. There was even one area that there was an arch that everyone had to go through at low tide only.

As hard as they fought to protect their individual property rights the state and federal roads departments finally prevailed and were able to put in the Roosevelt Highway, later renamed Pacific Coast Highway. This was a big convenience for the adjacent landowners who prior to that time had to travel through the San Fernando Valley route ‘El Camino Real’ and many miles of back road country roads, to access their homes, farms and ranches. It was a long way.

At the same time this local fight was going on many similar fights were active around the entire nation. President Grant, John Muir and many other environmentalists were grabbing up land to preserve for future generations. Thecongressof the  federal government gave to the president the power to automatically create national monuments to be preserved and protected and not destroyed for prsent day profit, recreation or use of any kind. These parklands created much controversy in their day. In hindsight, everyone now thinks that the protection of the park lands and national monuments was genius. 

Malibu is now in the same type of fight. The federal government is creating a Marine Life Protection Area  (MLPA). It has to do with a MPA mandate created during the Clinton administration, somewhere around 1994. There is controversy regarding this MLPA and the mapped out areas that are a potential to achieve the goal and stated requirement. The California Fish and Game will be making the finale decision around March 2010 and about which map they are going to choose and who is going to lose their right to fish in the ocean and off of the beach. I being a spearfisherman really want them to choose map #2. This will allow all of the residents in and around Point Dume and Paradise Cove to continue their heritage of kayak, skiff, beach, pier, spear and beach sustenance and recreational fishing. Most indigenous peoples (us) are allowed to keep their rights to take game even when protection is encompassed. The right being for food, not for commerce.

How the decisions will all pan out are yet to be seen. I am for the right to keep fishing for food. I am also for protecting the ocean for future generations. My children’s children and so on.  I hope the decision makers think long and hard how best to achieve the target goal and not disturb local traditions and if they decide to choose a different map, I will support their decision, even though I don’t think I will like it.

To get involved with this decission, contact me and I will put you in touch with the leaders of the fight. I hope you do.

Jim Wiebe

Resident,

Paradise Cove, Malibu, California, United States of America 90265

Malibu History of Rural Living

 

Malibu is poised to spend $50,000,000 on water quality mitigation.

It has been a long standing problem for the area with all sewage taken care of by septic tanks. In the eighties when Malibu was an unincorporated area, part of L.A. County, the county government was ready to install a sewer line to solve the water quality problem. The residents of Malibu who from the very beginning of the areas occupancy has been anti-growth and anti-development. As a result the residents voted to gain cityhood in 1991 and stop the proposed sewer project. Everyone knew the increased capacity of the sewage system would lead to increased development.

The city has been jockying with the local water quality regulators ever since. The problem has not yet gone away. There has been much debate regarding the issue. The water quality of the local beaches has been compromised on many occasions with the grades of F or D. It is a very important issue that will improve water quality as the cleaning projects begin to work. The completion of these projects will not affect the anti-development slant of the local government, residents and the California Coastal Commission. All the outstanding realities of this Malibu history continue to make Malibu a great place to live with very little risk of development changing the nature of the area. 

Back in the early part of the twentieth century the Rindge family farm  occupied 17,000 acres.  The Ringe family and specifically the widow Mary Rindge consistently battled with all levels of government to stop roads, railroads and access to her/their  family ranch of any kind.  They went as far as building their own railroad because the law did not allow a new railroad to be built where there already was an existing railroad.

 The Rindge family (May Rindge) fought the highway and any public roads with great effectiveness for many years. As a result both the 101 freeway and the main railroad tracks go through the valley and not along the coast as it does in most of the state.

 

The ranch was run with caballeros and horses. They were and still are a part of the Malibu lifestyle. It has always been a very casual euqestrian place to be.

It is still, to this day acceptable to dine in the nicest restaurants in very casual dress, cowboy boots, hat etc. Malibu Beach is not the fancy Beverly Hills kind of life style.  Some of the Carbon Beach homes rent for as much as $75,000 a month and  it is still rural and will stay that way for a long long time. This is part of the charm of living in the country and an eqestrian area close to the big city. I urge you to get to know us and upgrade your life style to a great place in a great area. There are many homes under $1,500,000. There are mobile homes as low as $269,000. with a space rent of around 6 or 7 hundred, right at the beach. If you like the country and still need to be near the big city and you don’t want to drive just to go surfing, get to know the city of Malibu.

 

I will be happy to help learn all about this beach, surf, equestrian, country area with all your home needs and to help you learn more about the area. Contact me and I will help you with your process of discovery and help you gain the Malibu Lifestyle.

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Jim

Surfing Malibu

Malibu on a clody day

A sunny day in the front yard, Paradise Cove at low tide

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Malibu has many hidden wonders. You have to take time to discover the splender around you.

Malibu Surfrider Beach doesn’t always have waves. It always has beauty, Day & Night

   

    In the early seventies from Monterey Park where I went to Mark Kepple High School, I came to Malibu to surf with my senior class vice-president Fred Ryan. It was December and Malibu being a south facing beach normally doesn’t get much in the way of good surfing during the winter. I didn’t know.

    I just had surfed for many years prior to that, mostly Orange County, and could get waves almost anytime as I would drive until I found a good spot. Sometimes that drive took me all the way to San Diego but I was always able to get some surf. We paddled out to a very flat Surfrider line up with almost no one else in the water. Everyone else knew that this was not a time to surf Malibu. I was new. With not much in the way of surf I wondered what all the Malibu hoopla was about.

    I knew it was often featured in Surfer Magazine and all other surf publications. Being an inlander I understood and lived vicariously through photographs of awesome waves and fantastically talented surfers. I was envious of the kids that got to surf everyday and how good they got at it. I wanted to be that good.

    I saw pictures of J. Riddle, Alan Sarlo, Wayne Uknowa, Willy Morris, Nate Young, J Adams, Ronnie Jay, Billy Urbany, Buttons’,  Micky Dora, Angie Reno, Nathan Pratt, Mike Marsillino, Dave White, Mike Lamb, Tobby Lamb, Jefferson (Zuma J) Wagner, John Baker and many others. Some old timers and some in my age group.

    In about 1976 I was working in Culver City with my Grandfather Abe (wild Bill) and I started driving everyday up the coast to Malibu to surf after work. I was a pretty good goofy-footed surfer. I was now surfing almost exclusively right hander, right peelers at Malibu Pier, Surfrider, third point.  This means that my back is facing toward the wave instead of my front. Most surfers find this slightly more challenging than surfing regular footed, front sided.  

     I found as the surf was really great here most of the time. I also discovered there is many, sometimes hundreds of other surfers in the water almost everyday. Many who I had seen in the magazines. Professional surfers who were so good that many times I was just satisfied to watch them ride instead of me. I also found that there was a group of surfers that surf there everyday just as I was now doing. 

    I learned about what it means to be a local and surf with the same group at the same spot regularly. After about two years of getting teased about my boards, my surfing style, and everything else, I began to make some really good friends. I was now able to get the waves I wanted without being snaked by someone.  I had built a reputation that I was going to be there and that I was someone who was regular and they needed to deal with me weather they liked it or not.

    That doesn’t mean that I got every wave I wanted. I was able to get the ones that I was positioned correctly for and the other experts who knew me, knew I was going to make the sections and not waste the wave, therefore they let me go ahead. There was always a few guys that were so much better than me that they could take off in front of me and never fall and always really tear the waves apart. Unfortunately they left in there wake a big trough that was very difficult to surf around, over or through.

     Alan Sarlo was just such one of these guys. He was also one of my heros. He is a local Venice surfer and skater who was determined to be one of the top surfers in the world. His reputation got around the whole world that he was is awesome, and really kills the waves. He earned the nickname Wave Killer. He and a few of the well known photographers in the surfing world have recently made a movie, documentary about his life, career, family and successes. ‘Work to Surf’ is a great explicative about choosing a life style and being devoted and creating success.

    I am happy to say he is a friend of mine and I am very proud that he has been honored with a movie about his life. I don’t know what kind of distribution there is going to be with this just released movie but If you get a chance to see it, I highly recommend you do.

     Besides being a friend he is a role model to me. He decided what he wanted. He worked to achieve his goal. He did not put the work in front of living life as he so chose. He organized his life so that he could work to live his passion. The surfing world over time recognized his talent and he became a leader in the surfing world. At the same time he created a successful career, family and home and he never left his passion behind.

     That is why he is a role model for me. It doesn’t matter that he is slightly younger than me. It is a matter that his choices have brought he and his family the type of lifestyle that they have chosen.

    Life is all about choices we make on a daily basis. Where we live, what we do for family,  health , Income, recreation, sports, activities, friends, neighbors and community. These elements combined with many other elements are some of the important contents of our lives. How we act and what we do will be the creator of our lives, of all our resultsand the happiness that comes to each and every one of us.

    What are you doing to create your life?

    Where do you live? 

    Are the choices you have made bringing you the results you want?

    What can you do different to live the life you want?

    What is it going to take to fulfill your dreams?

    I want to suggest that every person has the ability to live the life they choose. I am talking to you. You to can ‘Work to Surf’ or Ski or walk on the beach, or fish, kayak, skin dive, scuba dive, swim, read, go to school, walk/beachcomb with the pooch, act, paint, write, love, raise children, spend family time, cook, shop, design everything/anything. That’s the idea for life. We are not here long. We only have one chance here that we are positive about. Now that’s a whole other topic.

Jim Wiebe

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