Tracy’s LA Real Estate

Today is the 39th anniversary of the first celebration of Earth Day—why, it’s as old as I am! But you know that I’m a child of the 60’s, don’t you. There are lots of great links to explore including http://www.stopglobalwarming.org/default.asp , www.planetgreen.com , http://www.epa.gov/pick5/ .

If you want to celebrate Earth Day with a crowd, today is the grand opening of a new exhibit in the Rose Garden at Exposition Park called Cool Globes, Hot Ideas for a Cooler Planet. Check out the details at www.coolglobes.com/la.php.

Just for fun and also because it seemed like the right thing to do on Earth Day if I were to attend a “fight global warming” event, I wondered if I could easily take public transportation from near my home in Eagle Rock to Exposition Park. First, be sure to go to www.Metro.Net, not www.Metro.com. After you click on Maps, the planner is very simple to use if you are open to taking the bus. Forget rail for now. Sigh. Maybe next year, if the Expo line is completed on time. But today, for $2.50 round trip, you can go from the corner of Eagle Rock and Colorado Blvd to Exposition Park in about an hour each way on Metro Local 81. The Metro Trip Planner estimates that the cost if you drove your car would be $6.82 each way if you use the AAA estimate of 54.1 cents/mile. So you would save money as well as pollution if you took the bus.

If you want to celebrate by using rail travel, you can hop on down to Union Station and catch the free noon concert performance by Carina Ricco on the South Plaza. Check it out at http://metro.net/news_info/press/metro_063.htm

Happy Earth Day!

Read my friend Kendyl Young’s blog about how you can get up to $18,000 in state and federal tax credits if you buy a home soon. Briefly, if you’re a first time buyer (you haven’t owned a home in 3 years) you have until November 30 to close escrow on a home. You don’t have to be a first-time buyer to qualify for the California $10,000 tax credit for new construction, but the money is limited and it is already 25% gone!

So where in Eagle Rock can you find a home that qualifies for the new home tax credit? Easy! The Rock Row development on Yosemite, that’s where! Check it out at the website. I wrote about the grand opening that took place there a couple of weeks ago, remember?

Rock Row, 1546 Yosemite Drive, 90041

If you aren’t already working with a Realtor, call me if you want more information, or to see the units: 626-827-9795.