Consider suggesting cross-collateralization to clients looking to expand their portfolios.

via A Collateral Move – Scotsman Guide.

Writers Theatre presents HESPERIA.  Jess wants  to escape her past.  So, she runs away from LA and relocates in Hesperia.

via “HESPERIA” Writers Theatre: Promised Land within a Gated Community | The Fourth Walsh.

HELENDALE • A controversial proposal to impose a rental cap on homes in the Silver Lakes residential community is up for election Saturday.

The Silver Lakes Association is eyeing an amendment that would limit the number of rentals to no more than 25 percent of residential lots in the quiet lakefront community off National Trails Highway about 14 miles northwest of Victorville.

via Silver Lakes homeowners to decide on rental cap | homeowners, lakes, rental – Victorville Daily Press.

Commercial real estate firm Marcus & Millichap is expecting that Riverside and San Bernardino county residents will continue finding jobs as 2012 moves along. An estimated 22,700 jobs were created in the two-county region last year, most of them in the late summer and fall.

That means a lot of people will move out of their parents’ houses, but few are likely to have the savings or the credit scores to get into the home buyers market. Many will look for rentals, and the law of supply and demand is likely to drive rents up.

via REAL ESTATE: Apartment markets will get even tighter | Breaking News | PE.com – Press-Enterprise.

I’ve only been there once and I was 14 or so, but it seems that LA gets a real bum rap. I mean i’ve met people who have loved it, but they always move out saying they cant afford to live there. I have had people literally refer to it as a hell on Earth. What is it about LA that causes this reputation? Just so everyone knows im not trying to diss LA or say its bad.

via Why does everyone hate LA? (Los Angeles: appointed, how much, movies) – City-Data Forum.

• Victorville — From 6 to 8 p.m. Jan. 31 at Victorville City Hall, at 14343 Civic Drive

• Adelanto — From 6 to 8 p.m. Feb. 1 in the Mavericks Conference Room at Stater Bros. Stadium, 1200 Stadium Way

The meetings will start with an open house followed by presentations from 6:30 to 7 p.m. and time for questions from 7 to 8 p.m.

For those unable to attend in person, the Victorville meeting Jan. 31 is scheduled to be streamed live at www.metro.net/hdc.

via Public meetings on High Desert Corridor | highway, valley, corridor – Victorville Daily Press.

According to the Metro Movers Index, there are six times as many “inbound” home searches to the North Port–Bradenton–Sarasota, FL metro area by outsiders than “outbound” searches by locals. The index is above 4 for the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA metro area and around 2 for several other large Sunbelt metros. Meanwhile, in the Washington D.C. and Chicago metro areas –where prices have not fallen nearly as much – both have an index of under 0.5, which means there are more than twice as many outbound as there are inbound searches.

“I think we are seeing a little of the calm before the storm,” said Sharga. He believes foreclosures would have increased rather than declined last year if the robo-signing controversy had not disrupted the process, prompting banks to pull back until they could make sure they were in legal compliance.

via REAL ESTATE: Foreclosure activity subsides in December | Breaking News | PE.com – Press-Enterprise.

Trulia released its Metro Movers Report today, showing which metro areas people are looking to move between and the number one search in all of the US is Angelenos looking for property in Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario. Gasp! Pearl clutch!

via Report Shows That Angelenos All Want to Flee For Riverside – Facts & Figures – Curbed LA.