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Meet Tom, Your Realtor Midwest roots. LA Realtor. Making Dream Homes, Real. With over 30 years of experience, we can handle some of the toughest real estate transactions.

Terra Firma Realty is a group of two highly experienced Realtors and many associates who have closed 1500+ transactions. We always put our clients first. Their satisfaction is paramount to our success. We are located at the office of our parent company, Keller Williams Beverly Hills. We are proud to be backed by Keller Williams Realty, one of the world's largest and fastest growing brokerages.

09/25/2026

Could Hollywood Leave… HOLLYWOOD?

The gates could stay. The tours could continue. But could the movie business move on? 🎬👀
The Paramount–Warner Bros. merger raises a bigger question for LA: what happens to the studio lots—and the neighborhoods around them—if the work moves elsewhere?
I’m breaking down the studio protections, why 2031 matters, and why a gradual shift is more plausible than an overnight Hollywood ghost town.
Would Hollywood still be Hollywood without the people making the movies? Tell me below. 👇
Follow Tom Struckhoff | Los Angeles Real Estate Advisor to understand how your neighborhood is changing.

08/27/2026

Can Woodland Hills help save Hollywood—or is this money down the toilet? 🎬🚽
Cinespace transformed the former Catalina Yachts factory into a 180,000-square-foot production campus with six new soundstages.
The strange part? Existing Los Angeles soundstages were only about 62% occupied.
Cinespace is betting that LA will remain the place where projects are greenlit, crews are based and Hollywood decisions get made—even as productions continue heading to the UK, Canada and Australia.
California is betting alongside them, expanding its film and television incentive program to $750 million annually.
Was this a smart long-term move or an expensive miscalculation? Tell me below.
Follow me to stay up to date on how Los Angeles is changing.
And if there’s an abandoned building, vacant lot or construction site near you that I should investigate, send me a DM or drop the location in the comments.
Please. Save me from running out of ideas.

08/06/2026

Fry’s Electronics Is Gone… But What’s Replacing It?

Everyone remembers shopping at Fry’s Electronics on Canoga Avenue. But the iconic Alice in Wonderland-themed store is gone, and a massive mixed-use project is set to take its place.

The approved District at Warner Center development is planned to bring 852 apartments, a 204-room hotel, retail space, restaurants, offices, and more than 1.1 million square feet of new development to this nearly 9-acre site—making it one of the biggest transformations happening in Warner Center.

I visited the site to show you what’s there today, what the future could look like, and why this project could completely change this part of Woodland Hills.

Would you rather see more housing, offices, shopping, or something else here? Let me know in the comments.

📍Former Fry’s Electronics
6100 Canoga Ave
Woodland Hills, CA 91367

Follow for more San Fernando Valley development updates, hidden projects, abandoned landmarks, and the stories changing our neighborhoods.

07/29/2026

Something is living on this 1,280-acre desert property…

Payam occasionally asks me to help market something outside my usual real estate lane.

This time? Two massive 640-acre parcels totaling 1,280 acres in the Mojave Desert near Boron, California.

Barren. Unforgiving. Massive.

So my 8-year-old marketing consultant said: “It’s boring… but what if there were unicorns living there?”

And here we are.

The land is real.
The opportunity is real.
The unicorns are… emotionally real.

View the listing:
https://www.compass.com/homedetails/0-Section-22-Township-32e-Range-40e-Boron-CA-93516/279XFH_pid/?origin=listing_page&origin_type=copy_url&agent_id=664ba1abbe92390001d9193d

Call/text Tom Struckhoff
310-729-1096

Compass
CA DRE 01935424





07/15/2026

LAUSD tore down TWO former West Valley elementary schools… but years later, both lots still have no clear ending.

At the request of my audience, I went to investigate:

📍 Former Highlander Road Elementary
23834 Highlander Road, West Hills, CA 91307

📍 Former Oso Avenue Elementary
5724 Oso Avenue, Woodland Hills, CA 91367

Highlander was once tied to a proposed Hale Charter Academy Visual and Performing Arts campus — then that plan was put on hold.

Oso was once floated as a future gifted arts-and-tech campus — then it got pulled into a much bigger debate over vacant public land, school district property, parks, employee housing, and homeless housing.

So now the question is simple:

What should LAUSD do with these old school sites?

Rebuild schools? Create parks? Build teacher housing? Sell the land? Or something else entirely?

Comment “Highlander” or “Oso” and tell me which one I should dig into deeper next.

07/08/2026

42-Story Towers in Woodland Hills?! Warner Center May Never Look the Same

A massive new proposal at 6400 Canoga Avenue in Woodland Hills could bring four high-rise towers to Warner Center — including one reportedly reaching 42 stories.

The plan calls for thousands of residential units, mostly senior housing, and it could become one of the biggest skyline-changing projects the San Fernando Valley has ever seen.

Warner Center has already been changing fast — Rams Village, new apartments, old office sites getting reimagined — but this would take things to a whole different level.

So what do you think: is this the future Warner Center needs, or is 42 stories in the Valley completely insane?

Send this to someone who lives near Woodland Hills or Warner Center.

06/20/2026

L.A. Just Opened the Door to 9-Story Apartments Near Homes

Could L.A. neighborhoods near Metro stops be completely transformed?

California’s SB 79 could allow much taller housing near major transit stops — including up to 9-story apartment buildings within 200 feet of certain Metro subway stations like the B Line and D Line. That means parts of Los Angeles near subway stops, light rail, bus rapid transit, and dedicated bus lanes could see major zoning changes, higher density housing, more apartment development, and potentially huge shifts in property values.

If your home, condo, or investment property sits inside one of these transit housing bubbles, the value equation may change fast. Some properties could become more valuable as redevelopment land, while others may face more construction, more density, more competition, and a very different neighborhood feel.

This is one of the biggest zoning stories in Los Angeles real estate right now — especially for homeowners near Metro stations, transit corridors, and future development zones.

Send this to someone who might live near one of these SB 79 transit bubbles.

And if you live inside one of these zones and want to know how it could affect your home’s value, send me a DM or give me a call.

06/12/2026

Need More Space?! (5 Signs You’ve Outgrown Your House)

LA parents—did you move to the Valley for “more space”… and somehow you have LESS?
Here’s the twist: it’s usually not the square footage… it’s how your house functions.

🎥 Watch the FULL video on YouTube: Meet Tom Your Realtor (.struckhoff)
Search the title: “Need More Space?!”
📲 Want the fastest answer for your house? Call/text me: 310-729-1096

05/29/2026

This Empty Woodland Hills Lot Has a Secret

That giant paved-over lot on Shoup across from the Woodland Hills Recreation Center? It used to be Collins Street Elementary School — and the reason it was torn down involves asbestos, lead paint, and a very expensive cleanup problem.

Now LAUSD plans to turn the 6.5-acre site into affordable housing for LAUSD employees only, built by a private developer instead of using taxpayer dollars for construction.

Smart use of vacant public land… or should something else have gone here?

Comment with your take — and if you live near another leveled school site in the West San Fernando Valley, tell me where. I may investigate your neighborhood next.





05/16/2026

A.I. Killer Deal or Deal Killer?

A buyer used ChatGPT to analyze the house.
The seller used another AI tool to justify a higher price.
Both got completely different answers… and both were convinced they were right.

Here’s the problem with using AI like ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, or Perplexity to appraise real estate: these LLMs are designed to give coherent, persuasive answers — often based on how YOU frame the question.

That’s not the same thing as understanding a real estate market.

AI doesn’t know:

* hidden concessions,
* buyer psychology,
* unpermitted remodels,
* hyper-local neighborhood nuances,
* or why two “similar” homes can sell hundreds of thousands apart.

Even recently talked about seeing similar issues in negotiations.

AI is an incredible tool. But using it as your only pricing strategy in luxury real estate can get expensive fast.

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