Kenneth B Dorfman Real Estate

09/02/2022

Life, it seems, is not always so quite here in NoHo CA. Last night, for example, I volunteered to take a friend to the airport… Not our own Bob Hope International mind you, but the other one. The airport named after that famous, Swedish fish, the LAX. I’m sure you’ve run across it, the one which, when placed on a bagel, becomes lox? Seriously? The one, if served pan fried, garlic and lemon sauced it’s salmon, that one….. But I digress.
Because of the time, (2:30 am) when I was supposed to pick up my friend, I had gone to bed early, read a bit (not a great book but, if I don’t read for an hour or so, I simply dont sleep), dozed of when… what to my wondering ears should appear??? Several, fast paced, not very loud, bangs (which, being the cold eyed, steel nerved, combat veteran that I am, immediately identified as some idiot beating on a sheet of metal or something with a hammer, what else could it be at 11ish on a Thursday night in NoHo CA)
Anyway, I took my friend to the airport, very light traffic on the 405, I didn’t know it was possible to go much over 30 there, but….again, I digress…
Dropped my friend, headed back home, turned on my street and….. A cop car was parked sideways blocking of the street… a very polite, shaved head, couple of tats. LAPD Sergeant asked where I was going, told me if I turned left, then right at the first street, right again at the the first corner, I would be on the other side of the taped off area and would be fine… I asked what was happening and he told me they were just following up on a report… Nothing more.
Then, this morning, I woke up, got Luke the Dog and Miss Ivy the Cat their breakfast (hand chopped, deli sliced turkey from Smart and Final, freeze dried white things and kibble for Luke, canned dog food, don’t ask, she loves it, and dry cat food for Miss Ivy), hot oat bran cereal, a nice ripe nectarine, small pot of espresso and a glass of tomato juice for me, and…. My street is full of TV vans, reporter type folks, plain clothes cops….. What the hell happened????? I have no idea.
Just another day, I guess, in NoHo CA…

12/15/2021

The view from my Doctors office today in NoHo CA.

07/17/2020

Licensed Real Estate Agents.

05/02/2019

Sacramento CAR legislative meeting. Because, housing matters.

01/29/2018

Went to the CAR winter meetings in Monterey, the inauguration for SRAR's 2018 President and Board of Directors and the year is still young. Please support your local Associations of Realtors... Education, mediation, socialization, a group voice to speak for American homes, office spaces, factories, farm lands and, don't ever forget.... Leaders, always, in the fair and ethical treatment of clients, be they buyers or sellers, landlords or tenants... 'cause that's how Realtors roll.

10/19/2016

Don't miss Speed Apping at SRAR tomorrow from 5:30 to 7:30. Free snacks. Free wine.

07/08/2016

Read. Think.

Smart growth requires better choices around transit.

04/10/2016

MidTown NoHo Neighborhood Council meets this coming Wednesday, 4-13-16.. Be active. Make your opinions known. Get involved!

03/15/2016

Bet you didn't know how fast property values are going up in North Hollywood.. Maybe you want to know what your house is worth today... Ask and I will tell you.. Its free, so ask away..

02/08/2016

For the last several days I have been smelling an intermittent chemical odor, it seems to be accompanied by stinging eyes and a headache.. Can anyone else smell it? Is it time to notify the city? Does anyone know how to deal with this sort of thing??

02/06/2016

I am a Real Estate Broker, that is my profession. To become a Real Estate Broker, one must take a variety of classes and pass a state exam. The state issues the Brokers license which allows a person to contract with the general public on matters pertaining to the ownership of land and that which is upon, and in some cases beneath the land, among other things. The Brokers license also allows the license holder to employ persons holding a Real Estate Sales License to engage with the public soliciting Real Estate business under the supervision of a Licensed Broker. (Way to simple and sketchy but in broad strokes the way it is).

I am also a Realtor, a member of the National Association of Realtors, the California Association of Realtors, the Southland Association of Realtors…. A member of these organizations is called a Realtor. Not all Brokers or Sales Licensees are Realtors… All Realtors are state licensed real estate practitioners of one sort or another.

The word is pronounced Real-tor..

Imagine my dismay when, I attended a meeting the other day. A meeting sponsored by and for members of an AOR (Association of Realtors) and consistently hearing people who are Realtors or work in allied professions, (escrow, mortgage, title, etc) pronouncing it Realater… Sheesh.. If you are going to make your living at a profession, interact with the general public, at least… At the very least.. Know how to pronounce your own professional designation! Thank you. Rant finished. REALTOR pronounced Real-tor

02/04/2016

Congratulations to our own Cameron Byington, closed Sayer, opened Jamison and wrote an offer yesterday. Way to go Cameron!