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bubblesitter says

How much do you pay for it?

It's not my account. It belongs to a broker in our immediate family. But I guess you have to be licensed under a broker, and pay about $35/month. It is a utility that comes with the San Mateo MLS account. Our broker didn't necessarily subscribe directly to Realist. It's another $50ish for the Supra Lockbox key. Also, maybe another $20 if you want to call yourself a Realtor(R) LOL

$35 bucks to be able to see the telephone number to the listing agent, and read the private remarks... What a deal. All the other tools that are built in the MLS account is pretty much useless. Realist is good but it's external.

mark

Thanks for info...so in the search filter all I have to do is select HOME and FORECLOSED and the list which shows up in "purple" color is the REO inventory not on market, right ?

i cant get it to work...

Mark_LA says

South Pasadena has schools that were just as good, but more racially diversified. Now, they actually have a chance of getting into his alma mater, Berkeley, since the competition isn’t as stiff/robotic and the teaching is still top-notch. They also have a more normal typical American upbringing.

Yea, Im starting to think my future children would be better off going to an average school system and having a shot at being top of their class and valedictorian. Being a teenager is tough enough without that kind of competition.

Los Angeles Renter says

Mark_LA says

South Pasadena has schools that were just as good, but more racially diversified. Now, they actually have a chance of getting into his alma mater, Berkeley, since the competition isn’t as stiff/robotic and the teaching is still top-notch. They also have a more normal typical American upbringing.

Yea, Im starting to think my future children would be better off going to an average school system and having a shot at being top of their class and valedictorian. Being a teenager is tough enough without that kind of competition.

It's a tough balancing act. You don't want your kids to be the Valedictorians at Compton High, get accepted to Berkeley, then drop out because they're not prepared for the curriculum.

Mark_LA says

It’s a tough balancing act. You don’t want your kids to be the Valedictorians at Compton High, get accepted to Berkeley, then drop out because they’re not prepared for the curriculum.

Yea thats the biggest problem ive had looking for housing in LA... Plenty of nice homes/condos in areas with great to average elememtary schools... But very few decent high schools. Its interesting looking at the demographics of bad school districts... For example theres great elementary schools in Studio City.. But the highschool is rated a 5/10 North Hollywood High... It looks like parents that live in Studio City pull all their kids out of the public school system by Sr High after getting a great elementary education at Carpenter Elementary.... The demographics of North Hollywood high are 70+% hispanic.. Maybr 10-15% caucasion. We dont have a child yet so maybe we can just look for the great elementary schools and plan on moving in 12-15 years to a better district.... Who knows maybe we will be able to afford private school.... Even though I'm against the idea.

Note: Don't mean to sound like I'm disparaging a school just because it's 70+% hispanic.. Just pointing out the curious difference in demographics... Let me give you an example.

Carpenter Elementary... (rated a 9/10 on greatschools.net i believe)- Demo: 74% White, 9.9% Hispanic, 4.5% Black, 10% Asian...

Walter Reed Middle School (6/10 rating) - Demo: 32% White, 52% Hispanic, 7% Black, 7% Asian.

North Hollywood High (5/10 rating) - Demo: 16% White, 70% Hispanic, 5% Black, 7% Asian

All the above schools are in the same district... It appears everyone in Studio City that is White pulls all their kids out of the public school system after 6th grade... and sends them to Private School....

Los Angeles Renter says

North Hollywood High (5/10 rating) - Demo: 16% White, 70% Hispanic, 5% Black, 7% Asian

Keep in mind that there are usually 4-5 elementary schools that feed 1 high school, so that also accounts for the majority of the change in the demographics. The other elementary schools that feed North Hollywood high are probably the inverse racial profile to the Carpenter elementary.

You can bus your kids to a magnet as well, or if you work in a good school district, then it's usually possible to do an inter-district transfer.

In addition to the change in feeder schools, a combination of those 2 options above are what's happening at North Hollywood High. I don't think more than 20% of the White parents put their kids into private school. In this economy, many are going from private to public.