Santa Monica

A Local’s Guide to Santa Monica, California

By Mary Cate Long | June 21, 2022 | Comments Off on A Local’s Guide to Santa Monica, California

Santa Monica, California, is renowned for its sprawling sandy beaches, shopping, and of course the iconic Santa Monica pier. This guide will point out the under-the-radar pockets that are worth a visit. Main Street is a buzzy area of Santa Monica but much less chaotic than Third Street Promenade. Walkable and tree-lined, it’s the perfect…

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Pay $2.5 Million for a Mobile Home, Avoid Real Estate Property Taxes

By Candy Evans | April 20, 2011 |

When my husband teases about getting a mobile home, I threaten divorce. But he may not be so crazy: when you own a mobile home, you own only the home and not the land under it so guess what, no real estate property taxes! Still, you have to rent the land, because the owner has…

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