Urban Homes L.A.

03/09/2026

https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/1220-W-56th-St-1-2-Los-Angeles-CA-90037/458862035_zpid/?utm_campaign=zillowwebmessage&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=txtshare

New start, new home...come and see your next home. Ready to move in, fully furnished, modern and great amenities.
Call for your appointment - 323-376-6797

This is a 234 square foot, 1 bathroom, Multiple Occupancy home. It is located at 1220 W 56th St #1/2, Los Angeles, CA.

01/03/2026

Calling all Inglewood Homeowners, Rentals and surrounding neighbors...you don't want to miss this informative and empowering event at Center of Hope on Crenshaw and Hardy...families learn how to transfer your property to your heirs from the experts...meet real estate attorney's that know CA laws to help protect your generational wealth....learn about FREE Money available for down payment assistance for first time home buyers.
FREE to the public, register early, bring the family, friends and your neighbors.

Join us in Inglewood for our next Homeowners’ Resource Fair. We are proud to be partnering with the Center of Hope-Community Development Corporation & the Inglewood Board of Realtors for an informative fair covering important topics, such as Proposition 19, the property tax implications for family inheritance and the death of a Property owner, and more. This event is free and open to the public!

📆 Date: Saturday, January 31, 2026
🕗Time: 9 AM - 12 PM
🏢Location: Center of Hope, 9550 Crenshaw Blvd, Inglewood, CA 90305

Additional community partners and participating organizations to be announced soon.

09/19/2023

02/08/2023

From Enslaved to Entrepreneur: Bridget “Biddy” Mason

Bridget Biddy Mason (1818-1891) is an American Hero. Born enslaved, Mason became one of the first prominent citizens and landowners in Los Angeles in the 1850s and 1860s. She also founded the First African Methodist Episcopal Church in Los Angeles in 1872.

Mason was born in Mississippi in 1818 and given the name Bridget, later nicknamed Biddy. She was enslaved by Robert Marion Smith of Mississippi and a Mormon convert.

Over the years Smith moved his family and slaves to the Holladay-Cottonwood area of the Salt Lake Valley. Then to San Bernardino, California where Mason met a free black couple who urged her to legally contest her slave status once she reached California.

Smith decided to move to Texas for fear that he might lose his slaves, Texas was a slave state. Owens told the L.A. County Sheriff that slaves were being illegally held. The sheriff gathered a posse and apprehended Smith’s wagon train in Cajon Pass, California.

After five years enslaved in California, Mason challenged Smith for her freedom. On January 21, 1856, Judge Benjamin Hayes approved Mason’s petition to free Mason and thirteen members of her family. She took the surname Mason from the mayor of San Bernardino. Mason moved to L.A. She continued working as a midwife and nurse, saving her money and using it to purchase land in what is now the heart of downtown L.A. where she organized First A.M.E. Church. Mason used her $3 million wealth, to become a philanthropist. She donated to charities, fed and sheltered the poor, and visited prisoners.

Bridget “Biddy” Mason died in L.A. on January 15, 1891 and was buried in Evergreen Cemetery.

Sources:
https://www.nps.gov/people/biddymason.htm

https://la.curbed.com/2017/3/1/14756308/biddy-mason-california-black-history

02/08/2023

Happy Black history. This song is dedicated to all my sisters out there working hard to make a difference, to thrive, survive & giving of yourself to others. I see you! ❤👏🏾🙏🏿🔥

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02/26/2022

Here is a view of a Accessory Dwelling Unit looks like when finished. This is a garage conversion at the Green Home Showroom in Carson. If you are interested in earning income and own a single family residence....call us for more detail.

11/18/2020

Must attend event! Free. Www.facebook.com/REALTISTNAREB or register on zoom

09/24/2020

HGTV.com shares professional educators' tips on setting up a successful homeschooling classroom for students of all ages.

Professional educators share how to create a homeschooling space and establish a routine for successful students of all ages.

09/21/2020

First impressions are everything. Whether you’re buying a home, an apartment or some other type of property, presenting your initial offer in a positive light paves the way for a productive and smooth negotiation process.

Connect with home sellers to make them feel good about letting you purchase their home.

09/17/2020

Turn your cluttered kitchen pantry into a storage dream with these great pantry organizers from the decorating experts at HGTV.com.

A disorganized pantry is a kitchen nightmare. Turn your cluttered kitchen pantry (or kitchen cabinets) into a storage dream with these great pantry organizers.

09/17/2020

Anybody like to play games? This credit game is one that can impact your bank account due to your own poor money habits. The example below is shows how credit works. But did you know how it works. Well, the creditors report your behavior on money management to three agencies Equifax, Experian, and TransUnion every month, as soon as you start using other people's money (OPM). They in turn, collect all your data that include your names spelled every way possible, old and current addresses, any legal filings such as bankruptcy, judgement, then they give you a score based on the money spending behavior from years ago until now.

Based on that score when you want to buy something and use OPM first or apply for a job, those people run your credit and then judge you on the Fair Issac Co score aka FICO score from the credit report. This score separates you from obtaining what you want and it also can get you what you want at prices you may or may not even think before reading the fine print on the documents you have to sign. This long wordy document explains how much they will charge you based on your score.

So before you buy or apply for a job, step one apply for your free annual credit report from all three agencies at www.annualcreditreport.com or call 877-322-8228, Read everything on each page and make sure what's on your report is correct and current. You can dispute anything that is not correct on your report and ask for them to remove it. If you need help with understanding this process, call Operation Hope for more information, www.operationhope.org

This credit game is vicious when you don't know the rules on how to play to win. So, don't continue doing the same thing and expecting a different result; make a shift for a better outcome.To recover from a bad credit situation you can do it yourself or get help for a fee. It's your choice. Take time to learn the credit game to win.

Apply just one good practice and that is pay your accounts that you established on TIME, BEFORE TIME and while you are at it, pay more of what you owe when possible.

That's how you start to win. Check mate!

Your Urban Real Estate Connector,
Gwen Allen

Credit Score Conundrum (Nov. 25, 2019)