Corey Chambers SoCal Home Newsletter February 2019

LOVE REMEDIES A MULTITUDE OF WRONGS 

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Corey Chambers SoCal Home Newsletter February 2019 – Impactful Real Estate News

February brings in Valentine’s Day, where many of us scramble to make sure those close to us KNOW we love them! After all – Love is a many splendored thing. While love for our family and friends is the most important, I think it’s also important to express my love for helping people find a home where their heart is.  #valentine #coreychambers #news

Valentine’s Day is the unofficial (yet very popular) holiday that reminds us to give cards, candy and gifts to those who are important to us. It stems from thousands of years of fond history around the courtly love tradition associated with Saint Valentine of Rome.  #chla #realestate

My favorite love description is: Love is patient, Love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil, but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes and always perseveres.  |  PDF

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I could go on with all kinds of examples like – Love Your Neighbor as Yourself, even go all business on you with accolades about how much we love doing business with you, or how much we love your referrals and more – but, the point is we do love helping people sell and buy real estate. And those people say we are good at it!

Please know that my team and I are eager to help anyone you know wanting to make a move so much so that we are willing to make an offer that they will LOVE – AND – the Kids at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles will love too.

For the month of February, anyone considering making a move that you refer to me, we will guarantee them in writing their home will sell or we’ll buy it at a price acceptable to them. We just need to agree on the price and possession date with the seller.

Just like we are thankful for you and your business, I am confident your referrals will be thanking you for guiding them in the right direction on getting their home sold!!!

Also included with this month’s newsletter is a story about a very special brother and sister.

Please know that my team and I are eager to help anyone you know wanting to make a move, so much so, that we are willing to make an offer that they will LOVE – AND – the Kids at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles will love too.

Children's Hospital Los Angele Fundraising

For the month of February, for anyone considering making a move that you refer to me, we will guarantee them in writing their home will sell or we’ll buy it at a price acceptable to them. We just need to agree on the price and possession date with the seller.

Just like we are thankful for you and your business, I am confident your referrals will be thanking you for pointing them in the right direction to getting their home sold fast! 

And remember, YOUR REFERRALS really do help Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles… 

Children's Hospital Los Angeles

We are still on a mission to raise $25,000 for Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles. We do this by donating to them a portion of our income from homes we sell. As you may know, Children’s Hospital of LA does miraculous work in helping kids fight through and survive some of the worst life threatening diseases like cancer, Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, leukemia and more.

Make Children's Hospital your special valentineBUT- they rely on Sponsorships and Donations to continue providing a uniquely supportive and healing environment. Donations also benefit families by helping to keep overall expenses as low as possible.

So, YOUR REFERRALS REALLY DO HELP THESE KIDS! 


Your Referrals Help the Kids!

CHLA BabyWe are on a mission to raise $25,000 for Children’s Hospital Los Angeles (we have already raised over $2,500). Kids under the care of Children’s Hospital are more likely to survive serious diseases and cancer. BUT, Children’s survives because of our sponsorships and donations. So, the Corey Chamber’s Team makes it a point to donate a portion of our income from selling homes to help support the great work that they do. Your referrals REALLY DO help the kids!

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With that in mind — who do you know that’s considering buying or selling a home? When you refer them to my real estate sales team, not only will they benefit from our award-winning service, but we donate a substantial portion of our income on every home sale to Children’s Hospital Los Angeles. It’s easy to refer your friends, neighbors, associates or family members considering making a move. Go to www.ReferralsHelpKids.com and enter their contact info online or forward the link to those whom you know are considering a move OR you can always call me direct at 213-880-9910.

I want to make it easy for you to refer your friends, neighbors, business associates, or family members considering making a move, so here are some convenient options for you:

1. You can go online to www.ReferralsHelpKids.com and enter their contact info and we’ll take care of contacting them

2. Just pass along the internet address, www.ReferralsHelpKids.com, to anyone you know who might be considering a move

3. Contact us directly at 213-880-9910

I want you to know that you and your referrals mean more than ever to my team and me. As we continue to move forward in 2019, please know we are extremely thankful for you being a special part of our business.

Children's Hospital Los AngelesWith all my appreciation,


Why I Support Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles

I grew up right here in Los Angeles. Born right nearby at St. Francis Hospital. I remember when I first heard about a young person close to our family suffering from a nasty disease and getting treated for that at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles. It was then that I began to pay closer attention to the work they do at that hospital. Since then, I have learned that it is a collection of hard working health care professionals, most making their home right here in the Los Angeles area, all coming together for a common cause. That cause is to help young people overcome unfortunate health issues that life sometimes throws our way. Being a Los Angeles, California native, I take pride in supporting in any way that I can the good work these people do at Children’s. My team rally’s around our annual goal of raising money and donating portions of our income to help Children’s in their quest to heal young people when they need healing. My team and I are committed to providing outstanding results for buyers and sellers referred to us by our past clients. I have discovered that Children’s Hospital Los Angeles shares similar commitments to their patients. And since their services survive on sponsorships and donations we are happy to contribute and proud to support them.

And remember, I want to make it easy for you to refer your friends, neighbors, business associates, or family members considering making a move, so here are some convenient options for you:

You can go online to www.ReferralsHelpKids.com and enter their contact info and we’ll take care of contacting them, or pass along the internet address directly to them

Contact us directly at 213-880-9910 

 

 

A Brother-Sister Cancer-Fighting Superhero Duo

Here’s a true story about Kalea and Noah—two siblings who are also best friends. Best, best friends. “Oh my gosh, they are completely best friends,” says their mom, Nohea. “From the beginning, their personalities complemented each other perfectly.” Kalea, 6, is the big sister—the sassy, funny, outgoing one who loves skateboarding, riding her bike and playing soccer. Noah, 4, is the mellow, happy, easygoing younger brother —a little more cautious, but always game for whatever adventure his sister is plotting. They’ve spent their young lives doing most everything together. But lately, they’ve been doing something together that no one in a bazillion years could have predicted: battling cancer. And not just any cancer, either. It’s the same cancer. In the same location. At the same exact time. “It’s extremely unusual,” says their doctor, Girish Dhall, MD, Director of Neuro-Oncology at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles. “I’ve been doing this 19 years, and this is the first time I’ve seen a case like this.”

A tale of two MRIs

Kalea got sick first. It was Memorial Day weekend 2018, and Kalea woke up in the morning — and promptly threw up. The rest of the day, she was fine, but the next morning, it happened again. By Wednesday, she was complaining that her head was hurting. The family’s pediatrician sent them to a neurologist, who scheduled an MRI. But the night before that scheduled MRI, Kalea’s headache was so bad, she was in tears. Her mom took her to an emergency room near their Torrance home, and the ER doctor ordered an MRI right there. When he came back with the results, the look on his face told the story. “He looked at me and said, ‘I’m really sorry,’” Nohea says, fighting back tears at the memory. “You just know.” The MRI had revealed a mass in the back of Kalea’s brain. It turned out to be medulloblastoma, one of the most common malignant brain tumors in children. Kalea was admitted to a local pediatric hospital, and three days later underwent surgery to remove the 3.5-centimeter tumor. About a week later, while she was still in the hospital, Noah started complaining about headaches, too. Surely he was just mimicking his sister? But Noah’s gait was a little off, too; it looked like he was leaning a bit. Parents Nohea and Duncan soon found themselves back in the ER, once again receiving stunning news: There was a mass in Noah’s brain, too — in the same spot as his sister’s. Duncan started crying. Nohea felt her whole body, her whole being, go numb. Both their kids had brain tumors? It was too much. “I don’t think I spoke for the first five minutes,” she says. “I was in shock.” Noah had surgery on June 25, exactly two weeks after Kalea. The parents steeled themselves for the battle ahead. Still, one thought gave them comfort. “At least,” Nohea says, “they will be going through this together.” will be going through this together.”

Same cancer,
different treatments

The first thing Nohea and Duncan did after Noah recovered from surgery was to transfer both children to Children’s Hospital Los Angeles. “Our pediatrician recommended CHLA, and we talked to other people who really recommended it,” Nohea explains. “We met with the team and we just felt comfortable. We wanted our kids to be at the best facility possible.” Once at CHLA, the siblings immediately started treatment. Although both had medulloblastoma tumors—which had not spread—and both had their tumors completely removed, their treatment paths differed. Kalea’s protocol began with radiation therapy, followed by a year of lower-dose “maintenance” chemotherapy. But because Noah is only 4, radiation to his brain was too risky. “The younger you are, the more that radiation to the brain can cause significant long-term side effects and impact a child’s development,” Dr. Dhall explains. That’s why Noah entered the Head Start 4 clinical trial, a national trial led by Dr. Dhall at CHLA and Jonathan Finlay, MB, ChB, at Nationwide Children’s Hospital. Under Head Start, Noah would not receive radiation therapy. Instead, he would be treated with six months of intense, high-dose chemotherapy, followed by an autologous hematopoietic stem cell “rescue.”

Brother-sister superheroes

Because Noah was undergoing intense chemo, he had to be hospitalized much more often for his treatment. Kalea, “It was really hard for her because she went home every day after radiation, but Noah was in the hospital and I was in the hospital with him,” Nohea explains. “So her mom was gone, and her best friend was gone. She had a hard time with it.” With CHLA’s support, the family arranged for the kids to often be together when Noah was in the hospital, and the pair became a regular fixture in his room or in the playroom. It helped both of them cope, but particularly Kalea, who understood more about what was going on. “She never verbalized that she was scared for her brother, but you could tell,” her mom notes. “Once she would get to the hospital and start playing with him and see he was OK, her whole attitude changed. It really helped her emotionally.” Another event that lifted their spirits took place in the fall, when Marvel Studios outfitted the family and their CHLA doctors and nurses in superhero outfits for a TV special. Noah and Kalea are big-time superhero fans, and they were outfitted as Spider-Man and Captain Marvel — a brother-sister cancer-fighting superhero duo. Of course, behind every kid superhero is usually a pair of superhero parents, and Dr. Dhall says this is definitely the case with Noah and Kalea. “The parents have such a positive attitude. It’s inspiring,” he says. ‘They’ve really done a great job supporting both of their children.”

A medical mystery

So how is it possible for two siblings to get the same tumor at the same time? That’s a question that the team at CHLA’s Center for Personalized Medicine is trying to answer. Both siblings and their parents have undergone genetic testing through the Center. An earlier test ruled out involvement from the typical genes associated with cancers, but the CHLA team went further — conducting something called whole-exome sequencing, which looks for abnormalities in genes that make the key proteins in a cell. That, too, came up negative. The team is now conducting more extensive testing, called whole-genome sequencing, on a research basis. “We still don’t know why these tumors happened,” says Jaclyn Biegel, PhD, Chief of CHLA’s Division of Genomic Medicine and Director of the Center for Personalized Medicine. “But we don’t give up on these things! We’ll keep looking. Meanwhile, seven months into their dual cancer journey, Kalea and Noah are doing well. Noah completed treatment in early January, and Kalea is on track to finish this summer. “One down, one to go!” their mom says. Of course, no one is more eager for Kalea to finish than her best friend. When Noah received his end-of-treatment medal at CHLA, he proudly wore it all weekend. But he was already looking ahead to an even better moment. “I can’t wait,” he told his parents, “until Kalea has her medal, too.”

How you can help

Who do you know making a move? Refer them to my real estate sales team 213-880-9910 Corey


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Corey Chambers SoCal Home Real Estate Newsletter November 2018

The Giving Back and Paying It Forward Real Estate Newsletter! | NOVEMBER 2018
Corey Chambers SoCal Home   |   The Giving Back and Paying It Forward Real Estate Newsletter! | NOVEMBER 2018

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November is one of my most favorite months of the year. The leaves begin to fall, the weather cools, football is on, and the Thanksgiving holiday has all the family and friends together.

I call it the Thank You Month. An extra opportunity to say Thank You for being a valuable part of our historic business. As most begin to prepare for the Holiday season, plan Thanksgiving get-togethers and the like, it’s easy to become wrapped up in all that we have to do to ensure a fun, joyful time for all we are responsible for and overlook all that we have to be thankful for. Gratitude though is an attitude that we appreciate all parts of life, both the big and small things alike.  |   PDF

 

Go Serve Big!!!  Investing in the People of Our Great Community.  #coreychambers #chla
Go Serve Big!!!  Investing in the People of Our Great Community.  #coreychambers #chla



Do You Know Someone That is Thinking About Selling, Yet is Concerned Because of the Time of the Year?

Firstly… Many homeowners are anxious to leave their current home. Actually, loathing selling this time of year as it adds to the frustration of not being settled for the Holidays. You may know someone or a family that fits this description. 

Here’s where you and I can HELP: 

As a result of helping THOUSANDS of home buyers and sellers over a 10-year time span, we have developed a special program to help Home Owners wanting to make a move and Sell Fast, For Top Dollar and with the Least Hassle! 

For the month of November (until Dec 20), we will guarantee, in writing, a cash offer at a price acceptable to the seller – all within 24 hours!* 

You may have seen our ads around town about this:

Guaranteed Cash Offer on Your Home at a Price Agreeable to You Within 24 Hours! (Emphasis on price)* Call Corey Chambers and Start Packing! 213-880-9910 

Your Home Sold Guaranteed In: 

I know there is some risk on my part to make such an incredible guarantee, but we are selling just about every client’s home at the market value price, sometimes even more, so there is no reason for area homeowners, your friends or family, to fret about selling right now. 

Just pass on my number or give me a call.

 

AND Secondly… YOUR referrals help the Kids. 

We are still boldly on a mission to raise $25,000 for Children’s Hospital Los Angeles

How the Donation Works:

We donate a portion of our income from homes we sell to Children’s Hospital Los Angeles. As you know, Children’s does AMAZING work in helping kids fight through and survive nasty diseases like cancer, non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, leukemia and others. They also lead the way in spinal cord injury recovery and early diagnosis of autism. 

Children’s Hospital Los Angeles provides this care and keeps patient costs to a minimum due in large part to Donations and Sponsorships.

We are proud to be an official sponsor of Children’s!

So, YOUR REFERRALS REALLY DO HELP THE KIDS… 

 Who do you know considering buying or selling a home you could refer to my real estate sales team?  Not only will they benefit from our award-winning service, but you can rest assured a very worthy cause will benefit as well! 

To refer your friends, neighbors, associates or family members considering making a move, just give me a call or pass on my number to them! 

Over the last two decades of helping thousands of families sell their home and/or buy another, we have met some wonderful, loving, caring people. People like you! So for those you know that are considering a move, you have my word that we will do our very best in helping them buy or sell the place they call home. 

I hope this special month of Showing Thanks brings you much joy and happiness. With all my appreciation,

 

 

 

Your Home Sold Guaranteed! 

P.S. The enclosed story of a patient of Children’s will tell the story of WHY it’s important that we keep giving to their cause. Check it out. 

P.P.S. It’s easy to refer those you know considering buying or selling a home. Just give me a call at 213-880-9910 or pass my number on to them.

Award-winning Service Plus Benefitting a Worthy Cause!

Over the last two decades of helping thousands to buy, sell or lease a home, we have met some wonderful, loving, caring people. 

People like you! So your referrals can rest assured that not only will they get the award-winning service we are known for and the guarantee to back it up, but that a solid portion of the income we receive will go toward a very worthy cause. 

Corey Chambers Real Estate Downtown Los Angeles

Refer your friends, neighbors, associates or family members considering making a move:

You can go to www.ReferralsHelpKids.com and enter their contact info online or forward the link to who you know considering a move.

Of course you can always call me direct as well at 213-880-9910.


Why I Support Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles

I grew up right here in Los Angeles. Born right nearby at St. Francis Hospital. I remember when I first heard about a young person close to our family suffering from a nasty disease and getting treated for that at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles. It was then that I began to pay closer attention to the work they do at that hospital. Since then, I have learned that it is a collection of hard working health care professionals, most making their home right here in the Los Angeles area, all coming together for a common cause. That cause is to help young people over come unfortunate health issues that life sometimes throws our way. Being a Los Angeles area, California native, I take pride in supporting in any way that I can the good work these people do at Children’s. My team rallys around our annual goal of raising money and donating portions of our income to help Children’s in their quest to heal young people when they need healing. My team and I are committed to providing outstanding results for buyers and sellers referred to us by our past clients. I have discovered that Children’s Hospital Los Angeles shares similar commitments to their patients. And since their services survive on sponsorships and donations we are happy to contribute and proud to support them.


The Kid’s Got Heart

CHLA’s Heart Institute gives an 11-year-old baseball player a chance to get back in the game.

When it comes to baseball, “heart” is one of those intangibles in a player that scouts covet. Generally, the word refers to a variety of attributes including hustle, mental fortitude, patience and passion for the game. Dylan, an 11-year-old Little Leaguer from Newport Beach, California, who earned a spot on Newport Harbor Baseball Association’s Bronco 11-and-under All-Star team earlier this year, has it in spades. The fact that Dylan brings such figurative “heart” to every game is one of life’s great ironies; he has overcome four congenital heart defects in his young life. Doctors from Children’s Hospital Los Angeles have been with Dylan for every step of his journey—from his first surgery at 4 days old to his most recent open-heart surgery this past summer. Through it all, the young man has remained upbeat, positive and—fittingly—full of heart.

“Everyone has rallied around me and it’s good to feel support and know they are on my side,” he says. “I want to keep pursuing what I love to do and not let my heart surgery stop me or get in the way of that.”

A SPECIAL HEART

Dylan’s journey spans his entire life; even before he was born, doctors knew he’d face some serious medical challenges. His mother, Ginny, says the first clue came early in her pregnancy. At the time, Dylan was one half of a pair of twins, but the other twin’s heart stopped beating around the 13-week mark. Later, during a routine 18-week anatomy scan at Ginny’s doctor in Newport Beach, another piece of the puzzle came into view: Doctors discovered Dylan was suffering from coarctation, or narrowing, of his aorta. The condition was treatable, but the family needed a plan. So Ginny reached out to CHLA and met with Vaughn A. Starnes, MD, co-director of the Heart Institute and head of the hospital’s Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery. After reviewing Dylan’s files, Starnes suggested that Dylan could be born in Newport Beach and brought via ambulance the 50 miles to CHLA after his birth. The day the baby was born, however, doctors at the delivery hospital discovered three other defects: an enlarged right atrium, a hypoplastic aortic arch and a leaky tricuspid valve. He was transferred to CHLA via helicopter the next day.

What followed were three separate surgeries to fix the coarctation, enlarged atrium and hypoplastic aortic arch, and put Dylan in the best position to grow up healthy. Dylan had the surgeries on a Monday and Ginny and her husband drove him home on the following Sunday. From that point, he seemed to progress like a normal kid. “We always knew he had a special heart,” Ginny says, looking back on that harrowing time. “I couldn’t allow myself to imagine that he wasn’t going to be OK.”

The latest surgery

For a while, Dylan’s doctors deemed those first procedures a success. But that leaky tricuspid valve remained a problem—allowing blood from Dylan’s right ventricle to leak back slowly into the right atrium after every beat. Starnes met with Dylan every year to monitor the valve and opted to hold off on fixing it. It was possible that the valve would fix itself.  Earlier this year, when it became clear the situation was not getting better, Starnes recommended open-heart surgery to minimize the leak.  Dylan was skeptical at first.  He had plenty of energy. He didn’t feel winded. He didn’t want to have to go through a recuperation period that would require him to slow down and miss precious months of his beloved baseball. Starnes’ rebuttal was simple: Do the surgery now, before you start to feel sick. In the end, Starnes and Dylan’s parents convinced Dylan the surgery was necessary. Dylan coped by “pretending it wasn’t going to happen” and simply rolling with the punches. Ginny describes this past summer as hard, as she and her husband tried to keep Dylan from overexerting himself physically. They also worked to make sure Dylan understood the gravity of the situation.

“When he was a newborn, we didn’t have to explain anything to him because he didn’t really know what was going on,” Ginny explains. “This time around, we felt we had to walk him through everything—and, at the same time, we really wanted to at least try to give him as much of a normal summer as we possibly could.”

Dylan’s family scheduled the procedure for late July. Then, Dylan’s baseball team made the playoffs. With his surgery less than two weeks away, Dylan managed to play in the big game, knocking in two runs with a pinch-hit double that was part of a 20-1 Newport victory. “The hit of the day,” Newport Harbor manager Sean Pence told The Daily Pilot. “The rope of the day. I couldn’t have been [prouder] of Dylan. He’s one of the best kids I know.” Following that unforgettable moment, Dylan finally had the procedure July 23. Starnes opened Dylan’s heart and put a ring around his tricuspid valve—a move that narrowed the valve so that it could be repaired more easily. The move did not eliminate the leak, but it reduced it considerably.

Dylan’s recovery was quick—he had the surgery on a Monday afternoon, left the hospital with his parents on Friday, stopped at In-N-Out Burger for a double-double, and drove home. During his recovery he befriended a number of nurses, and was even visited by USC football coach Clay Helton after he bumped into Dylan’s dad at a local hotel and was moved by his story. Helton stopped by with words of encouragement and a care package. “It was such a great moment for Dylan,” says Ginny. “That night, he got up and speed-walked around the hospital. It was the turning point of his recovery. It was something he’ll remember forever.”

WHAT’S NEXT

So far, just a few weeks removed from Dylan’s biggest surgery, his prognosis couldn’t be better. His appetite is back. He’s back to playing sports in moderation. On occasion he might even fight with his sister. The medical report was just as positive: The right side of Dylan’s heart—the side that had become enlarged—was returning to normal size.

Dylan’s family is focusing on the future—specifically their involvement in CHLA’s Heart Ambassadors. The group comprises a community of families and friends of the Heart Institute that is inspired to fund initiatives that will improve and revolutionize pediatric cardiology. The family joined the program in 2012, and has teamed up with a number of other families to raise close to $2 million for the hospital. According to Ginny, that money will directly help CHLA invest in new and sophisticated technology for heart surgery down the road. Her goal: to raise enough money to make surgery less daunting and overwhelming for all involved.  As for Dylan, he says he is “nervous” and “excited” for the sixth grade, especially because he has moved up to middle school. He hopes to play baseball again in the spring. He’s planning to show up for the team in tip-top shape.

Overall, Dylan is primed to throw himself back into his life with renewed vim and vigor—just like someone with a lot of heart would.

Courtesy Children’s Hospital Los Angeles

How you can help:

Refer your friends, neighbors, associates or family members considering making a move. Just give me a call or pass on my number to them!  (213) 880-9910 Corey


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