Corey Chambers Real Estate Newsletter December 2024

Corey Chambers ‘Giving Back and Paying It Forward’ Real Estate Newsletter — The California Home

🎅 Happy Holidays!!! 🎁

December rings in as the most joyful time of the year. The current year is coming to a close, the Holiday Celebrations all mean different things to different people, but most always represent happiness and good wishes. You will notice that a giving spirit exists, unlike other times of the year, if you look around. | 🎙️ AUDIO PODCAST 🔊

Unfortunately, many homeowners feel the bind of being ready to enjoy the holiday but trapped with a big task. They are desperate to exit their current loft, condo or house and give themselves a big Christmas Gift – a NEW place to call home.

Here’s how you and I can help. As a result of my team’s work with over 5,000 families over 20 years and three recessions, we have developed a unique program to quickly get an acceptable “cash” offer on any home for market value. So we are giving Home Owners wanting to make a move an extraordinary gift this holiday season. For December, we will guarantee, in writing, the sale of an area home in 30 days at a price acceptable to the homeowner. In the event there is no sale, we’ll pay the homeowner $5,000. The homeowner and I need to agree on the price. We do that starting with a simple, FREE consultation.

Here is what you can do to help!

If anyone you know, including yourself, is considering making a move, we would like to offer them a FREE, No Obligation to Sell for Top Dollar Consultation. On this call, we’ll discuss just how they can make their move, get what they want, and do it with the least hassle.

AND while we are on the phone, I will instantly send over a FREE Special Report titled “Costly Home Seller Mistakes to Avoid When Selling During the Holiday Season.” Just like we are thankful for you and your business, I am confident your referrals will be thanking you for steering them in the right direction on getting their home sold!!!

*A GREAT Guarantee: Sold in 30 Days, or I pay a $5,000.00 Cash Penalty!

*A FREE Consultation to Discuss What Price Can Be Expected.

*A FREE Special Report that details Mistakes to Avoid When Selling in Today’s Market.

AND remember, YOUR referrals help the Kids!

We are still on a mission to raise $25,000 for Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles CHLA, so we donate a good portion of our income from home sales. As you know, CHLA does a tremendous job of helping kids fight through and survive heart transplants: stuff that many times rob the life right out of young people.

Attached is a story of one child’s life being saved. CHLA survives on Sponsorships and Donations.

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 we donate a portion of our income on every home sale to Children’s Hospital right here in Los Angeles. Your Referrals Really Do Help the Kids…

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

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

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

#referralshelpkids #entarlovesyou

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 group of children 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!

In my career of helping families sell their homes and/or buy another, we have met some wonderful, loving, caring friends. 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,

Founder, Entar® Real Estate and Investment Technologies | ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

P.S. We love honoring our past clients like you. Read all about that at: www.ReferralsHelpKids.com .

I have attached an article that demonstrates the great work done by CHLA and how your referrals really do help the kids right here in Los Angeles. Keep em coming!

Corey

Why I Support Children’s Hospital Los Angeles

I grew up right here in the Los Angeles area. Born at St. Francis Hospital. When I first heard about a young person close to our family suffering from a life-threatening disease and getting treated for that at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles. It was then that I began to pay more immediate attention to their work 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 in the Los Angeles area, a California native, I take pride in supporting so that I can do the good work these people do at Children’s. My team rallies 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.

Over the years our team has helped our friends, family, clients to buy, sell or lease a home, we have met some wonderful, loving, caring people.

People like you!

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

Mia Gets a Second Chance After Liver Transplant

Diagnosed with liver disease at 2 months of age and in need of a new liver, Mia and her family turned to CHLA’s world-class pediatric Liver Transplant Program to save her life.

From the moment she was born, Mia has been daddy’s girl. Her frequent smiles make him laugh. Her nighttime cuddles on his chest, nuzzling her head under his chin, warms his heart and reminds him of the first time he held her in his arms. — by Monica Rizzo

“She was born the day of the Grammy Awards,” says Mia’s father, Leandro, a music producer. “There I was, sitting and holding my newborn baby, watching the Grammys on my phone and I won a Grammy that same day. I was ecstatic.”

Leandro and his wife, Sara, orchestrated a harmonious routine caring for little Mia and her older brother, Liam, 2. Because Leandro tended to work late at night, Sara would go to bed early and get up early, and Leandro would take care of Mia’s late-night feedings and diaper changes. Everything was going well except that Mia’s eyes were yellow. The doctors chalked it up to a common condition known as breast milk jaundice, which can occur in newborns due to higher levels of bilirubin, the yellowish pigment produced during the normal breakdown of red blood cells, which is then processed by the liver. Generally, the condition is not harmful and goes away within a few weeks.

But in Mia’s case, the yellowing of her eyes persisted. Following a blood draw at her two-month checkup, Mia’s pediatrician instructed Sara and Leandro to take her to the hospital for more tests.

“We celebrated our five-year wedding anniversary by taking the kids for a hike in Malibu,” Leandro says. “Literally the next day, Mia’s bloodwork results came in and we were at the hospital.”

A devastating diagnosis

After additional tests and scans, doctors at a local hospital diagnosed Mia with biliary atresia, a liver disease that causes inflammation and scarring of the bile ducts inside and outside of the liver. In healthy babies, bile ducts carry bile from the liver to the gallbladder and eventually to the small intestine. Bile includes chemicals that the body is trying to get rid of. When the bile ducts are blocked, toxic chemicals collect in the liver. This is called cholestasis. This can lead to cirrhosis (severe scarring) by 6 to 12 months of age. Doctors recommended that Mia receive a Kasai procedure, which would replace her damaged bile ducts and gallbladder with a piece of her own small intestine.

Following the Kasai procedure, Mia developed ascites, a buildup of fluid in the abdomen that is common in patients with a liver disorder. Doctors informed Leandro and Sara that Mia would likely need a liver transplant—which was outside their scope of treatment—and referred them to Children’s Hospital Los Angeles.

Trusting the experts

“We called a few people, and they said ‘CHLA is the best place you can go,’” Leandro says. “Looking back, we are so grateful we did.”

Established more than 25 years ago, the Liver Transplant Program at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles is one of the largest in the country and has performed more than 500 pediatric liver transplants.

“Mia had progressed to end-stage liver disease,” says Kambiz Etesami, MD, Director of Abdominal Transplantation, and Surgical Director, Liver and Intestinal Transplant at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, noting that Mia was malnourished due to an inability to digest and absorb nutrients. She received intravenous nutrition, but because her liver was so badly damaged, fluid continued to build up.

“Liver transplantation is a specialized field, and pediatric liver transplant is even more specialized,” says Dr. Etesami. “It can be very challenging to find an organ from another infant. You might be waiting a long time, and often these children don’t have much time.”

On June 4, 2024, Mia was placed on the pediatric liver transplant list. As her condition worsened, the ascites impacted her breathing and required specialists in Interventional Radiology to drain the fluid from her abdomen every few days. Despite her critical condition, the tests used to assess a patient’s priority on the transplant list did not reflect Mia’s true level of need. The scoring system that prioritizes patients for liver transplants is far from perfect, particularly for infants and young children, often underestimating the severity of their illness. This was precisely the case for Mia.

“Part of my role is advocating for patients,” explains George Yanni, MD, Director, Transplant Hepatology Fellowship Program, who wrote multiple letters to the United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) about Mia’s case. “I try to reassure them as much as I can that I will fight for her—and that’s what we did.”

Less than three weeks after she was added to the transplant list, a liver donor was located for Mia.

A second chance at life

On the day of her transplant, Mia’s belly measured nearly 60 centimeters in girth and more than one liter of fluid was drained from her abdomen. The 11-hour transplant surgery was complex for the team because of Mia’s size—she weighed less than 9 lbs.

“Transplants for a small baby are technically challenging, especially when we are making the connections between the new liver and the body,” Dr. Etesami says. “The blood vessels are very small, often 2 or 3 millimeters, so we do this type of surgery under what we call a surgical loop—a microscope.”

“We are experts at transplants, but it’s never a one-man show,” adds Dr. Yanni. “It’s a whole team effort, from the nurse coordinator to the transplant hepatologists, the attending staff on service, the social workers, the nurses, the nutritionists, the surgeons.”

The family was overcome with gratitude to Mia’s entire care team, and to the organ donor’s family.

“We wrote a letter to the donor family to let them know that during their hardest time, they saved our 4-month-old daughter’s life,” Sara says, tearing up as she reflects on the magnitude of organ donation. “A lot of people have that red dot on their driver’s license, but until you go through it, and you are waiting for an organ on the other end, you have no idea what those selfless acts of people donating loved ones’ organs are doing for the family on the other side, waiting.”

Three weeks after her transplant, Mia was discharged. Because of her fragile immune system, she and the family isolated at home for the first three months. Sara, a former schoolteacher, focused on helping Mia reach some critical infant milestones like holding her head up, rolling over, and sitting up on her own.

Now 8 months old, Mia enjoys daily activities like mat time, reading, playing with her toys, and trying to do whatever her big brother is doing. She’s also “mostly” sleeping through the night, Leandro says, and she’s eating solid foods. Another milestone for Mia? She’s found her voice—and she isn’t afraid to use it.

“She squeals and she sounds like a pterodactyl!” Leandro says of his daughter, who he affectionately calls “my spicy chicken nugget. She has FOMO (fear of missing out) and does not like sitting down. If she’s sitting in her chair and she wants to get up, she’ll squeal and start throwing her toys at me!”

As for Mia’s prognosis, Dr. Etesami says it’s “very good,” noting that her surgery and her early weeks of recovery went smoothly. “Most kids can have many decades of essentially ‘normal’ lives with a transplanted liver.”

Mia currently takes seven different medications, has weekly blood draws, and sees her doctor once a month. Because of their experience, Sara and Leandro have become mini medical experts and hope to be a resource for other families facing a similar health challenge.

“We understand there will be parents in the same situation we were in before we got to the brighter side of things,” Leandro says. “I remember how we felt during that time, and how comforting it was to know people out there went through the same thing and had positive experiences. CHLA has done so much for us.”

So far, 2024 has been a whirlwind of surprises for the family, who are grateful for every moment they have together.

“CHLA gave our whole family a second chance,” Sara says. “We couldn’t be more thankful to every person we met along the way that helped us. I still call the nurses with questions, and they are always warm and helpful. They never make me feel like I’m bothering them.”

At CHLA, patients and their families are never far from their care team’s minds or hearts.

“Mia is very close to my heart,” Dr. Yanni says. “For parents, their kids are so precious. We know this and that is why we work so hard.”

CHLA’s annual #SeasonOfGiving campaign is underway, where donations through Dec. 31 will help ensure that CHLA patients like Mia receive the critical, lifesaving care they need.

Give today and Credit Unions for Kids will MATCH all donations to the Children’s Fund, up to $500,000.

Donate now

Patient story and photos courtesy CHLA

How You Can Help:

Refer your friends, neighbors, associates or family members considering making a move: www.ReferralsHelpKids.com or call Corey at 213-880-9910

Copyright © This free information provided courtesy L.A. Loft Blog with the information provided by Corey Chambers, Broker, DRE 01889449. We are not associated with the seller, homeowner’s association, or developer. For more information, contact 213-880-9910 or visit LALoftBlog.com, Licensed in California. All information provided is deemed reliable but is not guaranteed and should be independently verified. Properties are subject to prior sale or rental. This is not a solicitation if the buyer or seller is already under contract with another broker.

November 3, 2024

Corey Chambers Real Estate Newsletter November 2024

The Giving Back and Paying It Forward Real Estate Newsletter

The month of November brings about an extra opportunity to say Thank You for being a valuable part of our 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 — while overlooking all that we have to be thankful for. Gratitude, though, is a contagious attitude!

Unfortunately, many homeowners are desperate to exit their current homes. Actually, loathing this time of year adds to the frustration of not being settled for the Holidays. You may know someone or a family that fits this description.

Here is where you and I can HELP!

AND remember… YOUR referrals help the kids.

Therefore, our Mission is to Go Serve Big!!! Serve you, serve those you refer to us and of course, serve a great cause.

As a result of working with many families over the years, we have developed a unique program to help the homeowners wanting to make a move and Sell Fast, For Top Dollar, and with the Least Hassle!

For November, we will guarantee, in writing, the sale of a California home for 100% of Market Value, or I Will Pay the Difference.

I know there is some risk on my part to make such an incredible guarantee like that. Still, we sell just about every home we list for the market value price, sometimes even more. So there is no reason for area homeowners, your friends, and your family to fret about selling right now.

This is where you can help!

If you or anyone you know is considering making a move, we offer them a FREE Consultation. We will show them in this No Obligation to Move Consultation how they can make their move. Thus, allowing them to get what they want and do it with the least hassle.

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

AND remember… Your referrals help the kids.

#CHLA #referralshelpkids

Your Referrals Help the Kids. For every referral I receive, I donate a portion to the Children’s Hospital Los Angeles. With your referrals, you are helping Children’s Hospital ensure that critical life-saving care is available to every child they treat. http://www.ReferralsHelpKids.com

We are still boldly on a mission to raise $25,000 for Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles this year, and we are getting close! We do this by donating to them a portion of our income from homes we sell. As you know, CHLA does AMAZING work in helping kids fight through and survive life-threatening diseases like cancer, Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, leukemia, and others. They also lead the way in many other fields.

They can provide this care and keep patient costs to a minimum due in large part to and Donations and Sponsorships. We are proud to be an official sponsor of Children’s!

Why I support Childrenʼs Hospital Los Angeles

I grew up in the Greater Los Angeles Area, born in Los Angeles County at St. Francis Hospital. When I first heard about a young person close to our family suffering from a serious 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 Area California native, I take pride in supporting in a way that I can do the good work these people do at Children’s. My team rallies 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 a similar commitment to their patients. And since their services survive on sponsorships and donations, we are happy to contribute and proud to support them.
Sincerely,

Corey Chambers

*seller and Corey must agree on price and time of possession. Broker, CalDRE#01889449

A real estate company with experience, proven results, and a give-back philosophy!

Over the years of helping many families sell their homes and/or buy another, 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 helping the kids.

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 someone you know considering a move.

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

After Cancer, Cole Is Back to California Dreaming

Buoyed by his incredible care team at CHLA and a positive attitude, the avid surfer and competitive water polo player was determined to beat acute myeloid leukemia and get back to the things he loves most—his family and the water. | By Monica Rizzo

On August 17, 2024, Cole got into the Pacific Ocean for the first time in five months for the Keiki Paddle, an annual Santa Barbara community event that provides support for a child or teen facing a life-threatening illness. At the event, 250 friends, family members and supporters from the surfing community—including one of his idols, professional surfer Kai Lenny—gathered to fundraise for and honor Cole and paddleboard an 8-mile route along the California coast. Less than a year earlier Cole, 15, was diagnosed with cancer and underwent intensive treatment at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles.

“I definitely felt a lot of love that day on the water,” Cole says, still overcome with emotion as he reflects on the year-long journey to get back to what he calls “my happy place. It was one of the most meaningful days of my life.”

From the time he was a toddler, Cole has always been connected to the outdoors—especially the ocean. Tall, lean and tan with a playful mop of wavy blond hair, Cole is a quintessential California beach boy. In fact, the ocean is like a second home for Cole and his four older siblings, who all participate in water sports like surfing, paddle boarding and water polo.

A year ago, when Cole started to experience pain behind his left ear, he pushed through and kept playing on his high school water polo team. The thought of taking a break didn’t even enter his mind. A trip to the doctor initially revealed an inner ear infection, something that Cole had experienced in the past that was easily treated and resolved.

“Every water polo kid gets ear infections every now and again,” says Cole. But after six months of continued discomfort and diminished hearing, followed by dizziness and nausea, Cole had to excuse himself from one of his team’s biggest games of the season. He went back to the doctor, who directed him to go to the local emergency room.

“I was dehydrated, but the doctor felt something bigger might be going on—possibly spinal meningitis,” Cole explains. “At the ER, they did a CT scan and saw that there was a tumor in my head, behind my left ear. It was 3 o’clock in the morning, and the next thing they said to us was, ‘There is a team headed here from CHLA and they are going to take you there by helicopter.’”

Shocked, bewildered and scared, Cole and his mother, Linda, met the Emergency Transport team, which brought them to CHLA, where he was immediately admitted.

A wave of uncertainty

“Cole was so ill and so weak,” Linda says. “He’s an elite athlete and they asked him to do some basic things like ‘touch my hand with your hand’ and he couldn’t do it.’”

“The tumor in his left temporal bone wasn’t a brain tumor—it was on the outside, pushing on his brain and causing his symptoms,” explains Paul Gaynon, MD, of the Leukemia and Lymphoma Program at CHLA’s Cancer and Blood Disease Institute.

A biopsy performed by Mark Krieger, MD, CHLA Senior Vice President and Surgeon-in-Chief, and the Billy and Audrey L. Wilder Chair in Neurosurgery, revealed that the tumor was made up of acute myeloid leukemia (AML) cells. Generally, AML is found in a person’s bone marrow. But in Cole’s case, the AML formed a rare tumor called a myeloid sarcoma, which is outside the bone marrow. Pathology revealed that the tumor’s chromosomal pattern was one that traditionally responds well to therapy. After targeted radiation reduced the size of the tumor, Cole began the first of four rounds of chemotherapy.

“That first round of chemo, I was losing weight pretty fast because it makes you tired and you don’t feel like eating,” says Cole, who worked with his high school teachers and a tutor to keep on top of his classes.

With Cole immunocompromised and hospitalized during flu season, his visitors were kept to a minimum. Not only did he miss seeing his friends and extended family, but he also missed being in the water. The surfing community is small and shares a strong bond. When word spread about his hospitalization, the outpouring of support warmed Cole’s heart. Via mutual surfing friends of the family, world champion surfer Kelly Slater learned of Cole’s health challenge and sent a personal get-well card and a new surfboard.

The power of positive thinking

“Every day I would watch a YouTube live cam of my favorite surfing spot,” Cole says. “I could see my friends surfing and I just kept thinking, ‘I’m going to get back there.’”

Linda was astounded by Cole’s positivity and strength.

“Cole’s mindset is amazing,” Linda says. “He never complained one time and was positive throughout the entire journey.”

Cole, meanwhile, was in awe of his mother’s love.

“She was by my side every step of the way, all 123 days,” he says. “She slept in my hospital room, and we kept each other’s spirits up as best we could.”

They also had a little help from their friends at CHLA.

“When we needed it most—our world turned upside down and we were within those four walls—the most beautiful moments happened,” Linda says. “Of course we were nervous. With every day, we settled in and had faith because we knew we were at the best hospital for Cole. The doctors, the nurses, the physician’s assistants, the nurse practitioners, Child Life, the security guards, the HBO cafeteria workers—we felt so supported every step of the way.”

One day during his second round of chemotherapy, a volunteer from Literally Healing, CHLA’s reading program, visited Cole’s room and talked to him about a book he was reading for school.

“The next week she came back and told me she read the book and wrote a poem about what she learned from it,” Cole says, still in disbelief. “I was blown away by that.”

What Cole didn’t realize was how much his positivity influenced others at the hospital.

“Every day I would go for a walk,” Cole explains. “On my birthday while I was out of the room, my mom and the nurses blew up balloons and decorated. When I came back, I got very emotional. They sang and played music. It was so special.”

Best. Day. Ever.
So is he cured?

Another memorable day for Cole was the day he was discharged after his fourth and final round of chemotherapy. Even though his 5’11” frame was down to a frail 99 pounds, Cole woke up the morning of March 4, 2024, and felt invigorated by the energy in the air.

“It was early, and the nurses were going from night shift to day shift. I could hear giggling outside my room,” Cole says, smiling. “I could feel something was happening and then one of the nurses said I was going to be discharged. I started crying because I was so happy and relieved to finish all the chemo!”

It just so happened that on Cole’s last day at the hospital, the L.A. Kings hockey team was at CHLA visiting with patients and families. When team captain Anze Kopitar heard that Cole was going to ring the bell to commemorate his final chemotherapy treatment, he and several other players asked if they could stay to celebrate with him and his family.

“The players had been there since the morning and they could have gone home to be with their families, but they stayed,” Linda says. “There were so many beautiful people surrounding Cole for that moment. Everyone at CHLA worked together and turned my son around. He is having the best life.”

And Dr. Gaynon is happy to report that Cole is progressing well since completing treatment.

“It’s been almost a year since his diagnosis and Cole is doing great,” Dr. Gaynon says, giving praise to the many team members who cared for Cole. “It really took the combined efforts of multiple disciplines working together—the neuroradiologists, the neurosurgeons, the radiation oncologists, the pathologists, the hematology oncology team, our nurses, the pharmacists—to give us a good result for Cole.”

Now in 10^th grade, Cole feels like everything is slowly getting back to normal. He has worked steadily to regain the weight he lost and build up his strength through swimming, beach volleyball and pickleball. Currently at 130 pounds, Cole hopes to add another 30 pounds to return to competitive form.

“Life is good!” Cole proclaims, emphasizing he will never forget the incredible people at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles who helped him along the way.

“Being in the hospital was an unimaginable challenge,” Cole says. “One day you think you’re trying to push through what you think is a cold, and then life takes you on a path you never wanted to be on, and yet you come out of it feeling grateful and richer for it. I’m so thankful.”

Learn more about the Neurological Institute at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles.

How You Can Help

Refer your friends, neighbors, associates, or family members considering making a move: www.ReferralsHelpKids.com or call Corey at 213-880-9910

Copyright © This free information provided courtesy L.A. Loft Blog with the information provided by Corey Chambers, Broker CalDRE 01889449. We are not necessarily associated with the seller, homeowner’s association, or developer. For more information, contact 213-880-9910 or visit LALoftBlog.com, Licensed in California. All information provided is deemed reliable but is not guaranteed and should be independently verified. Properties are subject to prior sale or rental. This is not a solicitation if the buyer or seller is already under contract with another broker.