Corey Chambers Los Angeles real estate newsletter November 2020 SoCal Home

Corey Chambers Wishing you A Bounty With The November 2019 Newsletter
Corey Chambers Wishing you A Bounty With The November 2020 Newsletter

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 2020SoCal Home

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 community service 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.   |   VIDEO

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 Or I’ll Buy It*

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. 213-880-9910

AND Secondly… YOUR referrals help the Kids. 

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

Corey Chambers Serving the community with your help.


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 Hospital 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 Hospital!

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,

Go Serve Big!

Your Home Sold Guaranteed! 

P.S. The  patient story attached from Children’s Hospital 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 The Local Community!

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 on line 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 overcome 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 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.


In It for the Long Haul

A little girl and her mom face neuroblastoma head-on.

By Monica Rizzo

For most kids, a trip to Disneyland sparks curiosity and wonderment. But during a family outing to “the happiest place on earth,” 15-month-old Ariana didn’t seem as captivated as the other kids.

“She had no reaction being on the Dumbo ride,” explains Ariana’s mom, Jennifer. “I’m looking around at all these children and they are laughing and smiling and elated to be flying, and my child was somber and quiet. I knew there was something going on.”

Jennifer said her first inkling that something was wrong actually happened a few weeks prior to that Disneyland outing, when she had taken Ariana to the pediatrician’s office for a stomach bug. At the time, she was concerned that her daughter’s stool was an odd color; she’d lost a little weight, and that her stomach was protruding.

“They felt something in her abdomen and figured it might be stool,” Jennifer says. Following the Disneyland trip, Jennifer returned to the pediatrician, who again felt “something” in her abdomen and ordered an ultrasound. The imaging revealed that Ariana had a mass in her abdomen—a tumor—with two parts, each approximately 8 centimeters. After a series of scans, biopsies and tests, Ariana was diagnosed in December 2017 with Stage 4 high-risk neuroblastoma.

Neuroblastoma is a cancer that develops from immature nerve cells in the body, and most often affects children ages 5 and younger. It is the third most common cancer in children and the second most common solid tumor in children, besides brain tumors.

“I was a mom who literally went into shock,” Jennifer recalls. She remembers her daughter’s medical team assuring her that Ariana’s diagnosis was not a death sentence.

‘The odds are in our favor’

“Obviously when a parent hears cancer they think, ‘My kid is going to die,’” says Araz Marachelian, MD, MS, Director of the Neuroblastoma Program at the Cancer and Blood Disease Institute at Children’s Hospitals Los Angeles, who spearheaded Ariana’s treatment. “In the past, this used to be a fatal disease. Twenty to 30 years ago, the prognosis was dismal.”

Thanks to decades of groundbreaking research and collaborative work—often happening at CHLA—outcomes for neuroblastoma have improved significantly.

“Patients with high risk neuroblastoma can be cured now, whereas before this was nearly impossible,” Dr. Marachelian says. “Even though the treatment is challenging, I tell families ‘the odds are in our favor. We are in this fight together.’”

The pep talk was just what Jennifer needed to hear as she rallied for the long haul to support Ariana during her 17-month treatment, which included five weeks of chemotherapy, followed by surgery, and then another round of chemotherapy. Ariana began showing marked signs of improvement, and her treatment continued with two rounds of high-dose chemotherapy, two stem-cell transplants, radiation and six months of immunotherapy.

The time in the hospital was hard, Jennifer admits, noting that she created a calendar so that family and friends could schedule visits. The structure allowed Jennifer to focus on Ariana’s care and communication with the medical team. She also leaned on the very supportive team on 4 West, the hospital’s inpatient hematology/oncology unit, and found comfort from the numerous supportive programs at CHLA like dog therapy, music and art therapy and the Literally Healing book program.

To make her hospital stay more comfortable, Child Life arranged to have the organization Dec My Room decorate Ariana’s hospital room with a Disney princess theme for her second birthday.

“They have the biggest hearts,” Jennifer says of 4 West’s team of doctors, nurses, physician’s assistants and Child Life staff. “We became a family. They are so empathetic, and they are dealing with really sick kids and parents who can’t control their emotions, and parents who aren’t available to be there because they have to work. And they didn’t just do it for me, they did it for everyone.”

Ringing the bell

In April 2019, Ariana received her last immunotherapy treatment and rang the bell on 4 West—a tradition at CHLA—with her care team cheering her on.

“The nurses did a farewell song and we did a pizza party for everybody,” Jennifer says, calling it a day she will never forget.

Not long after, Ariana was cleared to return to preschool and resume playdates with other kids.

“She was back out into the world like nothing ever happened,” says Jennifer, who bought a pass to Disneyland and “literally went there every weekend because I was making up for lost time!”

While the COVID-19 pandemic has put a halt to Disneyland outings, it hasn’t affected Ariana’s treatment schedule, which includes regular scans to see if there are any cancer cells.

“I was a little leary about having to take Ariana back for her follow up appointments during the pandemic,” Jennifer admits. “But the hospital is so on top of everything with screening everyone who comes in and making sure people wear masks and maintain a safe distance from each other. It really put my mind at ease.”

These days, Jennifer can’t help but be in awe of how Ariana, who crossed the milestone one-year mark with clear scans in July 2020, followed by her fourth birthday celebration in August, has grown into a spunky, silly and engaging young girl.

“She’s so funny. She has the best sense of humor. She’s likes to chat, dance and play dress up and makeup,” Jennifer gushes. “She’s amazing. She’s my hero.”   |   Learn more about the Cancer and Blood Disease Institute


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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Corey Chambers Real Estate Newsletter January 2020

Happy New Year 2020
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The SoCal Home — More Than Real Estate News

And The New Year’s Resolution is…

Round about this time of year most begin to make resolutions. I think the idea is to resolve to be better, do better or accomplish something grander in the NEW year than in the previous year. However, for whatever reason most fall short of keeping a resolution let alone achieving it! I for one have been guilty of it.  #happynewyear #2020

How about you?

There’s a great book that helped me and my team dramatically improve our follow through on achieving important goals and I want to share it with you – as sort of a Happy New Year After Christmas Gift. Before I share the book details, here is my TWO PART resolution to you and anyone you know considering selling the place they call home!

Part one: The Guarantee!   –  I will guarantee, in writing, the sell of your home for 100% of Asking Price or I’ll Pay the Difference.*

Part two: The Give Back!  –  Just like last year, we are on a mission to raise $25,000 for Children’s Hospital Los Angeles. We do this by donating to them a portion of our income from homes we sell. As you know Children’s Hospital Los Angeles does awesome work in helping kids fight through and survive nasty life threatening diseases like cancer, Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, leukemia and others. They also lead the way in early diagnosis of Autism and rapid recovery from spinal cord injuries. Most don’t know though that Children’s is a non-profit, so they depend on sponsorships and donations to provide their world class care and keep costs for families of these beautiful kids to a minimum. So when you or anyone you know does business with is, not only do we deliver on our award-winning service, you can rest assured a very worthy cause benefits as well.   #chla   |   VIDEO

The book I mentioned is The Accidental President: Harry S. Truman and the Four Months That Changed the World by A. J. Baime.  We’ve heard lots of news about presidents lately. We think that we have tough decisions to make — well imagine being the one who had to make all of the most critical decisions about the Great Depression, Hitler, Stalin, Roosevelt and the atom bomb! Look at this very entertaining book!

In This Issue
Vol 5, Issue 1
January 2020

  Your New Year’s Resolution, maybe

  The NEW Year and Your Friends 

  How Your Referrals Help the Children

  And Much More

For the month of January, anyone you know wanting to sell their loft, condo or house, I will guarantee the sale of their home for 100% of Market Value or I’ll Pay the Difference.*

They outline the goals, I agree to deliver, if I don’t, I pay the penalty. Who do you know considering selling their home that would benefit from that kind of peace of mind?  Just let me know and we’ll give them a call!

AND REMEMBER… YOUR referrals help the Kids…

Just like last year, we are on a mission to raise $25,000 for Children’s Hospital Los Angeles. We do this by donating a portion of our income from homes we sell. As you know Children’s Hospital Los Angeles does great work in helping kids fight through and survive nasty life threatening diseases like cancer, Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, leukemia and others. They also lead the way in helping kids come back from spinal cord injuries as well as early diagnosis of autism. Last year alone Children’s helped over 1,000,000 kids right here in Greater Los Angeles.

BUT, Children’s relies on Sponsorships and Donations to provide their elite level care and keep families expenses to a minimum. 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, you can rest assured we are also donating to a very worthy cause. 


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 fill out the form with who you know considering a move. 

2. 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. 

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

Over the last decade of helping thousands of people sell, buy or lease the place they call home, we have met some wonderful, loving, caring people. People like you! And any one considering a move you send our way, you can rest assured that not only will they get the award winning service we are known for but a very worthy cause will benefit as well.

Thanks again and Happy New Year!

Corey Chambers, Broker Associate, Realty Source, Inc.

Corey Chambers, Broker Associate – Realty Source, Inc.

P.S. The story of this young person enclosed may cause you to look at your loved ones differently. It did me. Check it out.

 

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 your referrals, those you know considering a move, that we help – you 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 from the transaction will go toward a very worthy cause.

Again, it’s easy to refer your friends, neighbors, associates or family members considering making a move: 

1. You can fill out the form with who you know considering a move. 

2. 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. 

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

IMPACTFUL REAL ESTATE NEWS 

Why I Support Children’s Hospital 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.

Sincerely, 

Corey Chambers, Broker Associate, Realty Source, Inc.

Corey Chambers
213-880-9910

Corey Chambers Real Estate Downtown Los Angeles


Built to Last

Imagine back pain so debilitating you can’t even get out of bed. For 18-year-old Eric, an innovative surgery finally provided relief and the chance to pursue his dreams.
Imagine back pain so debilitating you can’t even get out of bed. For 18-year-old Eric, an innovative surgery finally provided relief and the chance to pursue his dreams.  By Eunice Oh

It’s a phrase every athlete fears—three words that can end a season or even a career.

“You need surgery.”

This is what 18-year-old baseball player Eric heard last year. For the pitcher and catcher it was crushing news. Eric worried that he’d let his team down. And he wondered: How long would it take to recover? Would he ever return to the field?

Then Eric felt yet another bout of excruciating pain in his back. A brace and physical therapy hadn’t provided relief in months, and he was desperate. Surgery wasn’t just the best option, it was his only one.

Eric had a spinal condition called spondylolisthesis. One of his lower vertebrae had slipped onto the bone beneath it and was pressing on some nerves, which was triggering the unbearable stabbing sensations. An initial MRI also revealed a highly complex fracture.

“One of his spine bones was shattered into multiple pieces, kind of like sand in your eye,” says David L. Skaggs, MD, MMM, Chief of the Children’s Orthopaedic Center at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles. “His case was complicated because it not only required a repair of the fracture itself but also the removal of these tiny fracture fragments.”

‘The worst pain’

March 2018 was the first time Eric noticed some discomfort in his back. He didn’t think much of it initially. As an active teen, he had pulled muscles before and figured he just needed some rest to let the strain heal. But then the throbbing intensified and soon became constant and debilitating.

“I’ve broken bones before,” says Eric, “but this was the worst pain I’ve ever experienced in my life.”

“I remember waking up one day, and I couldn’t even get out of my bed,” he adds. “I called my mom who was out of town with my dad at the time and told her she needed to call my school because there was no way I could make it. That’s when I realized, OK, I need to go see a doctor because something really isn’t right.”

The doctor who performed the initial MRI eventually referred Eric’s family to Children’s Hospital Los Angeles due to the severity of his case. At his first appointment with Dr. Skaggs, Eric remembers being told he would be back on the mound in 90 days.

“I was skeptical at first,” Eric admits. “I didn’t think my body would heal that quickly after such a major surgery. But Dr. Skaggs made me feel at ease. He was so confident that I would be able to do everything I wanted to do.”

A back that’s ‘built to last’

For adults, spondylolisthesis can be treated with posterior spinal fusion surgery. Research conducted by the Children’s Orthopaedic Center at Children’s L.A., however, has shown that this approach doesn’t quite work for children or adolescents. In fact, one of the team’s multicenter studies found that 40% of pediatric patients who underwent traditional surgery for spondylolisthesis experienced complications that required a subsequent operation.

“As surgeons, we always aim to do the least invasive procedure,” says Dr. Skaggs. “For this condition, though, the data was clear. Kids were returning and needing to undergo surgery again.”

Together with colleagues at other top institutions across the country, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles orthopaedic surgeons designed a better surgical method for young patients with spondylolisthesis: circumferentially securing the spine by going through the back—as well as the front.

In Eric’s case, the nearly eight-hour procedure began with Dr. Skaggs performing spinal fusion with two titanium rods and two screws to hold them in place. Then, surgeon Jim Stein, MD, MSc, FACS, FFAP, who also serves as CHLA’s Senior Vice President and Chief Medical Officer, went through Eric’s stomach to replace the disc in between the two vertebrae that had been causing the pain.

With this two-step process, “We’re making sure that a patient’s new back is built to stand up to the demands of being an elite athlete and built to last,” says Dr. Skaggs.

Since adopting this new method in 2017, 100% of patients have had a successful fusion.

From fighting pain to fighting fires

Much to Eric’s surprise, his recovery was a speedy one. Just two days after surgery, he returned home. Two weeks later, he was back at school. By the fourth week, he was running two miles around his neighborhood.

At his three-month check-up, Eric was cleared to return to baseball, just as Dr. Skaggs had promised. He wrapped up the season with a 6-0 record, pitching 36 innings and striking out 43 batters. Eric also hit .370 and had 19 runs batted in, earning him the MVP award for his team and the league.

These astonishing stats were unthinkable just a few weeks prior. Pain had crippled nearly every part of Eric’s life and getting back in the game wasn’t his main priority. He just wanted to be healthy and enjoy simple activities like joining his family at the dinner table and hanging out with friends without wincing in pain.

That made competing during his senior year in high school even more of a “bonus,” especially since Eric knew there was a chance he might never play again. But perhaps the best outcome has been the chance to pursue a career he’s passionate about, one that would be impossible if he still had back pain. Today, he’s attending Mt. San Antonio College with hopes of joining the fire academy.

“Children’s Hospital means everything to me,” says Eric. “They have the best staff there, and everyone from the doctors to the nurses is there to help you and get you back to health. They are the reason why I can become a firefighter one day.”

“They gave me my normal life back,” he adds. “I feel free again.”

How you can help:

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


Refer a friend who’s making move.  Fill out my online form:

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