Corey Chambers Real Estate Newsletter January 2023 | The SoCal Home

Exciting New Year’s Resolution… | PDF

As a fellow lover of the holidays, I wanted to write you this personal letter and share some exciting news for the New Year. Most people Establish New Year’s resolutions but fall short of keeping them for whatever reason. So each year, I highlight an excellent book that helped my team improve our follow-through on achieving important goals. I wanted to share with you ATOMIC HABITS BY JAMES CLEAR. He has found that setting bold goals starts with writing them down with due dates. 

Some of your friends, neighbors, associates, or relatives may have a New Year’s resolution to make a move. Well – we can help them with that, help you and help the kids at Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles at the same time.

Your referrals help the kids!

Go Serve Big!!! Investing In Our Southern Californian Kids

If you or a friend are thinking about selling, make sure to choose a real estate company you can trust! A real estate company with experience, proven results and a give-back philosophy!

For the month of January, anyone you know wanting to sell their 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…

We are on a mission to raise $25,000 for CHLA. We do this by donating a portion of our income from homes we sell. As you know, Children’s Hospital of 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 Los Angeles. BUT, Children’s relies on sponsorships and donations to provide their elite level of care, and to 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, but you can rest assured we are also donating to a very worthy cause.

Go Serve Big!!! Investing in the Children of Los Angeles.

A Real Estate Company that Gives Back!

Children’s Hospital LA leads the way in serving kids one patient at a time.

We are still boldly on a mission to raise $25,000 for Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles, and we are making progress! We donate 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 nasty 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 to donations and sponsorships. We are proud to support the Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles!

As in the attached story, Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles provides the best pediatric medical care available anywhere in the country. To do that, CHLA needs donations to continue its leading-edge care. We proudly donate a portion of our income from real estate sales to CHLA to help them continue serving the needs of those who most need it in Los Angeles!

Who do you know considering buying or selling a home you could refer to our real estate sales team? Not only will they benefit from our award-winning real estate service, but a very worthy cause will also benefit as well. To refer anyone considering buying or selling a home, just give me a call or pass on my number. 213-880-9910.

Thank you in advance for your referrals!

You and your referrals mean more than ever to my team and me. As we move forward thru this winter, please know we are extremely thankful for you and you being a special part of our business.

Go Serve Big!!! — Corey Chambers

Your Home Sold Guaranteed!

P.S. I copied and pasted the story below from the CHLA website. It better tells the story of the work they are doing.

MAKING A DIFFERENCE

As a leading charitable hospital, CHLA depends on sponsorships and donations to continue its leading-edge service. We proudly donate a portion of our income from real estate sales to CHLA to help them continue serving the needs of those who most need it in Los Angeles!

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


Why I support ChildrenĘźs Hospital, Los Angeles

I grew up right here in the Greater Los Angeles Area, born in Los Angeles County 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 healthcare 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, Broker

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

At birth, it seemed Jaxon’s only hope was a procedure that would leave him with “half a heart.” But once in surgery, everything changed.

Born with Ebstein’s Anomaly, Jaxon Now Has a Normal Heart

By Katie Sweeney

Breann’s phone doesn’t usually ring at 7 in the morning. So when it did—and she saw it was her OB-GYN—she had a bad feeling. She was pregnant, and she had gone for her 20-week ultrasound the day before. Her doctor did not have good news. “She said something ‘looked off’ on the ultrasound,” Breann remembers. “And it could be nothing—but it could be something.” Two weeks later, she and her husband, Daniel, were sitting in a pediatric cardiologist’s office, hearing the most devastating news they could imagine. Their unborn baby had Ebstein’s anomaly, a heart defect where the tricuspid valve does not form properly—preventing normal blood flow into the right side of his heart. “He told us most of these babies don’t even make it to delivery,” Breann says. “And if they do, their lifespan isn’t very long and their quality of life is not good.” They left the appointment in a daze. “What do we do now?” Daniel remembers thinking. “How the heck do we proceed? Because if there was even a 1% chance for our baby, we wanted to go for it.”

Finding Hope

Fortunately, the doctor who had referred them to the cardiologist called later that day and urged them to get a second opinion. “He told us he could send us anywhere we wanted to go,” Daniel says. “He mentioned Children’s Hospital Los Angeles.” The couple began doing research and quickly decided on CHLA. It was a long drive but doable—80 miles from their Hesperia home. Most importantly, they liked that the hospital has a Heart Institute that specializes in treating babies and children with the most complex congenital heart defects. Soon, they were meeting with CHLA Cardiologist Jon Detterich, MD. Dr. Detterich confirmed Ebstein’s anomaly diagnosis and the risk that the baby would not make it to delivery. But there was also hope. Their baby would most likely need a surgery called the Starnes procedure, which essentially closes off the malfunctioning right side of the heart. A baby’s circulation is rerouted through a series of three surgeries so that the left side of the heart can do all the work—pumping blood to the body and the lungs.     Children’s Hospital Los Angeles is one of only a few centers in the country to perform this lifesaving procedure, which was developed 30 years ago by Vaughn Starnes, MD, co-director of CHLA’s Heart Institute.“The second we met with Dr. Detterich, we knew this was where we wanted to be,” Daniel says. “We were scared, but we felt like we had a plan.” Now, they just had to get through the rest of the pregnancy. “It was a roller coaster,” Breann says. “Some days, I’d be poking my belly, going, ‘Are you still alive in there? Why haven’t you kicked? Kick! Kick!’ Because at every appointment, every ultrasound, we didn’t know if he would be gone.” 

A Severe Case

On Feb. 13, 2018, Jaxon arrived—a full-term baby weighing in at 7 pounds, 7 ounces. The first good sign? He was breathing. He was quickly transported to Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, where an echocardiogram (ultrasound of the heart) confirmed that his tricuspid valve had not developed normally and was in the wrong position. In addition, his right ventricle—which pumps blood to the lungs—was much smaller than normal, while the right atrium was too large. There is a spectrum of Ebstein’s anomaly,” Dr. Detterich explains. “Jaxon’s case was severe.” Doctors immediately started Jaxon on a medicine called prostaglandin E1 (PGE), which keeps open a special fetal blood vessel that normally closes shortly after birth. Keeping this vessel open allowed blood to flow to his lungs despite his abnormal valve. After about a week, with Jaxon’s lung pressures stable, the team decided to see if Jaxon’s heart could function without the medicine. If it could, he would not need surgery right away. But after just a few hours without PGE, his oxygen levels plummeted—a clear sign that his heart was not able to pump enough blood to his lungs. Doctors quickly restarted the medicine and began planning for the Starnes procedure. A few days later, on Feb. 26, 2018, Jaxon was wheeled off into the operating room. Breann—who had suddenly fallen ill the day before—was at home, anxiously glued to her phone. Daniel settled in for a long wait in the hospital, his mom by his side. The surgery was expected to take three hours.

But inside the operating room, things were not going according to plan.

A Mid-Surgery Decision

Dr. Starnes and fellow congenital heart surgeon Ram Subramanyan, MD, PhD, had prepared to close off the right side of Jaxon’s heart. But as Dr. Starnes studied Jaxon’s valve and ventricles, he paused. “In most of these newborns with severe Ebstein’s anomaly, there’s little to no valve leaflet tissue, and the right ventricle is very thinned out. It’s like a bag without much muscle function to it,” Dr. Starnes explains. “In that situation, there’s not much you can do besides the Starnes procedure.” But Jaxon’s case wasn’t fitting that mold. Dr. Starnes could see that there was more valve tissue than had been visible on the echocardiograms. That tissue was plastered to the heart wall, as is typical in Ebstein’s anomaly—but it was there. In addition, the right ventricle wasn’t as weak as it had appeared. “We felt that it could be capable of pumping blood to the lungs if there was a competent tricuspid valve,” Dr. Starnes adds. The two surgeons conferred. The Starnes procedure has been proven to provide superior outcomes in severe Ebstein’s anomaly. But in this case, Dr. Starnes felt it was possible to repair the valve—giving Jaxon a chance to live with a fully functioning heart. Dr. Subramanyan agreed. The surgeons decided on the spot to perform an advanced operation called the cone procedure—a surgery rarely done in newborns. They went to work, carefully separating the valve flaps from the heart wall and rotating them into a cone-shaped valve that could open and close. They also reattached the valve at the correct location in the heart. The procedure took less than an hour. Dr. Starnes headed out to talk to Daniel, who was startled to see him 90 minutes earlier than expected.

“He came out and said, ‘We fixed it,’” Daniel remembers. “I was like, what do you mean you fixed it? I was so surprised, I don’t even think I said thank you.” He called Breann. “We were both like, holy cow, what just happened?” Daniel says. “That was a miracle.”

A Ball of Energy

Jaxon’s parents weren’t the only ones surprised that his valve had been repaired. His cardiologists were astonished, too. “Most centers do not do this surgery in the newborn period,” Dr. Detterich says. “For our surgeons to make this change on the fly was pretty amazing.”

Jodie Votava-Smith, MD, who led Jaxon’s care for the first week of his life and has been his cardiologist ever since, was also astounded at the news. But a bigger question remained: Would the repair hold up? The answer was a resounding yes.

“He’s a normal boy,” says his mom. “He’s a ball of energy. You would never know he had surgery.” Now almost 5, the blonde, tow-headed preschooler loves zipping around on his scooter, swimming, playing with the family dog, having spirited arguments with his 8-year-old sister, Aubree and enthusiastically counting everything around him. “He’s a numbers guy,” Daniel says with a laugh. “He’ll be like, ‘Dad! There’s five of these!’” When Jaxon first came home from the hospital, he needed medication for a type of irregular heartbeat that is common in Ebstein’s anomaly. But after a few months, the condition resolved. Today, he takes no medications and has no restrictions. His yearly echocardiograms at CHLA show a normal heart. “We thought he was going to have to live with half a heart,” says Dr. Votava-Smith. “Instead, our surgeons fixed it to be a fully functioning, four-chambered heart. It’s a remarkable outcome.” Breann and Daniel want to express their gratitude to the entire Heart Institute team at CHLA. “I don’t know where else we could have gotten this level of care,” Breann says. “I am beyond thankful to all of his doctors, his nurses, everyone. They are like our family.”

How you can help:

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

www.ReferralsHelpKids.com or call Corey at 213-880-9910

Story Courtesy Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles

Copyright Š 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.

Corey Chambers Real Estate Newsletter The SoCal Home July 2022

Celebrate ‘Your’ Independence… TOO! | Blog Video

July 4th 1776 is a momentous day in history for all FREE

Owning real estate, especially your own home, is a sure-fire celebration of independence. In today’s market, many homeowners really want to make a move but are finding themselves in a catch-22 – whether to sell first or buy first. They don’t want to end up getting stuck owning two homes or none at all. I am sure you will join me in saying we can’t blame them. I also believe that you agree that this is true for ourselves and others; homeownership is good for ALL. The more who can buy a home, the more who can sell a home, the more our economy benefits. And as Jimmy Carter said, “To be true to ourselves, we must be true to others.

Fortunately, I have a special program for Home Owners wanting to move and Buyers wanting to buy in Today’s market that turns the tables on this CATCH 22.

Over the last 20+ years of selling real estate, I have been able to develop and successfully implement a program that allows me to guarantee the sale of a property. Yep, you read that right. Actually guarantee in writing the sale of a home. Obviously, a program like this gives sellers GREAT PEACE OF MIND (a true celebration of independence from fear). I guarantee, upfront and in writing, that if their home does not sell at their price and within their time frame – I will step in and buy it myself.

The conditions are simple: the seller and I must agree on the price and possession date. Buyers benefit too because we are able to ensure they get the home they want and back up their purchase with a satisfaction guarantee: if they are not happy with the home, we will buy it back. This obviously is a win-win for all involved.

This is where you come in.

Your friends, neighbors, work associates, and family members who may be considering a move can now do so and celebrate true independence from the fear of getting stuck with two homes or none at all. And remember… Your referrals help the Children… As I share with you each month, we are on a mission to raise $25,000 for the Children’s Hospital Los Angeles Helping Hands Fund. We do this by donating a portion of our income. Children’s does great work in helping kids overcome cancer and other life-threatening diseases. In fact, Kids under their care are 300% more likely to enter into remission IF they can get into the recovery center. BUT the Recovery Center depends on Sponsorships and Donations to keep rolling. 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 Los Angeles Helping Hands Fund. 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 888-240-2500.

You and your referrals mean more than ever to my team and me. As we move forward in this new season, please know My team and I are extremely thankful for you and you’re being a special part of our business.

With all my appreciation.

Corey Chambers
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.

It’s easy to refer those you know considering buying or selling a home. Here are the Options Again:

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

Call me direct or pass my number on 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 Hospital in its 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.

A Baby Girl Makes a Comeback

By Marla Lehner | Note: Names have been changed to protect patient privacy.

Ann was born perfectly healthy at a local community hospital, but about 90 minutes later something unthinkable happened: When a nurse came to check on her, Ann was discovered completely unresponsive. She had stopped breathing and gone into cardiac arrest.

“They don’t know how long she’d been like that,” says her mom, Janet. “They couldn’t revive her, so they intubated her and put her on a ventilator—and gave me a pretty bleak outlook.”

Determined to find the best care for her newborn, Janet began calling her network of friends and family members. A friend referred her to Children’s Hospital Los Angeles. That evening, she spoke to Philippe Friedlich, MD, MSEpi, MBA, Chief of the Division of Neonatology and co-Director of the Fetal and Neonatal Institute at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles. He arranged for Ann to be transported to CHLA.

Baby Ann

Ann as an infant.

“The transport team is incredible,” says Janet. “They totally checked Ann out before they would move her. It wasn’t like they just came to pick her up; they knew what they were doing right out of the gate.”

Because Ann had been deprived of oxygen, she was immediately put on hypothermia therapy—known as brain cooling—a neuroprotective treatment that lowers a baby’s body temperature to 92.3 degrees Fahrenheit and reduces the risk of brain injury. CHLA is a leader in studying the impact of brain cooling on infants.

“What CHLA has that some hospitals don’t is a neurocritical care team and a comprehensive program tailored for babies at risk of neurological injuries,” says Dr. Friedlich, who holds the Teresa and Byron Pollitt Family Chair in Fetal and Neonatal Medicine. “We have specially trained neonatologists and neurologists who can come to the bedside 24/7, and more advanced interventions than any other place.”

A waiting game

“Ann came to CHLA really sick,” recalls Tai-Wei Wu, MD, Director of the Therapeutic Hypothermia Program. “She had severe lactic acidosis as a result of low oxygen or blood flow. She was supported on a breathing machine and multiple medications to stabilize her vital signs. Even before arriving at CHLA, neuroprotection by cooling was started, which is crucial because we know to cool as early as possible after injury improves outcomes.”

Doctors at CHLA also performed an MRI on Ann—a feat few institutions are capable of doing on a newborn during brain cooling.

“We pride ourselves on the ability to safely bring patients to the MRI suite while they are receiving neuroprotective treatment,” says Dr. Wu. “Importantly, we were able to rule out other brain pathologies that could mimic Ann’s condition. Using advanced neuroimaging techniques, we were also able to quantify brain temperature and confirm that brain cooling was effective. This is precision medicine at its best.”

Due to Ann’s critical condition, Janet was not able to hold her for over a week, so she waited by her daughter’s side in the Steven & Alexandra Cohen Foundation Newborn and Infant Critical Care Unit (NICCU).

“I didn’t know if she was going to live the first week,” she says. “I was just floating through that time.”

Still, Janet says she knew her baby was getting extraordinary care. “In the NICCU, there are a lot of other kids that look like yours, with a serious condition, so you know the doctors and nurses know how to treat your child.”

Ann “has a superstar personality,” says her doctor, Tai-Wei Wu, MD. 

A thorough evaluation

Once Ann was warmed up, she slowly regained consciousness. Over the next three weeks, Ann was seen by specialists in cardiology, pulmonology, neurology, audiology and much more.

“CHLA offers nearly every pediatric medical specialty, and a major strength is the training and experience of our nursing staff in neurocritical care,” says Dr. Friedlich.

Ann’s care team worked to determine any potential cause for what had gone wrong after her birth, even though there were no complications during delivery.

“We went through extensive testing to make sure her cardiorespiratory systems were normal, which also included her ability to regulate breathing during sleep,” says Dr. Wu. “We turned over every stone to make sure she was OK—and so Janet could be at ease bringing Ann home.”

For Janet, the warmth she received from everyone she encountered at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles made her feel well cared for. A single mom, she went home each evening to be with her older daughter, but always checked in with Ann’s team.

“I called Ann’s nurse every night,” she says. “That’s when they gave her a bath and dressed her. The nurses would go through the clothes I’d brought, so when I arrived the next morning, she’d be in a cute little outfit.”

The final hurdle was to ensure Ann could nurse or eat from a bottle. She received physical therapy (PT) and occupational therapy (OT), and underwent a swallow study.

Before Ann was discharged, Janet was connected with the Newborn Follow-up Program, which provides developmental assessment for children with complex conditions after they leave the hospital. Through the program, Ann was connected to ongoing PT, OT, speech therapy, behavioral health services, and more.

Ann Playing

Ann playing at CHLA.

A bright future

Now 3 years old, Ann continues to hit developmental milestones in her own time and has an unstoppable spirit. “She’s got a superstar personality,” says Dr. Wu. “She’s like the Energizer Bunny, always curious, always on the go. Her smile and energy light up any room she enters. It has been a privilege to follow her growth and development. I remain really optimistic about her future.”

In gratitude for Ann’s care, Janet and her family generously support the Fetal and Neonatal Institute. “I remain forever indebted to Dr. Friedlich, Dr. Wu, and Dr. Rachel Chapman [Medical Director of the NICCU], and their amazing team of advanced professional practitioners, fellows, residents, nurses, and specialists who saved my amazing Ann,” she wrote in a note accompanying a recent donation.

The NICCU team is gratified by Ann’s positive outcome and grateful for her mom’s support. “When we can intervene at the right time, it feels amazing to be able to minimize the impact of a possible brain disorder,” says Dr. Friedlich. “That’s what we live for. And for the team, it’s wonderful that they feel the family’s support.”


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

www.ReferralsHelpKids.com or call Corey at 213-880-9910

Copyright Š This free information is provided courtesy of L.A. Loft Blog and LAcondoInfo.com with the information provided by Corey Chambers, Realty Source Inc, BRE#01889449 We are not associated with the homeowner’s association or developer. For more information, contact (213) 880-9910 or visit LAcondoInfo.com Licensed in California. All information provided is deemed reliable but is not guaranteed and should be independently verified. EAC22070102KT 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.