From realtor Keith Kyle, Three Sixty Homesa and Vista Sotheby’s International we wanted to wish you a very happy and healthy Easter! Let’s hope that a year from now we’re back to our usual Easter activities!
How is Covid 19 Impacting The Search and Sale Process of Homes in Three Sixty?
The world is certainly changing at the moment and so is real estate in Three Sixty South Bay. This is the new “normal” of how real estate 
actions are taking place. Although there will likely be a market slow down, there will still be a steady flow of homes being listed for sale and deals being put together. The California Association of Realtors pushed Gavin Newsom to establish real estate as an essential business in the midst of this pandemic. So, while we are definitely in strange and unchartered times, the business of real estate continues to move forward.
The New Normal
Vista Sotheby’s International Realty agents and support team remain fully operational while adhering to a remote work plan. In addition to virtually conducting our daily team meetings, we are utilizing our top-tier technological resources in order to continue providing you with the best quality service if doing a real estate transaction is in your current plan. These resources include:
Virtual Open Houses
In lieu of public open houses, Vista Sotheby’s International Realty agents will be hosting Virtual Open Houses via Facebook or Instagram live stream. These will allow you to virtually view the property and ask any questions from the comfort of your home. Contact me each week for the full list of our homes that will be hosting Virtual Open Houses that weekend.
Matterport 3D Home Tours
Matterports provide a three-dimensional virtual rendering of a home used to create a realistic, fully immersive viewing experience. This “digital twin” gives you full access to see a property in depth without having to see it in person.
Virtual Live Showings
Interested in a home but “shelter in place” ordinances are preventing you from touring it in person? No problem! With interactive virtual showings, you can still get a live, one-on-one tour of a home just as you would in person.
Virtual Staging
Curate by Sotheby’s International Realty allows you to stage and visualize a house as your own before purchase. The available furniture and decor designs are also shoppable within Curate by Sotheby’s International Realty, as well as on our global website, sothebysrealty.com, through a “shop-the-room” functionality.
Property Videos
While you can’t always get a sense of the nuances in a home through photos, video tours give you a real world look at the layout, light, and spaces. It may not be as glamorous as the listing photos but can give you a more accurate sense of the home without having to go and see it.
Click here to download the Curate App
Give me a call, text or email if you have any questions about our new normal in real estate, including the market and the procedures available to protect you if you are in the market, or even just to say hello – I would love to hear how you are doing and learn about your new normal! I look forward to being able to meet with you in person once this is all behind us. Until then, stay home, stay healthy, and stay safe.
Keith
Search for Top 360 South Bay Realtors and Three Sixty Real Estate Specialists
Three Sixty South Bay is wonderful gated community in the Hollyglen neighborhood of Hawthorne. Many home buyers contact us in their 
search for homes or their search for a top realtor that specializes in Three Sixty real estate.
A Bit of Background
An important thing to understand and a frequent misunderstanding is how real estate and home sales work in Three Sixty. When 360 was first built by Lyon Homes around 2013-2015, they had an on-site sales office with their own sales office (think sales experience at a car dealership). The only way to buy a home in the community was to go through their sales office. Realtor’s involvement, if any, ended when they accompanied their clients to the complex.
Today’s Real Estate Market
The original Lyon owned homes and presales sold long ago so there are no longer “model” homes to walk through, no sales office and no sales agents that represent the builder. At this point all of the homes are individually owned and therefore any sales are just like other neighborhoods. The seller ususally chooses a realtor who then puts it on the local MLS where buyers and agents find it. Buyers can also be represented by just about any licensed realtors as well.
Who Specializes in Three Sixty Home Sales?
There are several great realtors that sell the bulk of the homes in 360. They have become trusted advisors for both buyers and sellers and through referrals, word of mouth, and their knowledge of the community they sell more homes than other realtors. Unlike some other communities there are still a number of original owners in the complex and as they didn’t have realtors when they purchased (again the original buyers went through the sales office that no longer exists) they sometimes work with out of area listing agents which may not be the most beneficial to the sellers but it’s certainly their choice. See also what a real estate professional can do to help with your home search in the current climate.
About Us
We are local full time realtors and we specialize in Three Sixty South Bay. Keith Kyle is one of the top realtors in 360 and Fusion South Bay and has helped many buyers and sellers in the community. Keith knows the complex, understands why people are motivated to live there and has a vast network of both owners and agents to try to not only stay current on the market, but often to know and potentially sell homes prior to them coming on the market. Contact Keith via email or phone at 310-251-2344 to find out how he can help with your real estate needs.
How We Can Help With Your Home Search In These Uncertain Times
Searching for a home has definitely changed over the past few years with technology meaning access to more information. Whereas we used 
to spend weekends driving clients from home to home, that rarely happens any longer. The recent events with Covid 19 and social distancing have changed the process dramatically once again. Not longer are open houses much of an option and even private showings are frowned upon for the health and safety of the buyers, the sellers, and the realtors. So how can we help?
We’ve been doing video walkthroughs and Facetime tours for years for our out of area buyers. Given the current situation that is often the best place to start for even local buyers these days. If you’re not already working with a local real estate specialist we would love to help. Contact us for more information, to start your home search, or to learn more about homes that are on the market and coming up.
Ways of Holding Title (Taking Ownership) in California Real Estate
There are many ways to take title, meaning how you legally own the home or propery, for real estate in California and when buying a home 
in Three Sixty South Bay. While you should consult with an attorney, CPA or both, our quick and helpful chart gives some of the similarities and differences of the various ways of holding title including, tenancy in common, joint tenancy, community property, and communtiy property with right of survivorship. There are other ways of holding title as well, but our chart should help explain the basics. If you are considering buying real estate or a home in Southern California’s South Bay, we can help. Contact us today
Ways of Taking and Holding Title to Real Estate in California
| Tenancy in Common | Joint Tenancy | Community Property | Community Property with Right of Survivorship | |
| WHO? | Any number of persons (can be husband and wife). | Any number of persons (can be husband and wife). | Only husband and wife. | Only husband and wife. |
| DIVISION | Ownership can be divided into any number of interests, equal or unequal. | Owner interests must be equal. | Ownership and managerial interests are equal. | Ownership and managerial interests are equal. |
| TITLE | Each co-owner has a separate legal title to his or her undivided interest. | There must be unity of title and time. (created in one document) | Title is in the “community.” Each interest is separate but management is unified. | Title is in the “community.” Each interest is separate but management is unified. Title must expressly state community property with right to survivorship. |
| POSSESSION | Equal rights of possession. | Equal rights of possession. | Both co-owners have equal management and control. | Both co-owners have equal management and control. |
| CONVEYANCE | Each co-owner’s interest may be conveyed separately by its individual owner. | Conveyance by one co-owner without the others will terminate that individual’s joint tenancy. | Real property requires written consent of other spouse, and separate interest cannot be conveyed except upon death. | Real property requires written consent of other spouse, and separate interest cannot be conveyed except upon death. |
| PURCHASER’S STATUS | Purchaser will become a tenant in common with the other property co-owners. | Purchase will become a tenant in common with the other co-owners. | Purchaser can acquire title from the community with written consent or joinder of both spouses. | Purchaser can acquire title from the community with written consent or joinder of both spouses. |
| DEATH | On co-owner’s death, his or her interest passes by will to that person’s devisees or heirs. No survivorship right. | On co-owner’s death, his or her interest ends and cannot be disposed of by will. Survivor(s) own(s) the property. An affidavit of death of joint tenant establishes death. | Upon death of one spouse, 50% belongs to surviving spouse, 50% goes by will to descendant’s devisees or by succession to surviving spouse. | Upon death of one spouse, his or her interest ends and cannot be disposed by will. Survivor owns the property 100%. An affidavit of death (community property with right of survivorship) establishes death of a spouse. |
| SUCCESSOR’S STATUS | Devisees or heirs become tenants in common. | Last survivor owns property 100% | If passing by will, tenancy in common between devisees and survivor results. | Purchaser can only acquire whole title of community; cannot acquire a part of it. |
| CREDITOR’S RIGHTS | Co-owner’s interest may be sold on execution sale to satisfy his or her creditor. The creditor becomes a tenant in common. | Co-owner’s interest may be sold on execution sale to satisfy creditor. Joint tenancy is broken; creditor becomes tenant in common | Property of community is liable for contracts of either spouse which were made after marriage and prior to or after January 1, 1975. Co-owner’s interest cannot be sold separately; whole property may be sold on execution to satisfy creditor. | Property of community is liable for contracts of either spouse which were made after marriage and prior to or after January 1, 1975. Co-owner’s interest cannot be sold separately; whole property may be sold on execution to satisfy creditor. |
| PRESUMPTION | Favored in doubtful cases except husband and wife case. | Must be expressly stated. Not favored. | The legal presumption is that property which has been acquired during the course of the marriage is community property. | The code reads that deeds must state “community property with the right of survivorship.” |
*We are not attorney’s nor certified public accountants and cannot provide legal or tax advice. The information above is deemed reliable but not guaranteed and has been provided by a title insurance com
Residence 1 Terrace Home Hits the Market at $1,099,000
The residence 1 floorplan in 360 is the smallest of the detached single family style Terrace homes in 360 and are somewhat rare. This newest listing at 5534 Palm* just hit the market at $1,099,000. Three Sixty is one of the South Bay’s premier gated communities and is served by the Wiseburn School District in Hollyglen. Take a look below for photos and information and feel free to contact us if you have any questions or might want to take a look.
**The listings above may be represented by other realtors. We are providing this information as a service to our clients. Keith Kyle is a top producing realtor with Vista Sotheby’s International Realty and a Three Sixty South Bay real estate specialist.