When you are ready to sell your home, make your first step hiring a local, professional real estate agent, such as those of the Franco team. A local, professional agent will be familiar with the area, which is a plus when it comes to pricing your home correctly. This can be a tricky task, price it to low and potential buyers will be tentative, thinking something is wrong with the house. Also, the sellers will walk away with money still on the table. Price the home to high and your home will not have the potential buyer traffic you deserve.
The Newport Beach Chamber of Commerce is having their 55th Annual Scholarship Awards Dinner on Thursday, April 28th. Local students from Newport Harbor, Corona del Mar and Sage Hill Schools will be recognized for their outstanding achievements. During this dinner event, the Teacher of Year will be announced for each school. The guest speaker for this year’s event will be Craig Boundy, CEO of Experian North America. The Annual Scholarship Awards Dinner will be held at the Radisson Hotel Newport Beach. The Radisson Hotel is located at 4545 MacArthur Boulevard. The event will begin at 6pm and run until 8:30pm. The principal sponsors are Wells Fargo and Newport Beach Police Association. For more information about this annual event or to purchase tickets, see their website at: https://www.newportbeach.com/events/55th-annual-scholarship-awards-dinner/.
Crystal Cove is home both luxury residential developments and the Crystal Cove State Park. This state park has 3.2 miles of coastline with beaches, tide pools and water activities. The 3,900 acre park also features coastal cliffs, 18 miles of trails, a 1,400 acre marine conservation area and 2,400 acres of canyons. Located 8 Mystique, this 18,000 square foot custom built estate is part of the Crystal Cove Estate Collection. This eight bedroom, twelve bathroom estate was built in 2009. Among the many rooms in the estate are gym, steam room, home theater and 10 car subterranean garage. In addition the home has a sports pub area, refrigerated wine room and a commercial elevator. There are ocean views from every major room in the house. The views include the Pacific Ocean, Newport Harbor, the Newport Beach coastline, Catalina Island, city night lights and gorgeous evening sunsets. This home sits on an oversized 36,000 square foot piece of property. Outdoors, homeowners’ and their guests will enjoy resort style amenities including a swimming pool and spa. The Crystal Cove Estate Collection is a 24 guard gated community. Residents of the Estate Collection are invited to take part in all the recreational style activities offered at the Canyon Club Recreational Center.