Category: Real Estate

Some of the celebrated Santa Barbara architecture features include the ageless Hotel Virginia, El Pueblo Viejo district in historic downtown and the two pink towers of the Old Mission, which hosts retreats and festivals. The brightly colored tiles of the County Courthouse houses brilliant displays of murals and other striking attention grabbers. Nearby is the…

Nearly a century back, famous architect George Washington Smith started the California movement of Spanish Colonial revival. Smith was an individual who dropped out of Harvard to eventually work as a bond trader. After becoming a successful businessman, he moved to Santa Barbara to find a relaxing lifestyle and planning to work on his painting…

When children experience the loss of a parent, they can feel lost and abandoned upon the realization that their lives will never again be the same. As noted by Kenny Slaught, “The I Have a Friend mentor program allows these young people to share their feelings with someone who has experienced something very similar.” The…

The substantial transformations will be concluded in bits through a period of six years. All modifications will be made in phases so that the museum can remain open to visitors through the whole process. Kenny Slaught discloses four basic goals of the campaign, such as making the gallery more spacious, boosting community space, cultivating the…

In just their few years in the market, crowdfunding has quicky grown over 150 startups nationwide, specializing in real estate. Today, approximately 7% of the U.S population is an accredited investor. In a dense setting like Southern California, this number is 20%. Software platforms, including CrowdEngine, RealtyShares, CrowdForce, among others, make it possible to legally…

According to Kenny Slaught, new intuitive software and mobile applications give investors and builders a greater selection of lending and borrowing opportunities across a variety of real estate asset classes and geographies. California’s crowdfunding or peer-to-peer lending came about after the adoption of the Jumpstart Our Business Startup (JOBS) Act in 2012, which greatly increased…

he most eminent Santa Barbara architecture features include, the centuries old Hotel Virginia, El Pueblo Viejo district in historic downtown and the two pink towers at the Old Mission, which welcomes retreats and festivals. The brightly colored tiles of the County Courthouse houses brilliant displays of murals and other striking attributes. Nearby is the clock…

Maintaining its natural charm, city planners enacted development controls to prevent demolition of Spanish Colonial architecture in 1925. The community was the first in the country to positively think about the importance of historic buildings. Regulations were put in place and guidelines were designed to keep unique structures and park areas, and in 1960 Santa…

The dam’s engines room and tis 17 generators power all of the energy, where 16 of them are large generators and two smaller ones operate as one single generator. They provide hydroelectric energy to regional communities. Kenny Slaught states that the energy generated from the dam is divided across 15 areas. As one of the…

The landmark structure was built during the American Great Depression years, between 1931 and 1936, costing the government $49 million. Initially named Boulder Dam, it was later switched to Hoover Dam in honor of the then-President Herbert Hoover, who made major contributions to the construction of this prodigious undertaking. It stands at 221 meters in…