Here’s a friendly update from your Vice President of Senior Homes and Trust Sales at JohnHart Real Estate, Robbyn Battles. Let’s talk taxes for a moment. I’m not a tax expert and this is not tax advice, but par...
Merry Christmas from Robbyn Battles, Santa and Snow 2025 in La Crescenta. Merry Christmas. If you know me, you know I say Merry Christmas, and I always will. This year’s Free Photos with Santa and Snow was one of my favorite community...
Robbyn Battles here, and I want to tell you a little story about a home that feels like it was pulled from the pages of a moody, sunlit California magazine. Tucked into one of Glendale’s most beloved enclaves, 3470 Downing Avenue is the kind ...
More than ever, seniors are being targeted by bold, highly sophisticated scams that use artificial intelligence, voice cloning, deepfakes, spoofed phone numbers, and personalized phishing. What used to be isolated grandchild in trouble calls ...
Anatomy of a Sold: Two Homes, Two Sellers, Two Very Different Journeys. This month’s feature includes the new seven real questions and answers from me, Robbyn Battles, inspired by the true stories behind these October sales. Every home ha...
For decades, Robbyn Battles has been the steady voice at countless kitchen tables, helping seniors, families, and solo-agers navigate one of life’s hardest transitions, deciding when and how to let go of a longtime home. Robbyn Battles has ju...
Authentic Spanish Charm in Sparr Heights
3470 Downing Avenue offers a rare glimpse into the grace and craftsmanship of 1920s Spanish architecture. This one story residence, built in 1926, has been lovingly cared for and thoughtfully repres...
For over 35 years, Robbyn Battles, REALTOR® and Broker Associate with JohnHart Real Estate, has guided homeowners and families across La Crescenta, Montrose, Glendale, and the Foothill communities through some of life’s most meaningful t...
Three mornings a week, I’m up before dawn and heading to the Rose Bowl by 5:30 a.m. Not to walk the loop — that’s too flat and predictable — but to wander the hills above it. Those quiet neighborhoods just north and east of the Bowl ha...
Daylight Saving Time is just around the corner, and you know what that means—more debates about whether we should keep it, toss it, or finally “lock the clock.” Every fall, millions of us gain that glorious extra hour of sleep, and ev...