Nathan Diones

According to local MLS statistics the median price of homes in Lake Arrowhead is up 19.7% for February 2008 from February 2007.

This included 18 home sales strictly in Lake Arrowhead. The median price of a single family residence in Lake Arrowhead for February was $470,000.

Based on the above facts Lake Arrowhead showed the highest % gains in all of San Bernardino County!

95% of all other cites in San Bernardino County reported losses up to a whopping 67.6%! OUCH.

Long Live Lake Arrowhead!

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Nathan Diones

As you may already know I live in Lake Arrowhead, CA. It is a very small lakeside reosrt community in southern California. I must say and agree with the fact that 20% of the agents in our community do 80% of the work. This is true. We have a private MLS up here which is not available to agents outside of our community (unless they go through hoops to join and cough up the money..its expensive).

To benefit my clients I'm a member of 3 different MLS / Boards. Thus doing so gives my clients huge marketing coverage and direct exposure to other agents all over California. So when an agent from Burbank, CA has a client in looking to buy a vacation home in Lake Arrowhead that agent can then search his local MLS and there is my clients listing. All the information he needs right there in front of him. Sounds easy huh?

But lately I've been searching the 2 MLS systems outside my community just for curiousity and have been finding numerous listings in my community that are listed with agents located over 60-120 miles away. These agents are not a part of our local MLS and does there client no justice by taking the listing. AND most of the time during the duration of the listing the agents dont even allocate the time for themselves to drive up to Lake Arrowhead and take at least 1 PHOTO! This is amazing to me! I have seen a lucky 1 or 2 sell by this method and by all means thats great congrats and I would advise you to purchase a lottery ticker after closing. Because that is about 1 in a million chance.

This has really hitting me lately. I would never a listing that is over 100 miles away knowing that I cannot service it properly. This does the seller absolutely no justice whatsoever. I would bet money that most sellers in this scenario have absolutely no clue about this either.

Closing Point To Sellers: Always hire a local professional (thats what we are here for) vs. hiring your friend or relative that lives 2 hours or more away. Your shooting yourself in the foot before you even get ot the door.

Feedback Encouraged,

Nathan Diones

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Below is a link to a web cam posted in Lake Arrowhead Village. It is such a nice day today I figured I would share it with the entire AR commuinty! its sunny and warm today and the tempreture its supposed to be in the 60's. its a great day to be outside and soak up some sun.

http://www.lakearrowhead.net/webcam.html

Enjoy and Happy Easter!

Nathan Diones 909-709-3781

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Lake Arrowhead is an awesome place to have fun. There are numerous activities for all ages and interests. The lake is an obvious favorite. Fishing for trout, bass, crappie, blue gill, cat fish, and carp is always fun whether you use flies, jigs, lures, or live bait. If its adrenaline that makes your clock tick then you will have a great time water skiing, wake boarding, sailing, kayaking, swimming, and speed boating. If your more of the kick back and relax type, then Lake Arrowhead is a great place for you too. There is nothing like an evening sunset while cruising the beautiful shore and sipping on a cool drink. You can always be sure to catch a nice tan while laying out at one of the many beach clubs that the Arrowhead Lake Association has to offer. Another favorite pass time for mountaineers is the great off road trails.

It doesn’t matter if you are on four wheels or two. You can have a great adventure with tons of forestry to explore. Some of the off road activities include mountain bike riding, dirt bike riding, 4x4 off roading, horseback riding, and hiking. Who knows, you might catch a glimpse of our beautiful wild life such as bears, coyotes, mountain lions, birds, snakes, lizards, and squirrels. If it’s more social activities you’re after, then we have fun for you as well. The Lake Arrowhead Village has been more hopping in the last few years than ever. With many restaurants & bars, and plenty of shopping, the fun never ends. The village has go-carts, water ski lessons, and the most fun, a FREE summer concert series. Not to mention that the village sits right on the lake for a great view from where ever you choose to go.

Lake Arrowhead is a great place for a good time.

Enjoy,

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So my friends and I get together yesterday for our weekly fishing retreat down at the back end of North Bay on Lake Arrowhead. Lately the fishing has been really slow and kind of hit and miss no matter what time of day you go. But yesterday was a different story. Poles were in the water about 3:00pm and the bite started around 3:30pm and didn't stop till 5:15pm or so. It was great, we were strictly fishing for trout and set up some poles with power bait and a little garlic. WOW... 5 trout all between 1.75 lbs and 3.00 lbs. It had been about 6 weeks since we had a consistent fishing day.

To sum this up fishing season is just around the corner. The Arrowhead Lake Association always stocks the lake sometime in April (Date not confirmed yet). Bass season is bound to be a big hit this year with all the local anglers. For more information or tips on all the local fishing spots for Lake Arrowhead feel free to contact me.

Thanks,

Nathan Diones

Please note that there is no public fishing - only ALA members and their guests are allowed to fish the lake, and boat launching is prohibited by any persons other than members of the Arrowhead Lake Association. Boat rentals are not available at Lake Arrowhead.