Caveat that most of my work is in commercial real estate, and therefore the activities of a full overhaul of a new school to be certified LEED Silver or better are certainly not applicable to you--- that would certainly be overkill and would not help your property.  

Last year supply was around 3 months.Pending Sales have also dropped significantly (4087 vs. 7096 for August of last year)Venice - 3.8 to 12.2 months of inventoryWest Hollywood - 7.8 to 29 monthsInglewood - 3.2 months of inventory (Still hot)Compton - 3.4 months of inventory (Still hot)Culver City - 2.0 months of inventory (Still hot)Silver Lake - 1.7 months of inventory (Still hot)What have you noticed?

Have perhaps six months in savings for emergencies and after all some gold and silver.

there is no one silver bullet.   

There's a silver lining in all of this: poring through those zoning provisions and whatnot gave me a better understanding of zoning laws in general.

We have never found a silver bullet, so we have to put a lot of lines in the water to attract deals.  

They are middle men trading in money the same way that wholesalers are middle men trading in deals.Most mortgage "lenders" are actually just originating mortgages and then reselling those loans on the secondary market.The Silver Bullet-Go Direct to the SourceMy private lenders are direct contacts of my partners and I.  

@Simon Cox Go Eagles!

I also see a lot of action in Eagle Rock and other further east communities.  

While a Desert Eagle may not fit in all bras that's one way to avoid issues, LOLWhat you've done is communicated to a would be attacker that people know where you are and are expecting a call back in a few minutes, that effects the thinking of the more thoughtful as that limits the time they have and time to get away.