About Kenny Nemes

Real Estate Professional in Calabasas, Ca

Kenny Nemes, realtor at Ewing and Associates Sotheby’s International Realty, offers a rich history of progressive marketing solutions and consummate dedication to the happiness of his clients.

A Los Angeles native, Kenny maintains a renowned reputation in the music industry. With more than twenty years of marketing and production experience, Kenny held positions at EMI Music and most recently Rhino Records (Warner Music Group) as the Sr. VP of Marketing. A job requiring the management of every aspect of the marketing campaign, he interacted with the social media branch of the initiative, a field in which he maintains notable acumen. Working closely with some of the biggest artists in the world, Kenny became adept at excelling in a fast paced, often emotionally charged setting. Throughout his career he has learned the value of organization and attention to detail which generously prepared him for the trials often encountered in real estate transactions. Versed in every nuance of the Los Angeles area, Kenny comes highly recommended by his peers.

Currently, Kenny resides in Calabasas with his wife and 2 kids who attend Lupin Hill Elementary School. Kenny is also a member of the National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences for the last 16 years where he is a Grammy ® voting member. He lives an active life and remains an avid mountain biker and music enthusiast.

Kenny Nemes
Ewing and Associates Sotheby’s International Realty
23647 Calabasas Road
Calabasas, Ca 91302
Phone 1: 818.222.9500

Ewing and Associates Sotheby’s exposes listing to Chinese community

Our Encino listing shown on Caimeiju

By: Stephen Roesler

In an attempt to expand our global digital reach, Ewing and Associates recently hired Angela Wong, Director of Marketing/Asia. Trilingual in English, Cantonese and Mandarin, Angela maintains relationships with some of the most influential industry leaders in China. With her focus on overseas clientele, Angela recognized the need to market to Chinese buyers via popular Chinese websites. With her help, Ewing and Asscociates Sotheby’s Intl. Realty teamed up with Caimeiju to promote select listings to the steadily growing market of Chinese buyers.

Caimeiju, a real estate marketing agency that shares listings with Chinese investors, promotes listings on Chinese search engines and utilizes Chinese social media sites, helps Ewing and Associates offer a unique service to its agents. Knowing that Chinese buyers aren’t privy to same search results that are available in the U.S., Caimeiju helps us promote our newest Calabasas, Encino, Sherman Oaks and Studio City homes on a venue that is largely under utilized in the real estate world. With the help of Caimeiju, Ewing and Associates captures Chinese buyers and uniquely handles them with the help of our very skilled and educated Angela Wong.

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By: Stephen Roesler

After 2 substantial floods, Ewing and Associates Sotheby’s decided to relocate to another building on 23647 Calabasas Road. During the last week of our move, this interesting phenomenon occurred. We refer to it as, the apparition in the sky. Take a look.

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By: Stephen Roesler

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The painting begins…

By: Stephen Roesler

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By: Stephen Roesler

As much of the community knows, we are relocating our Calabasas office to 23647 Calabasas Rd. Sitting next to Susie Cakes, just down from Bank of America, this office was once home to Fred Sands Realtors until Coldwell Banker bought the space. Coldwell Banker, however, closed its doors in 2008 and the space sat empty. As your Calabasas and Hidden Hills specialists, Ewing and Associates Sotheby’s is moving into the space. We want to take you with us as we transform this space over the next few weeks. Here is week one:

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Lunch Truck in Calabasas

By: Stephen Roesler

Anyone who’s spent time in our Calabasas office has likely heard the cacophonous clown horn incessantly blaring from the Roach Coach. It’s distracting, annoying and bit obnoxious. But, the food is actually decent.

Perfect for a hardy breakfast burrito or veggie omelet, the Calabasas food truck is the child of Calabasas Custom Catering, a Santa Maria Style BBQ. Paul and Fran, founders of the catering company, decided to try their hand at the lunch truck service business and they are doing pretty well. Most mornings and afternoons, the truck has a line of customers awaiting some bbq mexican food.

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By: Stephen Roesler

Recently, Tina Stern’s listing on 221 5th Avenue in Venice Beach was mentioned in one of the most prestigious blogs for luxury items know as Luxist. The Cape Cod inspired home, listed at $1.899 million belongs to Mark Snow, the “X-Files” composer. Interestingly, the post on Luxist nearly doubled our daily internet traffic the last two days. Ironically, Luxist pulled the high end listing from the LA Times hot properties section.

From the aspect of search engine optimization, this quantifies the value of inbound links from respectable websites. Not only does it help our traffic, it increases the exposure of the property. It’s explains the basic exchange of information that occurs on the internet all the time.

The Luxist article can be found here.

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Where does ‘good’ news come from?

By: Stephen Roesler

Creating a healthy blog oriented around community news is a project that requires an army of contributors that supply our readers with specific neighborhood news. Therefore, in light of our desire to expand and add more content, we’ve decided to open our blog to guest writers from the area. If you have community news that you would like to share on our site, please shoot me an email with your ideas. The goal of our blog is to create a platform where residents can visit and find highly specific news brought to them by existing community experts. Whether you’re a real estate agent, a local business owner, or a long time home owner, we believe the best news comes from within. You know what’s going on. After all, you live you here.

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Tattoos and all, Chef Asher breathes life into The Old Place.

By: Stephen Roesler

David Asher looks the part. Just over six feet with tattoos crawling out of shirt collar, you’ll likely find Chef Asher on his 69′ Harley or directing an amiable kitchen crew in the back of The Old Place. But that’s not to say he’s unsophisticated, just not ostentatious. With a vision to keep his restaurant rustic and a hint of inspiration from Dom Deluise, Asher aims to accentuate the undeniable antiquity that healthily lives at The Old Place.

“The Culinary world has gotten so hyped up in the past few years,” he says distastefully. “I think it has lost its simplicity, its palatability. Everything is so technical that its made people believe you have to be really, really good or you shouldn’t touch food.”

And that’s wrong, believes the CIA (Culinary Arts Institute) trained Asher. It’s about the company, conversation, and communion with family and friends.

With a humble background from central Florida, his fascinating road to the Old Place is entirely atypical. Growing up around a family who believed in traditional gender roles, cooking was left to the women. In his case, however, his mother was not a cook.

“If we wanted to eat, we had to make it ourselves,” he says with wide blue eyes. “I was taking egg noodles and putting paprika and butter in it and figuring out something good to eat.”

But the slender chef has come a long way from his childhood menu. After attending college for a short stent, Asher began a job as an EMT. Quickly deciding it wasn’t for him, he began working at the Hard Rock Café and later moved to the Blue Jazz Café as a Garmache. Dissatisfied, Asher pursued formal training. “I had to find a way to get that coat,” he insists.

Making a drastic move to New York City, he soon received a French culinary degree. He went on to work at Casa La Femme, Eros, and Tapas Bar and Lounge – all in mid-town Manhattan. Before long, the visibly composed chef began to feel pressure to leave town.

“I was in a relationship at the time and she really wanted to go to California,” he explained. “I made it in New York,” he thought. “I’m sure if I can make it there, I can make it anywhere.”

With a U haul and a few hundred dollars, they left town. “Long story short, we’re not together anymore,” he laughs. But that hasn’t affected his success. After literally transforming a Pasedena-based eatery into a white tablecloth restaurant, he moved north of Los Angeles to escape the traffic.

Since his arrival, The Old Place, known in the ’70s for its clams and sirloin steak, has undergone a substantial change. Asher has taken a fare of just two items and vastly expanded. They now offer a seasonal menu that varies weekly.

‘We have grown up and become a little more flexible. Now we have sour cream, now we have diet coke,” he says sarcastically. “We have chicken on our menu and salad. We’ve got it all.”

Although he preserved the classic bone in rib eye, sirloin and clams, the Old Place now boosts a full menu. A lot has changed. This week they’re serving a Novy Ranch filet mignon. Known for its grass fed, healthy cows, Novy Ranch produces some of the finest local beef.

“We want everything to be local Californian,” he says firmly. “We don’t want to get Maine lobsters. We want to get spiny lobsters out of the Pacific here.”

And the regulars don’t seem to mind. In fact, it’s difficult to get a reservation at the Old Place because their customers are so loyal.

“It’s a good story,” Asher comments sincerely. “Here at the Old Place, we love that story.”

Continuing to foster the Old Place, Asher’s job is literally 24-7. Making calls to purveyors in the middle of the night, researching potential menu items on his days off, and regularly working in the kitchen 5 days a week, Asher rarely gets time to himself. But when does, you may see him tinkering with his classic Chevy hard tail or removing some of his old tattoos.

His right hand has the letters L-O-S-T strewn across his fingers in fading ink. As for the other hand, “It used to say H-O-P-E, but I took that off with a Dremel tool,” he says casually. “A little crazy. I didn’t want it on anymore.”

If you happen to see him around town, don’t be afraid to ask him how many tattoos he has. He’ll likely tell you with a half-mooned smile, “Just one big one.” You’ll know it’s him.

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