Welcome friends!  Please  click on "My Listings" on the left margin on this screen.  That will take you to properties that I have listed.  And thanks for visiting me in beautiful Palm Desert!

Looking for property in this gorgeous area? Full-time resident? Vacation home? Residential Income Property? Resort rentals? Year-round rentals? I am here for you specializing in residential real estate since 1978.

Check out the great listings for properties for sale as well as for rent or lease, here on my web site including Palm Desert, Palm Springs, Rancho Mirage, Cathedral City, Indian Wells, La Quinta, Indio & Desert Hot Springs.

AND AS AN EXTRA SPECIAL BONUS: be sure to take a look at the DEL MAR, CA., vacation condo that I have for rent starting as low as $750/week. It is a gem overlooking the blue Pacific.

To express my appreciation for your visit to my website, I'd like to share with you a bit of my life and times.

I hail from Missouri (Show-Me State) and lived in the same house all my growing-up years in a small Ozark town - Monett - near Branson. I am back there  once a year and am fortunate that I still get to stay in the house I grew up in. I attended two Missouri schools - Stephens College and Missouri University, majoring in English Lit.  I then moved to Los Angeles and worked in  public relations... NBC, Modern Screen Magazine, LA Herald Examiner, and a couple of ad agencies, among others. I ended up in New York City where I spent an exciting and hectic four years in public relations, promoting everything from soap to race horses. It was an "if it's Tuesday, it must be New Orleans" lifestyle. Fun!

I returned to California, married and settled down in Encino where I spent a ton of time with the PTA, Little League, cats, dogs, fish, ad infinitum and remained in Encino until my 2001 move to Palm Desert and the kinder-gentler-better lifestyle.

I am an 'empty nester" (widowed in 1995). My kids are scattered: a son is a rock drummer turned attorney who specializes in environmental law. My daughter-in-law  teaches math and science.  Their two children, a boy and a girl, are, quite honestly, perfect. These four and their two dogs live in Palm Desert.  My step-kids are a TV producer son in Universal City and a step-daughter who's a corporate wife/super mom/super realtor in Barrington, IL., a Chicago suburb. My spare time (such as 'tis) is enjoyed with my large family who I'm blessed to have nearby. I love hiking and travel.

I take my work seriously and pledge to my clients to provide them with top-flight professional service.  Always have...since 1978.....always will....that's a promise.

My negotiating skills, refined with countless escrows (surely some trial and error) over the past many years, ensure that my clients have the best possible representation. My innovative and agressive marketing programs via the internet, as well as local publications, guarantee that I reach potential buyers worldwide.

As the years fly by, my friendships - both personal and professional - are my most prized possession.

Thanks for visiting and please contact me today if you would like help here in the Desert. It will be a pleasure to hear from you.

Until we meet again, Best regards, Mary Cross 760-902-4873 or e-mail: marycross@msn.com