You’ve been working on this project for over a year. It’s an assemblage of several lots that, once purchased, will allow you to build that new shopping center complex. You’ve finally got the last property parcel into contract. It’s the key to development. Your due diligence is complete. Your funding secured. You are almost ready… CONTINUE
Follow The Money ?
The real estate business is a good one to be in. Most of the time. I’ve been licensed for over 40 years. (And only practice law now…) In that time, I’ve seen a real estate ‘cycle’ or two. And, sure as green grass follows a rainstorm, licensee numbers increase when the market is ‘good.’ One… CONTINUE
You Talk Too Much
There is a doctrine out there that many refer to as the “Good Samaritan Rule.” It stands for the proposition that you can help someone, and if your “help” goes wrong, you can’t be sued for having given it. Well, almost. It works like this: You can see a guy lying in the gutter with… CONTINUE
A Fool and His Money …
Wire Fraud. A fact of everyday 2018 life? Probably. Absolutely. The Department of Real Estate issued an official warning in October 2018. Here is a copy. DRE Buyer Sellar Agent and Escrow holder BEWARE Wire Fraud 10-2018
Taco Troubles
A famous taqueria in San Francisco just went up on the market for a forced sale. Why? Because the family members got into a squabble about who owned the building. A not necessarily accurate synopsis looks like this: “Brother 1” (of 5 or 6 siblings) “bought” the building in the 1970s. But, back then, he… CONTINUE
Fixing Fallen Fences
Isn’t Fall a wonderful time of year? The trees turn all kinds of lovely colors; sweaters come out of hiding; the smell of a wood burning fireplace wafts throughout the neighborhood. So, OK, we get an occasional rain storm. And, sure, every now and then a fence that was rotting away gets blown over. So? … CONTINUE
Up a Creek ?
You finally bought that Sausalito (or Corte Madera, or Stinson Beach, or San Rafael, or Larkspur, or …) sea-side house, with views that go on for days. You enjoy going for walks along the beach and wiggling your toes in the sand; or strolling along the sea-side promenade. Or your home might be along one… CONTINUE
Will Auto-Pilot Cars Impact Real Estate?
As you might guess, there is a lot at stake in the driver-less car business. Tesla, Uber, Google and a host of other key players are all staking out their ground for the “future” of a driverless car. Some expected results are easy to predict: Car insurance rates will go down, repair bills too. But,… CONTINUE
THE MANAGEMENT OF RISK – AND THE BENEFITS OF CONTINUING YOUR EDUCATION
Note: Portions of this Blog were originally published by the Sacramento Assoc. of Realtors All California real estate licensees are, for the most part, required to participate in continuing education classes both as a precondition to initial licensing as well as by the time of license renewal. These include classes on (1) Ethics, (2) Agency,… CONTINUE
Scam Artist – Warning
I’ve seen a lot – and I mean a LOT – in my 40+ years in this business we call real estate. and I’d have bet that you couldn’t find something ‘new’ to surprise me with. I’d have lost that bet yesterday. Because yesterday – I encountered something new. A new entity called a “Business… CONTINUE
E&O Insurance: Are You Covered or Naked?
E & O CLAIM – TENDER ADVISORY We are asked, frequently, whether a client should tender a claim to the client’s errors and omissions (E&O) carrier. The answer has many parts, and we thought it would be helpful to outline some of them for you in this Advisory. It is important to understand what E&O… CONTINUE
HUD v Facebook ?
In a recent article in Realtor® Magazine, it was reported that Facebook had eliminated or changed the options it allowed a user to use when selecting advertising targets. Apparently, some in the R.E. industry were taking advantage (?) of the opportunity that Facebook’s programming allowed in order to de-select certain persons from receiving the ads in the… CONTINUE
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