How to Make Sure Your Offer Gets Chosen Above the Rest

Last week, I shared information about how to be the buyer whose offer is accepted. While I cannot provide a fail-safe way to guarantee your…

Checking Credentials for Home Improvement Projects

Many people in the real estate business have heard horror stories about home-improvement projects gone awry, made worse when the company hired was not insured…

Proposition 65 – A Good Idea Run Amok

On July 1, 2019, updates to the Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986 (Proposition 65) went into effect, requiring landlords to adhere…

Prepare for Days-Long Interruptions in Electricity

Many of us can hardly imagine going a full week without electricity, but that is precisely what Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E) is telling us…

Landlord-Tenant Issues – Who’s Right? Part III

After 45 years as a property manager, I’ve collected quite a few stories about what can happen when you rent your property to others—and some…

How to Make Sure Your Offer Gets Chosen Above the Rest

When property owners put their house on the market, they want to sell at the highest price in the shortest time period with the least…

The Housing Market is Doing Fine

I was at a seminar recently and the speaker, a respected economist, made me feel way better about the economy. Traditionally in America, we’ve faced…

Introducing Brent Schultz, Mendocino County Planning and Building Services Director

In county government, the Planning and Building Department has the biggest impact on real estate. This is why I’m so pleased to introduce Brent Schultz,…

Landlord-Tenant Issues – Who’s Right? Part IV

Landlords and tenants often see things from very different perspectives. Our property management service has dealt with all sorts of disagreements. Sometimes the landlords are…

Landlord-Tenant Issues – Who’s Right? Part II

Having been in the property management business for more than 45 years, I’ve seen all sorts of strange things and I’ve learned some interesting tidbits…