Get the Most (Money) Out of Your Home Office
When the pandemic hit, many people were forced to work from home. Now, a significant number of those folks are choosing to work from home…
Tag: Real estate
Good for Buyers and Sellers
Since homebuyers want to purchase their new house at the lowest possible price and sellers want to sell that house at the highest possible price,…
Proposition 19 – The Small Print
In November, California voters approved Proposition 19, the Property Tax Transfers, Exemptions, and Revenue for Wildfire Agencies and Counties Amendment (2020) to take effect April…
What Qualifies as a Service Animal?
Years ago, the only service animal most of us knew about was a seeing-eye dog, and no one could deny the legitimacy of that essential…
Preparing Your Home for Inspections
When selling residential real estate, there’s no escaping all sorts of inspections—home inspections, pest and fungus, septic, well, soil, roof, and more. Streamlining this process…
Home Hardening – Preparing for Wildfires
On January 1, 2021, a new law took effect that requires sellers to disclose whether their residential property has been hardened against the threat of…
Finding the Best Interest Rate
The two biggest buyers of home loans just increased their fee on refinanced loans by a half of a percentage point, thereby reducing the price…
Protect Yourself Against This Invisible Threat
When heaters and other appliances that use combustible fuel such as propane or natural gas aren’t installed properly, or when they have cracks or blocked…
Joint Ownership Questions Answered
Recently, I received questions about owning property via a partnership; specifically, how to bequeath a vacation home to two children. Admirably, the property owners wanted…
Wouldn’t You Want to Know If You Were Buying “The Snake House”?
I received a letter recently asking if Mendocino County has “local traditions” around what is revealed when selling real estate. This gentleman sold his house…