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A United States court of appeals holds cramdowns on short term mortgages during Chapter 13 bankruptcy are enforceable.
Read More Measuring turnover: what motivates a move?

Annual turnover rates reflect homeowners and renters relocating and indicate the trend in fees generated from sales and leasing transactions.
Read MoreFARM: Save up for a down payment

Use this firsttuesday FARM Letter in your marketing. To request a FARM letter topic, or to see a list of all our FARM letter templates, visit our FARM Letter page. Text only Save up for a down payment Thinking of buying or know someone who is? The first step to buy a home is to […]
Read MoreAvoid preferential price fixing with seller broker

This article presents the appropriate reaction to a seller broker’s attempt to simultaneously fee-fix and unlawfully induce a buyer broker to violate California’s buyer representation agreement law.
Read More(Re)introducing the due-on clause

This multimedia article explains when due-on clauses become used in the economic cycle and under which sale and leasing arrangements.
Read MoreFARM: Buy versus rent comparison analysis

Use first tuesday’s Buy Versus Rent Comparison Analysis to show first-time buyers how ownership creates savings and equity buildup that renting does not.
Read MoreProcuring Cause when the Representation Lacks a Safety Clause

The third episode of our new series applies the procuring cause theory to an exclusive seller representation agreement which lacks a safety clause – and illustrates how a safety clause in a properly structured representation agreement is always the best practice.
Read MoreFARM: Determine your buyer purchasing power

Use this firsttuesday FARM Letter in your marketing. To request a FARM letter topic, or to see a list of all our FARM letter templates, visit our FARM Letter page. Text only Determine your buyer purchasing power Are you thinking about buying? Figure out how much home you are qualified to buy by dete
Read MoreCommercial Lease Agreement — Month-to-Month Tenancy — RPI Form 552-5

This form is used by a leasing agent, tenant or landlord when space in a project is rented by a tenant on a month-to-month basis, to grant the tenancy and set the terms for the tenant’s payment of rent and the allocation of the cost of utilities, maintenance and operating costs between the landlord
Read MoreForm-of-the-Week: Commercial lease agreement — percentage and month-to-month — Forms 552-4 and 552-5

A landlord, tenant, leasing agent or property manager when negotiating rent payments as a percentage of a non-residential tenant’s gross sales uses a Commercial Lease Agreement of the percentage variety to set the terms for a fixed-term tenancy or uses the month-to-month variety to prepare a Commerc
Read MoreAn agreement starts as an offer

Learn the contract elements comprising an enforceable agreement and how to manage the submission of an offer for the sale, lease or exchange of real estate.
Read MoreS&P 500: Stock pricing vs. earnings (P/E ratio)

An update on stock pricing and earnings.
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Use this firsttuesday FARM Letter in your marketing. To request a FARM letter topic, or to see a list of all our FARM letter templates, visit our FARM Letter page.
Read More FARM: Sellers of tax defaulted property

Use this firsttuesday FARM Letter in your marketing. To request a FARM letter topic, or to see a list of all our FARM letter templates, visit our FARM Letter page. Text only Sellers of tax defaulted property If you have unpaid property taxes or face a tax sale due to delinquency, consider letting me
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The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has announced new tax rates and standard deductions for 2026.
Read More FARM: Selling your home quickly in a divorce

To request a FARM letter topic, or to see a list of all our FARM letter templates, visit our FARM Letter page. Text only Selling your home quickly in a divorce Experiencing a divorce and moving to a new home are two incredibly stressful life events. When they coincide, it can be a trying time […]
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This article explains how to offer tax advice when appropriate, increasing an agent’s marketability by widening the range of services and advice offered to clients.
Read More The downward trend shaping California home sales volume

Home sales volume continues to decline in 2019.
Read MoreSafety Clause vs. Procuring Cause

The second episode of our new series presents a separate safety clause scenario contrasted against the procuring cause theory used to limit an earned fee to completing a transaction.
Read MoreBoomers retire and California reinvents their housing, again

Retiring Baby Boomers shift California's future direction of real estate ownership.
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