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- Claremont, CA
- Upland, CA
- Rancho Cucamonga, CA
Real Estate Blogs
- California’s for-sale inventory growth: buyer caution rising faster than owner need to sell
- Landlords, Tenants and Property Management — now streaming on any device
- Disclosure of a Prior Occupant’s Affliction and Death: firsttuesday Halloween Special
- FARM: Attention Note Holders and Carryback Sellers!
- FARM: Is an FHA mortgage for you?
- FARM: Short sales: What you need to know
- Can a seller who did not deliver a TDS to the buyer in an all-cash transaction for a mixed-use property refuse to extend escrow so the buyer can obtain a purchase assist mortgage to fund closing?
- Bankruptcy’s tie to homeownership
- Pet addendum needs to be disclosed with the rental application
- Natural hazard disclosures by the seller agent
- FARM: Five easy winter maintenance projects
- FARM: 10 tips for hanging holiday lights
- FARM: Keep winter out of your home
- Can an owner reapply for a homestead exemption after converting a money judgment lien to a note and trust deed lien on their residence?
- FARM: Safety tips for Halloween
- FARM: 3 DIY Halloween decorations
- Notice to Landlord to Surrender Personal Property — For Use by Residential Tenants Only — RPI Form 582
- 30-Day Notice to Vacate — From Tenant — RPI Form 572
- FARM: Stay safe this holiday season
- Form-of-the-Week: Tenant notices to landlord — to vacate, and to surrender personal property — Forms 572 and 582
- FARM: Paying down a mortgage
- Timing the Purchase and Building Equity
- FARM: Need to sell a property in probate?
- FARM: 5 tips for selling your home fast
- Marketing condominium units
- Renewing your license with eLicensing, by firsttuesday
- Gamble on your home with a home equity investor!
- When a property is sold at auction foreclosing on a property tax lien for less than its fair market value, is a homeowner entitled to the difference between the tax debt owed and the auction price — or the FMV?
- Preserving mobilehome and RV parks while California builds denser housing
- Breaking Down the Cost Barrier to Ownership
- Using the yield spread to forecast recession and recovery in a business cycle
- Boomers retire and California reinvents housing, again
- Structural pest control reports and repairs
- A parcel’s value is in its use
- Global Tensions and High Prices Squash Consumer Outlook Ahead of Fed Decision
- Confirmation of Value Addendum — Fair Market Contingency — RPI Form 266
- Hazard Insurance Addendum — Availability Contingency — RPI Form 261
- Roofing Inspection Addendum — Due Diligence Contingency — RPI Form 260
- Form-of-the-Week: Purchase agreement addenda for buyer agent — Forms 260, 261 and 266
- Wage increases exceed inflation, home prices are flat
- Reconciling AI Value Estimates with Real-World Expertise
- Just Listed: 6112 Ashton Pl, Rancho Cucamonga, CA 91739
- Burbank Tri-Level Townhome - 572 San Jose #104, Burbank, CA
- Lead-based paint disclosures
- FARM: Tired of renting? Become a homeowner!
- FARM: Tips for finding and buying your first home
- FARM: What you write off against your rental income
- California’s shrinking home equity
- New defensible space rules to harden improvements
- May a mortgage lender compel a homeowner into arbitration when an arbitration agreement was only signed by the homeowner and a law clinic accused of conspiring with the lender to defraud the homeowner?
- A gray area for the SoCal commercial market in Q2 2026
- Rentals: the future of California real estate?
- FARM: Should you install artificial turf?
- Picture Perfect: AI Advertising Made Compliant
- FARM: Inexpensive backyard upgrades
- FARM: Natural, non-toxic outdoor pest control
- Consumer Confidence Slips as Present and Future Outlooks Conflict
- Property disclosures: buyer retains a home inspector
- FARM: 4 reasons to market your home in the fall
- FARM: Back to School Checklist
- FARM: Be prepared to stay. Be very prepared to leave.
- Homebuyers learn the risks of ARMs as FRM rates jump
- Comparative Analysis Projection (CAP) — RPI Form 353
- Rental Income Rent Roll — RPI Form 352-1
- Form-of-the-Week: Rental income rent roll, and comparative analysis projection (CAP) — Forms 352-1 and 353
- More one-person households buying homes
- BPO series: Property conditions influence value
- From Human to Hardware: Maintaining the Standard of Oversight
- Elevated elements? Elevated risk.
- Does a homeowner filing for bankruptcy within the 45-day extension of their home’s foreclosure sale due to a non-occupying successful bidder still own an interest in the home?
- The home inspection report: to disclose and shield
- Income inequality dampens California’s homeownership potential
- Fact-Checking Your Ghostwriter
- FARM: Homeowners insurance
- FARM: Protect your equity with a declaration of homestead
- Safety standards for improvements
- The AI apocalypse for real estate agents
- May a homeowner block access to an easement when the neighboring business fails to landscape and allows the easement path to become unused and overgrown?
- Development impact fees require reasonable cost estimates
- DRE Bulletin Digest: Spring 2026
- Student debt and work around for homeownership
- Does a property owner accepting a partial deposit without signing a lease agreement convey the right of possession to a prospective tenant?
- FARM: Change of address: Who to notify when moving
- FARM: What to expect when selling your home
- FARM: Your moving checklist
- Opinions with erroneous conclusions
- Buyer purchasing power levels out in Q2 2026
- Federal housing bill passes, to little effect
- The Ghost in the Machine: Of Flesh and Silicon
- Beneficiary Statement — RPI Form 415
- Form-of-the-Week: Escrow instructions, and beneficiary statement — Forms 401 and 415
- FARM: Protect your home from fire
- FARM: Sell your multi-acreage property
- Recoverable Transactional and Operating Expenses
- FARM: Downsize the easy way
- FARM: Shopping for a condo
- FARM: Now is the time to downsize!
- May the county water district limit a landowner’s groundwater use based on historic use?
- Federal guidance pushes MLOs to weigh applicant immigration status
- FARM: A quick guide to irrigation systems
- FARM: Stay Cool and Save Money
- FARM: The buzz about LED bulbs
- Value Fluctuations During an Evolving Buyer’s Market
- Park your EVs (and your HOA) outside
- May a creditor enforce a lien against a property for the owner’s debts when the property is vested in a trust arrangement?
- Mortgage interest rate smarts
- FARM: Are you ready to barbeque
- FARM: Sun protection 101
- Price-to-Value Losses in a Declining Market
- FARM: California camping
- Partial Payment Agreement — Residential
- Partial Payment Agreement — Commercial
- Form-of-the-Week: Partial payment agreement — Forms 558 and 559
- The seller agent and the prospective buyer
- The due diligence effort for an opinion of value
- Rent-to-buy alternatives
- FARM: 8 Tips on caring for cut flowers
- FARM: Painlessly painting your home’s exterior
- FARM: 10 Quick and Easy Kitchen Updates
- The Seller’s Recovery of a Monetary Loss
- SoCal commercial market headwinds continue in Q1 2026
- Low ARM rates fuel unacceptable mortgage risks
- Mortgage complaint trends
- Nonperformance Excused by Tardy Delivery
- FARM: Be a good neighbor!
- FARM: Making your home pet-friendly
- Denial of Credit — RPI Form 219
- Derogatory Credit Explanation Letter — RPI Form 217-2
- Notice to Home Loan Applicant — Credit Score Usage — RPI Form 217-1
- Credit Score Disclosure Exception Notice — RPI Form 217
- Credit Application — Individual — RPI Form 302
- DRE Bulletin Digest: Winter 2026
- Form-of-the-Week: Credit report disclosure forms for originating an SFR mortgage — Forms 302, 217, 217-1, 217-2 and 219
- Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac accept new credit score model
- The representation of a seller-client
- The language(s) of a transparent eviction summons
- CFPB cuts into mortgage discrimination rules
- Lot splitting in historic districts permits new housing
- California’s shifting residential vacancy rates tell a story
- Disaster relief delivered at the reception desk
- Designated officer missteps
- Is an appraiser’s CMA using recent but more distant sales of similar property more accurate than a CMA using closer but older sales?
- Recover Money, Not the Property
- FARM: 3 Smart alternatives to costly energy upgrades
- FARM: Easy energy efficiency
- FARM: Solar panels: pros and cons
- Streamlined post-entitlement phase permit process in California
- Changing a real estate corporation’s Designated Officer
- Foreclosures on the rise in 2026
- A Designated Officer’s diligence guidance
- May a landlord recover possession of their leased premises from a tenant when the landlord provides a deficient three-day notice to pay rent or quit?
- Buyer Purchasing Power Index remains positive in Q1 2026
- Duties owed by designated officers
- Home sales volume impacts sales agent licensing and renewals
- FARM: April is national volunteer month!
- Economic Motives in a Rising Market
- Deed-in-Lieu of Foreclosure — RPI Form 406
- Purchase Agreement — One-to-Four Residential Units — Short Sale Contingency — RPI Form 150-5
- Form-of-the-Week: Purchase Agreement with Short Sale Contingency, and Deed-in-Lieu of Foreclosure — Forms 150-5 and 406
- FARM: 10 tips for spring cleaning
- Sales volume: a powerful magnet for home prices
- FARM: Community garage sale
- Is a property manager responsible for the negligence of an independent contractor when the property manager retained control of the worksite where an explosion occurred?
- Rebuilding homes after a disaster now easier and less restrictive in California
- Referral fees to transaction agents from third-party providers prohibited
- Failure to Act and Act Timely
- Consumer Sentiment Hits Lowest Level in 2026 Following Launch of Iranian Conflict
- Condition of property: the owner’s disclosures for symmetric information
- By 2028, online portals open to apply for housing development permits
- FARM: Reduce fire danger in your home
- FARM: Identity theft protection tips
- FARM: Protecting your family from carbon monoxide
- DRE offers tips and caution for AI usage in real estate
- Home prices far outpace incomes — is mortgage deregulation the answer?
- Construction starts are below their historical average — and have been since 1990
- Third-party reviewer speeds up building permit approval process in California
- Remedies when the city council breaks housing laws
- Analyzing the buyer representation agreement
- When and How to Pay for Investigative Property Reports
- FARM: 5 things to ask at an open house
- FARM: Have a weeknight open house
- FARM: Home viewing tips
- Real Estate Team Agreement — RPI Form 512
- Designated Officer Employment Agreement — RPI Form 511
- Form-of-the-Week: Designated Officer Employment Agreement, and Real Estate Team Agreement — Forms 511 and 512
- To buy in 2026? Consumer and builder sentiment are both down, a dilemma
- Housing developments get approvals in 45 days, period
- Mortgage origination volume rises in 2025 — that’s the good news
- The 20% solution: Personal savings rate and homeownership as agent advice
- FARM: Earthquake safety tips
- The Seller’s Motivation to Sell
- FARM: Avoid fire danger around your home
- Buyer representation
- FARM: Protect your health and home with a filtration system
- SoCal commercial property struggles for buoyancy — Q4 2025
- Mortgage delinquencies lead to foreclosures
- Fire Hardening and Defensible Space Disclosure Statement — RPI Form 314-1
- The distribution of California’s human resources
- Form-of-the-Week: Natural Hazard Disclosure Statement and Fire Hardening and Defensible Space Disclosure Statement — Forms 314 and 314-1
- FARM: Detect real estate fraud and scammers
