We've completed many regular and reverse 1031 exchanges, and it is critical to follow the IRS rules when identifying the replacement properties. For a successful 1031 exchange, it is important to understand and comply with the 1031 exchange identification rules. ...
Real Estate Investing
Rental Property & Returning the Deposit
Speaking of the joys of being a landlord, here is the C.A.R. summary of how to handle the security deposit: California law allows a property owner/landlord/property manager (housing provider) to collect from a residential tenant a security deposit before the tenant...
Big Money Moving In
NEW YORK, July 29 (Reuters) – Beset by COVID-19 and its fallout, local landlords are offloading their properties to cash-rich institutional investors, and America’s real-estate market may never be the same. Before the pandemic, boyhood friends Michael Murano and...
Renting Out Your Home
A few ways to generate some extra dough with your home. Seen in the lat: You can earn semi-passive income by renting out all or part of your personal residence. Let’s say you list your house to rent while you take a two-week vacation. If you list on Airbnb or VRBO,...
12 Units For Sale
Investors - check out our new listing of a 12-unit apartment complex with a 4.5 cap!
Partial Ownership
Here's a local sample of the new whiz-bang partial ownership craze. The spec builder tried to sell this for three years before taking this $8.25M cash deal. The same seller/Compass agent has the listing now, on behalf of the new owners: ABOUT THIS HOME This is...
Pacaso NIMBYs
The fight between the NIMBYs and AirBnb/VRBO/Pacaso homes is only beginning..... Pattie Dullea stepped out one morning last month in Napa, Calif., to have a word with the young man who pulled up in an antique sports car to tour the home across the street. “You might...
Everyone Is Doing It
While these purchases will only be a sliver of the five million homes sold every year, they could add up over decades and help to keep the supply of homes for sale somewhat limited. New funding: Seattle startup Arrived Homes raised $10 million in equity and $27...
“Tenant From Hell”
The majestic home had it all — five bedrooms, four bathrooms, a three-car garage and a spacious basement in a beautiful neighborhood in Colorado Springs. If the single-family house sounds too good to be true, stepping inside the property shows prospective buyers a...
Covid-19 Tenant Eviction Moratorium
Here's a snapshot from C.A.R. of the current rules with tenants and landlords: More can be found at the state's website here: https://housing.ca.gov/