California Real Estate

Whether you are getting ready to buy your first home or your tenth home, getting a home inspection is a vital part of the property evaluation process. Don’t be fooled into thinking that avoiding the inspection can help you save money. You can expect to pay several hundred dollars for a home inspe...

I’d like to discuss a form of advertising that many of you will think you know everything about: classified ads. While most of you run classified ads for your listings, I maintain that this type of advertising is one of the least understood but one of the BIGGEST opportunities in your business! L...

Any veteran in business can tell you a story about the one that got away. Veterans who are successful in business today learned valuable lessons from those situations and, hopefully, never repeated them. As challenging as the business of selling might be for some, losing sales is unbelievably eas...

Many taxpayers spend time during the summer months updating their résumé and attending career fairs. The Internal Revenue Service reminds job seekers that you may be able to deduct some of the expenses on your tax return. Here are seven things the IRS wants you to know about deducting costs relat...

Google Business Directory Listings / Google Places / Google MapsAn Essential Place to Start for Getting Free Traffic and SEO  There are always a ton of places and things to do when looking at getting freetraffic from the Internet and setting up a FREE Google Places Listing is amust place to start...

Hiding income offshore, identity theft and return preparer fraud topped the IRS’s list of tax scams in 2011. The Internal Revenue Service issues an annual list of the top 12 tax scams, known as the “Dirty Dozen.” These scams are illegal and can lead to significant penalties and interest and possi...

When it comes to managing your household energy costs, you’d think your electric and gas utility would be the last place to look for help. After all, why would they pay you to use less energy? Because regulations now give them financial rewards for meeting energy-efficiency goals. Even though it ...

Historically, home owners’ net worth has ranged from 31 to 46 times that of renters. A fixed-rate mortgage might not change for 15 to 30 years; rent typically increases 3% per year. Every home purchased pumps $60,000 into the economy Home ownership has a significant impact on net worth, educatio...

Owning your home not only allows you to build wealth through appreciation, but it can also reduce the amount of income tax you pay every year.Here are seven tax benefits for homeowners. 1. Homebuyer tax credits If you purchase your first home before April 30, 2010, you’re entitled to a tax credit...

LOS ANGELES (July 15) – The CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS® (C.A.R.) applauds Gov. Jerry Brown on signing SB 458 (Corbett) into law.   SB 458 extends the protections of SB 931 (2010), to ensure that any lender that agrees to a short sale must accept the agreed upon short sale payment as payme...