An investment in real estate is like an engine. It has many moving parts, working to make you money. One of those parts is property appre...

Current Mortgage Requirements Can Lead to Foreclosures

If you’re having trouble with your mortgage payments, losing your house to foreclosure isn’t your only option. The reality is that mortga...

I recently closed a transaction at The Metro in Playa Vista, representing the buyer. During our inspection period, we did a thorough inve...

Los Angeles, get ready to say goodbye to natural gas in your home. That $10,000, professional-grade, gas-shooting Viking stove you’ve bee...

In real estate, we hear about water rights, mineral rights, and the bundle of rights. But what about artistic rights? It’s not common for...

If retirement is on the horizon and you own your home in Los Angeles, this could very well be the best time to sell, downsize, and make t...

Reality check: you don’t need to own your home to get many of the benefits real-estate ownership offers. You can buy a rental property—a...

In Los Angeles, we think “suburbs,” and our minds go miles away to some planned development in Riverside or the Valley. But in 1886, the ...

If you're a tenant or landlord in the city of Los Angeles, you definitely need to know what the RSO is. It is the law in the city of Los ...

If your parents are considering selling their house so they can retire, you should definitely consider buying it! There is a huge tax adv...

Too many people focus on property values going up and forget about these other benefits of investing in real estate. SUBSCRIBE BELOW FOR ...

Learn how to pay less taxes by investing in real estate and 1031 exchanging. 1031 references the IRS tax code that allows you to sell one...

Every year, without knowing, buyers and sellers of real estate lose money due to not properly verifying permitted square footage. It’s no...

It’s hazardous, toxic, and may affect property and the health of the people who occupy it—this is some of the verbiage regarding mold tha...

Homeowner’s insurance—for many buyers, it’s just something they must get in order to fund their purchases. Many don’t even think about it...

Death is bad enough, but not planning for it can make it worse for those you leave behind. The money in real estate you’ve left your love...

We hear tax savings and we think income taxes. But if this is your thinking and you’re a property owner, you’re missing out. And you’re n...

The real estate market is hot. Some are talking about bubbles and crashes. Is it too late to invest in real estate? I sat with Craig O’Ro...

Imagine a world where you can declare an expense, without coughing up any cash, where you can legally tell the tax man that your property...