In Class Recently Someone asked me how I started my own company in Real Estate as if my ideas would be helpful. I can tell you what I did but with no guarantees. I Was Director Of Property Management For The Forest E. Olson Co. In Van Nuys When I decided to change to selling […]
Channel Surfing The Other Day I Came Across Some Old, Old Black & White Western Movies They reminded me of a neighbor of mine in Calabasas Park from 1975 – 1984. His name, Clayton Moore. We both loved Jacuzzi’s at 110 degrees so we talked a lot. Yes, he played the Lone Ranger for many […]
A Parent Has Owned A Home For A Long Time And their purchase price plus improvements is much less than a current sales price. A broker called me to tell me that they had a problem. “To avoid probate, the mother had put the daughter on title as a joint tenant. Upon death the daughter […]
Becoming A Real Estate Salesperson: You need to complete three qualification courses; Principles, Practices, and an elective. These courses should be taken by home study (either hard copy or online reading). It is just about impossible to find any company doing them LIVE, and to do so would take 135 hours of classroom time. These […]
There Have Been Many Discussions About entertainment and meals deductions under the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. The answer is different for each. A reference that you might check is IRS Notice 2018-76. Put that in your browser and you have your answers. My understanding is that deductions for entertainment, amusement, or recreation are kaput, […]
The Last Few Years We Have Been Hearing The Old Refrain, “We Need Inventory” Now, I am hearing the old refrain, “We have too much Inventory”. This Means That What Goes Up, Will Come Down What comes around, goes around; stay long enough in one spot and you will see history repeated. Self-important pundits, prognosticators, […]
The Golden Globes Awards Ceremony Is Coming On January 6th Their nominations have already been announced. The LA and NY Film Critics have announced their winners and the Biggie, the Academy Awards, is coming soon. We know the critics many times have no concept of what is a good movie. It seems like they love […]
Many Of You Send Me Very Appreciated Comments About The Newsletters, Facebook, And The Blog Now I would like some advice from you. Think quid pro quo. In 2019 DGI wants to renew a program that we had years ago. We will do short 2-3 hour non-credit-courses at low or no cost. We would cover […]
When I Started I Knew That I Wanted To Sell Apartment Houses By syndicating them and then property managing them during our ownership. To do this I found that my best sources for leads was teaching at UCLA in their evening Real Estate classes, speaking at Apartment Association meetings, and regularly reconnecting with previous clients. […]
The Headline Says It All Each year I post this and we always receive responses from readers who found money for themselves or others. About 580,000 claims were filed in the 2017-18 fiscal year totaling about $309 million. The average amount of money paid out was $534, according to the controller’s office. BTW, they have […]
