My Friend and Icon of the Real Estate Industry Bob Hunt died Saturday evening March 23rd. Tributes are coming in from all over California and the U.S. Wayne Bell, former California Real Estate Commissioner and a mutual friend summed everything up best in an email he sent to Nancy. When I asked Nancy for permission […]
Now that the market has slowed a bit – i.e. returned to normal— contingency offers are more common and, I would argue, more palatable than they have been during the past few years. By contingency offer I mean an offer to purchase that comes from a buyer who still has to sell his house […]
Many times, in the course of reviewing transaction files, I will read that an agent has recommended to the buyer that he or she should have the home inspected by a licensed home inspector. While one has to appreciate the earnestness of such advice, it is nonetheless at least a trifle amusing. This is because […]
Assembly Bill 2018 (Bocanegra) is quickly working its way through the California legislature in Sacramento. The bill deals with the use of team names and fictitious business names in the real estate business. The bill is the result of collaborative work by The California Association of Realtors® (CAR) and The California Bureau of Real Estate […]
The Summer 2014 issue of the Real Estate Bulletin, produced by the California Bureau of Real Estate, announces that the Bureau has finalized its authority to issue citations and assess fines without first going through a lengthy, and sometimes expensive, process of administrative hearings. The details of the “cite and fine” program can be found […]
When an easement over someone’s land is granted, it creates rights and duties for both parties. These are not always obvious. A recent California appellate decision (Dolnikov v. Ekizian, Second Appellate District, December 10, 2013) sheds light on the principles at work. Before turning to the facts of the case, a word about the terminology. […]
