I haven’t written here in a while as we have totally relocated. We have gone from the Northern California Coastline to the Southern California desert, and man, what a difference. I just finished my 45 hours of mandatory “Continuing Education” and am waiting for my new license from the DRE. In the meantime, I can’t [...]

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Today I’m a buyer. Oh, I’m still a real estate broker, but today I am calling agents on listings just as you would. The next time you hear a Realtor gripe about how bad business is, ask them if they ever answer their phone, or return phone calls. I am aghast with the lack of [...]

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As the thought that trailer/mobile/manufactured home parks are big business spreads across the nation, my thinking that blackmail and extortion were against the law is apparently wrong. As park owners and their lawyers back small and large cities alike into a corner, they seem to be allowed to use any methods they deem necessary to [...]

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I’d jump the bridge, but too many friends live underneath it. I’m sure many of you who have gone through foreclosure, or lost your home in any other way that wasn’t of your making, may be feeling the same way.  Maybe many of your neighbors have lost their homes to whoever their lender was. The [...]

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Real Estate and Politics, subtitle:  “Follow the Money“. As I wrote in my post “When Property Rights Collide” Mobile/manufactured home park owners have been at war with park residents across the nation, and especially in California, concerning space rent and rent control. Last week in Goleta, CA, there was a landmark case where the Supreme [...]

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You own your house, you usually own the land your house sits on, either as a single family residence or in co-operation with other homeowners such as in a townhouse or co-op-type set up. If you are a mobile home owner, chances are you rent the land your home sits on, thus making you a [...]

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I have to say in the last few weeks I have learned more about California Mobile Home Residency Law, Turn-coat city politicians, and how “he who has the gold makes the rules” than I ever wanted to know at this close range.   I have learned that when it comes to the laws to protect [...]

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Learning about hardwood floors vs. laminates, the new trend in flooring.

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Scheme after scheme when it comes to “house flipping.” It’s no wonder no one knows who they can trust.

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Wells Fargo and US Bancorp get their hands slapped in Massechusetts because of faulty paperwork. Homeowners get their homes back.

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