Juliana Tu You want to to lend someone some money and have it secured on the person’s property? Lending the money is easy, typing the right documents …
Read moreWant to lend money on a property? Part 1 – The Promissory Note
Many processes have changed and evolved due to the pandemic. One of these is the process of having a document notarized when you are out …
Read moreEscrow from the Trenches – Remote On Line Notarizations? Oh, those Trials and Tribulations!
Sometimes things happen in an escrow transaction that will lead you to say, “What were you thinking?” This is one of those instances and it …
If It Ain’t One Thing, It’s Another What? A problem bigger than COVID-19? You wouldn’t think there could be at this time, but there is …
Once in a while something will happen in a transaction that will lead us to a life lesson. Here is a true story and a …
Read moreEscrow from the Trenches – Life, Death and your Escrow
As a Buyer the process would seem pretty easy. You sign loan docs, you deposit the final funds to close and you wait for the …
FIRPTA – Have a question and don’t know who to ask? Here are 15 of the most commonly asked questions (and their answers) regarding the …
FIRPTA – The Foreign Investment In Real Property Act – can be a complicated issue and a major concern for foreigners who buy and then …
Many states have a special tax on the sale of real estate. It is like a sales tax, except it’s not on products sold but …
Read moreHow a $40,000 Transfer Tax almost derailed my escrow
First Wave? Second Wave? Continuous Wave? Micro Wave? As I write this upcoming month’s news blog, the big news (in California) is that we have …