As I compose this edition of my newsblog I am in the midst of preparing to go to Washington D.C. Yep, it’s that time of the year again when I and my peers from EIC (Escrow Institute of California) get to go and check out how our friends in high places are faring, what with … Read more
HAVE YOU PAID YOUR PROPERTY TAXES YET? DUE BY APRIL 11TH!!!! (The regular due date of April 10th is a Sunday) (This is my public service announcement for the month) IT’S ALL ABOUT THE WIRE FRAUD (THAT’S TROUBLE!) It used to be that NO ONE knew what the heck we did; that you go into … Read more
The first two months of the year are always the most sluggish part of the year, just picture all those bleary-eyed, hung-over, pudgy characters struggling back into their office cubicle. Yes, Thanksgiving, then Christmas, then New Years, followed by Chinese New Year, and now you want us to work? Added to this year is the … Read more
HAPPY CHINESE NEW YEAR! FEBRUARY 8, 2016 – YEAR OF THE MONKEY Interested in some background on this Year of the Monkey? Go to this site, one of many that you can Google up. By the way, the Year of the Monkey is apparently NOT a good year for the Monkey. FIRPTA CHANGES ARE GOING … Read more
Happy 2016! Let me wish everyone who is reading this a happy, prosperous and healthy new year. This is the year of our national elections and we expect to see lots of excitement politically. This is the year of the Olympics, so we also expect to see excitement in the global sports world. Hopefully, these … Read more
Happy Holidays! Given that the Christmas and New Year’s holidays are rushing towards us like a freight train without controls, I am going to report on just a few interesting year end things that could have definite repercussions come 2016, and then I will be done! For 2015! This will be a short and sweet … Read more
The new TILA Respa Integrated Disclosure (“TRID”) regulations set forth by the CFPB has spawned many plays on the acronym. You know, of course, that TRID spelt backwards is “DIRT” and that is possibly the most common one bantered around. The CFPB, of course, is not amused. They call it the “Know Before You Owe” … Read more
IT IS OCTOBER 9TH…. ARE WE ALIVE? This then is the Million Dollar question: How did October 3rd go? Well, first of all, it was Saturday, so we didn’t have to come in to work, so we lived through that. Kidding aside, I have to admit that October 5 was a regular busy, crazy Monday, … Read more
IT’S ALL ABOUT THE CFPB ! Because it seems that for the last eight months I live, eat, and dream them. Did you know that your major and minor finances, your kids’ education, your car, your life, in fact, it could be that your whole world is being governed by this independently regulated government system? … Read more
U.S. Debt Clock – Tick, Tock, Tick, Tock: http://www.usdebtclock.org/ WHERE SHOULD I BUY MY FIRST HOME? For those of us who have Millennials making the transition to the “real world”, this could be a good question, particularly when living is tied to working (imagine that). So here is a list of rankings of cities versus … Read more