Happy Holidays!While the real estate market usually slows down this time of year, we are seeing a lot of buyers taking advantage of homes that have been sitting on the market longer. It’s creating some great opportuni...

Economic Update
(Monday, June 7, 2021)
Is Los Angeles a City-State? I ask this question because no one seems to know what Los Angeles is, exactly: city of angels, revenge city, or something else. In 1925, Aldous Hu...

For those of you trying to raise capital right now in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic, you will likely face challenges from your investors that are normally faithful in investing with your group. 
Here are fou...

This was a story in the local paper. It is a huge problem in Palm Beach County and growing. Has any other state seen a lot of this going on? Ever have this issue with tenants? "After 83-year-old Jean Thomas pricked he...

We've always had nice slow and steady residential market here but this year it has gotten quite quite batty.

I am selling a house in a hot neighborhood and am puzzled about what price to ask as I don't have any MLS c...

In California, the statute of limitation on unsecured promissory notes is 4 years from the date of the first default (with several exceptions). More generally, the statute of limitation on written contracts is 4 year...

On a different thread, I was challenged by my usual sparring partner @Eamonn McElroy. Our purely theoretical disagreement was over a $100k excavator to be used in a rental business, which I'd call a stretch to even co...

Check out how Slocomb was able to save money on taxes. Thank you, Theo Hicks for sharing this blog post with us.
Through cost segregation, you may be able to save thousands of dollars on your annual tax bill. If you ...

I can tell you from firsthand experience that the current information available online regarding fraud and ID theft has not caught up with the tactics used by thieves. I am posting this now because the most recent sco...

If this comes off as an odd post, I apologize, but it's something I am really curious about .... When I was investing in Jacksonville, Florida about 7 years ago, my main competition seemed to be hedge funds in the are...