The California Real Estate Reference book has some sample questions to illustrate what their salesperson covers. See how you do. All test items in the real estate exams are multiple-choice. While the examinee may feel that more than one answer has some element of correctness, the examinee must be able to eliminate the incorrect responses […]
Vin Scully’s granddaughter and my grandson Grant were in the same grade at St. Mel’s School in Woodland Hills. They both were in the annual school play which that year was Grease. His grandchild had the lead and was excellent. On graduation day the school has a big evening, full-house, long mass with communion. We […]
We get asked all the time about; “How fast can I get a license and what do I have to do?” This is a primer to become a Notary, RE Sales, RE Broker, and Mortgage Loan Broker. Notary: Complete a 6 hour course, live or online, and pass a State test of 45 Multiple Choice […]
We just finished our first LIVE MLO CE seminar coming out of COVID. It was a success and we want you all to know that we are ready to schedule LIVE offerings at your facilities. Give us a call right now! Why? Check the ratings from the meeting held at the CAMP Summer Convention in Newport […]
An Update For Californians This headline is from a May 2nd article in the LA Times. The remainder of the headline reads: “But an inland boom could be turning things around.” Taking liberty with Horace Greeley’s, “Go West young man and grow up with the country”, I would say, “Go East young person and find […]
An Oregon State Law effective January 1, 2022 has been blocked by a Federal Judge. The state legislature believed that letters written by prospective buyers to sellers telling why they should be picked as the buyer when there are many offers. Advocates state that the letters lead to housing discrimination and the judge said that […]
Adages On the 24th Of October my mother would have been 109 years old. Breast cancer shortened her life to 79 years. Hate any cancer. Some years ago I posted a Mother’s Day Recap. Time for a repeat. In a recent post Bishop John H. Taylor quoted Bern Williams, “Sooner or later we all quote […]
State Regulation There is no State Regulation requiring that landlords pay tenants interest on their security deposits. However, many cities have such a regulation. The list keeps changing but some of the cities include Berkeley, Los Angeles, Hayward, San Francisco, Santa Cruz, Santa Monica, Watsonville and beautiful West Hollywood. If you have a rental in […]
Electronic Signatures This is a page 1 headline on the Summer 2021 Real Estate Bulletin. It might be important to your financial health. DRE had interpreted Civil Code Section 1633.3(b) to preclude the use of electronic signatures on both the Mortgage Loan Disclosure Statement and the Lender/Purchaser Disclosure Statement. They have concluded that electronic signatures, […]
Estoppel Certificate When you are considering buying any type of rental, you must understand the two words Estoppel Certificate. You want to know the exact conditions of all tenant agreements. The best place to get this information is from the tenant.Wikipedia says: “An estoppel certificate provides confirmation by the tenant of the terms of the […]
