“Life goes on without you” is a line from a David Lee Roth/Louis Prima song, “Just a Gigolo”. It’s a favorite song of mine to listen to in the car, and a sobering reminder that while life goes on without you, it’s best to not make that a reality for as long as possible. […]
In a recent post I mentioned that I walk my neighborhood with Milk Bones in my pockets. You meet a lot of nice friendly people. This is Meana and she is a well trained friend. I think right now I am at 29 friends and growing. And they are more loyal than all my real […]
Are you searching for information for a marketing email or handout? If I were listing homes anywhere near these top ten cities, I would definitely include this report. According to a recent poll Rancho Santa Margarita (So. Orange County), was designated the “Safest City in California” according to Moving Waldo’s List of Safest Cities in […]
esidents of fifty-one of our fifty-eight counties are considered “storm victims”, meaning they now have until May 15, 2023, to file various federal individual and business tax returns and make tax payments. The IRS is offering relief to any area designated by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). For more information go to “Tax Relief […]
Look what’s coming down the Pike! Our 2023 MLO CE course will soon be available. Thanks to our in-house staff, Christie Olson and Julia Tostia, and our writers, Lori Rankin, John Shore, Michelle Velez, Michelle Rodriguez, and Duane Gomer, we will have an outstanding course to offer our students! Some of the topics covered are […]
The IRS sends out a Newswire Newsletter regularly with very helpful tips. #IR-2023-43 is reminder to retirees who turned 72 during 2022 that April 1, 2023 is the last day to receive their first Required Minimum Distribution. In later years you must receive the money by Dec. 31. There is information about IRS Publication 590-8, […]
My family is avid movie goers. And our interests are varied. But I have found that I do not agree in recent years with the Movie of the Year selections by the movie industry. Nomadland, Parasite, Shape of Water, Moonlight and Birdman will never make my top 1000 movies. And this year they selected Everything, Everywhere, […]
The first weekend is over and all 80 million brackets have been busted. Fairleigh Dickinson’s win over Purdue busted most of them. Mine was busted by the first game, Maryland versus West Virginia. Then, all my chances of winning were removed when my winning pick, hometown Marquette, who won the Big East this year lost […]
Wayne Bell was the Real Estate Commissioner for California. When he was the jefe, he commissioned with competence and wrote many outstanding articles. He is still writing. An outstanding recent effort is entitled, “Short-Term Rentals”. The informative subtitle is, “Do Persons Acting as Agents in the Short-Term Rental Business in California Need a Real Estate License?” […]
Meeting nice people is the name of the game in real estate. I stumbled onto a method in the past few years. I walk in my local area and see nice people and dogs all the time. In the past I would ask the nice people if I could say hello. In almost all cases […]
