Becoming A Real Estate Salesperson: You need to complete three qualification courses; Principles, Practices, and an elective. These courses should be taken by home study (either hard copy or online reading). It is just about impossible to find any company doing them LIVE, and to do so would take 135 hours of classroom time. These […]
Dining And Wining
There Have Been Many Discussions About entertainment and meals deductions under the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. The answer is different for each. A reference that you might check is IRS Notice 2018-76. Put that in your browser and you have your answers. My understanding is that deductions for entertainment, amusement, or recreation are kaput, […]
CFPB Update
Kathy Kraninger Is The New Director Of The 1,500 Employee Agency She was confirmed by a vote of 50-49 in the Senate and replaces the controversial Acting Director Mick Mulvaney. He was her boss at the Office of Management and Budget. Who Is She? Republicans say that she has been an outstanding government employee for […]
The Cycle Of Real Estate Life
The Last Few Years We Have Been Hearing The Old Refrain, “We Need Inventory” Now, I am hearing the old refrain, “We have too much Inventory”. This Means That What Goes Up, Will Come Down What comes around, goes around; stay long enough in one spot and you will see history repeated. Self-important pundits, prognosticators, […]
Movie Awards Time Again
The Golden Globes Awards Ceremony Is Coming On January 6th Their nominations have already been announced. The LA and NY Film Critics have announced their winners and the Biggie, the Academy Awards, is coming soon. We know the critics many times have no concept of what is a good movie. It seems like they love […]
Request For Advice From You
Many Of You Send Me Very Appreciated Comments About The Newsletters, Facebook, And The Blog Now I would like some advice from you. Think quid pro quo. In 2019 DGI wants to renew a program that we had years ago. We will do short 2-3 hour non-credit-courses at low or no cost. We would cover […]
7 Ideas For Real Estaters In This Market
When I Started I Knew That I Wanted To Sell Apartment Houses By syndicating them and then property managing them during our ownership. To do this I found that my best sources for leads was teaching at UCLA in their evening Real Estate classes, speaking at Apartment Association meetings, and regularly reconnecting with previous clients. […]
California Has Billions In Unclaimed Cash, And Some Might Belong To You
The Headline Says It All Each year I post this and we always receive responses from readers who found money for themselves or others. About 580,000 claims were filed in the 2017-18 fiscal year totaling about $309 million. The average amount of money paid out was $534, according to the controller’s office. BTW, they have […]
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Winning
From My Websters: To Be First Or Best In, Or As If In A Contest Lots of discussion about winning right now involving World Series, football, round ball, elections, etc. There are thousands of famous quotes from famous people about this topic such as winning is the only thing, everything, second after breathing, second place […]