Siblings Can’t Agree on Selling the Inherited House? Your Options
When a house passes to several siblings, the property is rarely the hard part. The hard part is that one of you wants to sell, one wants to keep it…
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Prop 19 and Inherited Property: Why Your Tax Bill Just Jumped
If you inherited a house in California and expected to keep your parents’ low property tax bill, there is a rule you need to understand. Proposition 19, effective February 2021,…
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Downsizing in Orange County: Prop 19, Taxes, and Timing
Downsizing is a different decision from cashing out and leaving. Plenty of Orange County homeowners want to stay near family, keep their doctors, and remain in the area — they…
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Selling an RSO Apartment Building in Los Angeles: Owner’s Guide
Selling an RSO-covered apartment building in Los Angeles is a specialized transaction. The rent roll, not the market rent, drives the price. Transfer tax can take a large bite. And…
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Tenant Buyout Costs in Los Angeles: What to Expect in 2026
If you own rental property in Los Angeles and want a unit vacant — to sell, to move in, or to renovate — a voluntary tenant buyout is often the…
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The 67% Minimum Bid Rule at California Foreclosure Auctions
For decades, one of the cruelest features of foreclosure was that a home could sell at auction for a fraction of its value, wiping out equity the owner had spent…
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Notice of Default in Los Angeles County: What Happens Next
Receiving a Notice of Default is jarring. It arrives in the mail, it becomes a public record, and within days your mailbox fills with letters from companies you have never…
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Cashing Out Orange County Equity to Retire Out of State
There is a quiet trend in the Orange County market that does not show up clearly in the headline numbers: long-tenured homeowners selling, taking their equity, and buying outright somewhere…
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LA Rent Caps in 2026: Should Small Landlords Hold or Sell?
If you own a few rental units in Los Angeles, the last several years have probably felt like a slow squeeze. Rent increases are capped in the low single digits…
