The 90-Day Window That Can Block Your California Home Sale: Mechanics Liens
A mechanics lien can stop your California home sale cold. Here’s exactly how long a contractor has to record one, and how long you have before it expires.
The Supplemental Tax Bill That Surprises Los Angeles County Buyers After Closing
Los Angeles County issues a separate Supplemental Secured Property Tax Bill after a sale or inheritance — sometimes two — and the deadlines don’t wait for your regular annual bill.
What Culver City’s Measure RE Transfer Tax Actually Costs at Closing
Culver City charges its own real property transfer tax on top of LA County’s, and Measure RE’s tiered rates run from 0.45% up to 4% of the sale price.
The LAHD Filing Deadline Landlords Miss on a Tenant Buyout in Los Angeles
Before you can legally buy out a rent-stabilized tenant in Los Angeles, LAMC 151.31 requires a specific disclosure, a 30-day rescission right, and a filing with LAHD within 60 days of signing.
Concord’s Rent Cap and Relocation Rules: What Changed in 2025
Concord’s rent stabilization ordinance now caps annual increases on covered units at a flat 5%, replaced a weaker CPI-linked formula in mid-2025, and requires every rental unit in the city — even exempt ones — to be registered.
How an HOA Can Actually Foreclose on a California Home (and the Deadlines That Protect You)
An HOA lien in California does not jump ahead of your mortgage the way it can in some other states — your first deed of trust almost always keeps its priority — but that doesn’t mean the lien is harmless.
Oakland’s Rent Registry: What a Seller of a Rental Property Must Have Current
Every rental unit in Oakland must be registered with the city’s Rent Adjustment Program by March 1 each year, and if that registration has lapsed, the owner can’t legally raise rent or respond to a tenant petition until it’s fixed.
What REAP Actually Means for a Los Angeles Landlord Trying to Sell
If your Los Angeles rental is in REAP — the city’s Rent Escrow Account Program — your tenants are legally paying 10% to 50% less rent than your lease says, and the city has recorded a notice about it that any serious buyer’s title search will find.
Measure ULA: What Los Angeles Sellers Actually Pay Above $5.4 Million
Measure ULA adds a surtax of 4% to 5.5% on top of Los Angeles’s existing transfer tax, and it applies the moment your sale price crosses roughly $5.4 million — there is no way to structure around it once that threshold is hit.
