Amy Platero | firsttuesday Journal

Apartment construction soars in Los Angeles, but is it enough?

Posted by Amy Platero | Oct 14, 2022 | Economics, first tuesday Local, Los Angeles-Santa Barbara-Ventura, Real Estate |

Multi-family residence construction is at a 50-year high.

Californians pay big to live on nation’s smallest lots

Posted by Amy Platero | Oct 7, 2022 | Economics, first tuesday Local, Real Estate |

California has some of the country’s smallest and most expensive lots.

Institutional investors crowd out California homebuyers

Posted by Amy Platero | Oct 3, 2022 | Economics, Investment, Real Estate, Recessions |

Are large Wall Street investors creating a permanent renter class in California?

DRE Hot Seat: Broker frauds his landlord client and tenant

Posted by Amy Platero | Sep 30, 2022 | Fundamentals, Licensing and Education, Property Management, Real Estate, Your Practice |

This article is part of an ongoing series covering violations of real estate law. Here, the Department of Real Estate (DRE) revoked the California real estate license of a broker acting as a property manager who charged the tenant a greater amount than was paid to the landlord.