Carrie B. Reyes | firsttuesday Journal

What buyer- and tenant-clients need to know about credit reports

Posted by Carrie B. Reyes | Jul 21, 2025 | Feature Articles, Finance, Mortgages, Real Estate |

This article offers a bird’s eye view on credit report fundamentals across real estate sales and rentals.

Reading the legal tea leaves — the parallel need to conform tenant representation to new buyer representation rules for commercial transactions

Posted by Carrie B. Reyes | Mar 31, 2025 | Buyer Representation, Buyers and Sellers, Feature Articles, Property Management, Real Estate, Your Practice |

The new buyer representation rules have an application which may surprise some brokers – the negotiated, written representation of commercial tenant clients.

Median income households do not support 2024 home pricing

Posted by Carrie B. Reyes | Feb 14, 2024 | Economics, Home Sales, Real Estate |

Across the state, median-income households cannot qualify to buy at today’ prices.

Calculating TPA rent caps for existing residential tenants

Posted by Carrie B. Reyes | Jan 23, 2024 | Feature Articles, Property Management, Real Estate, Your Practice |

This article examines how a landlord of property controlled by the TPA calculates the maximum lawful annual rent increase chargeable to existing tenants, called rent caps.