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Latest video published 9/3/2019
- Architectural Styles and Roof Types, Pt III
Covers: Common roof styles that exist in California including gable, hip, pyramid, gambrel, mansard and flat; Dormer windows used to provide expanded living space.
- Architectural Styles and Roof Types, Pt II
Covers: Dutch colonial properties featuring gambrel roofs and dormer windows; Design attributes of Mediterranean properties; Classic Victorian properties and contemporary town houses in urban areas; English Tudor; Natural motifs on display in the craftsman architectural style.
- Architectural Styles and Roof Types, Pt I
Covers: Spanish Mission architecture; Ranch homes; Contemporary and modern architecture; Pueblo homes; Colonial and Cape Cod properties.
- Building Regulations
Covers: Construction of residential and commercial buildings as regulated by the state of California through building codes; Construction requirements and standards outlined in the State Housing Law; Building inspectors and contractors.
- Real Estate Mathematics: Calculating Annual Property Taxes and Transfer Taxes
Covers: Calculating annual property taxes and transfer taxes; Proposition 13 (Prop 13); Helpful strategies to quickly locate the correct answer on the state licensing exam.
- Right of rescission, after closing
Rescission by a homeowner terminates their already closed borrower mortgage transaction.
- Real Estate Mathematics: Percentages, Fractions and Calculating the Area of a Property
Covers: The percentage formula as applied to California real estate mathematics; Real estate fractions; Calculating the area of a rectangular property.
- Agents pivot as the economy teeters on the edge of recession; Monthly Statistical Update (January 2024)
California job additions continue; Job growth contracts; The yield spread forecasts the next recession.
- Real Estate Mathematics: Basics and Land Measurements
Covers: Math concepts as applied to California real estate practice; Minimal mathematics on the salesperson and broker licensing exams; Land measurement.
- Paying appraisers
Fee appraisers are to be compensated by mortgage lenders and their agents at a reasonable rate - but there are exceptions that effectively gut this rule.