The final episode of our new video series illustrates the specific mechanics of automatic and recorded homesteads.

This is the second episode of our new video series covering homestead protections – help owners distinguish between the benefits afforded under an automatic homestead or a recorded declaration of homestead.

This is the first episode of our new video series covering how to advise a homeowner on whether they qualify to voluntarily sell and protect the equity in their residence from creditor seizure.

This is the final episode of our video series covering the right of survivorship among co-owners, and how a right-of-survivorship vesting is severed.

The seventh episode in our new video series covers how a deceased joint tenant’s interest in a property is cleared from title before the surviving joint tenant(s) sells, leases or encumbers the property as the sole owner.

The sixth episode in our new video series covers how a co-owner vested as a joint tenant or as community property with the right of survivorship unilaterally severs the right of survivorship.

The fourth episode of our new video series covers creating a joint tenancy ownership in real estate.

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.

Covers: Spanish Mission architecture; Ranch homes; Contemporary and modern architecture; Pueblo homes; Colonial and Cape Cod properties.

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.

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.

Covers: The percentage formula as applied to California real estate mathematics; Real estate fractions; Calculating the area of a rectangular property.