Investing: Stocks or real estate?
Where to park your cash? It depends on how long you’re going to park it for – and what types of risks you’re willing to take.
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Category: Real Estate Investment
How to time the market
When is the best time to buy, sell or hold real estate? These charts will help you anticipate the market to maximize profit.
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Trade disputes, farmworker shortage threaten California farmland
Some of California’s largest and most productive real estate is under threat in 2019.
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Show renters how homeownership can save with the GRM
The gross revenue multiplier (GRM) is used to quickly evaluate a property’s value.
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Selling to an investor versus an owner-occupant buyer
This article covers what an agent needs to know about selling and marketing their client’s home to an investor.
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How to Evaluate the Location of a New Commercial Property
Here are five factors investors need to consider when evaluating commercial property space.
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Low cap rates continue, even in the face of rising interest rates
A recent study shows cap rates aren’t always as neatly tied to interest rates as expected.
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Placing title in trust to avoid recorded ownership
Is it possible to avoid creditors through a trust vesting arrangement? This article explores the options to do so.
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Change the law: Require syndicators to be licensed by the DRE
first tuesday proposes to require California real estate syndicators to be licensed by the DRE.
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California’s low residential vacancy rates signal more construction
Residential vacancy rates are low in 2017.
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Rentals: the future of California real estate?
Rentals are the popular homeownership alternative for young adults.
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REIT investment: playing the real estate game from the sidelines
What are Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) and why are they useful?
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New law creates OC Housing Finance Trust
California Government Code §6539.5 Amended by A.B. 448 Effective: January 1, 2019 This bill...
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Redfin and Zillow test out buying homes directly
Redfin and Zillow are buying homes from sellers, offering more in the form of convenience than money.
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Chinese property investment slows in California
Chinese commercial investment slowed dramatically in 2017.
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Letter to the Editor: Why are first tuesday writings politically biased?
Question: Why do first tuesday writings — posted here on the journal and in affiliated books —...
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Fed actions to impact cap rates
Capitalization (cap) rates move in tandem with short-term rates — usually.
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Brokerage Reminder: Escape assessments – when the purchase price is not market value
Here’s what to do when you receive a Notice of Proposed Escape Assessment.
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Investor smarts: gathering parcel information
What information needs to be gathered and evaluated to get a full picture of each property under consideration?
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4 elements of a good investment property
Buying a property is always a good investment.
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