The Real Deal About Real Estate.........Really

New Jersey has officially banned book bans........The Freedom to Read Act was just passed and signed into law by Governor Phil Murphy.The Act prohibits boards of education and governing boards of public libraries from removing books based on the "origin, background, or views of the material or of...

Fairness? Absolutely.  But landlord/tenant laws have gone too far.....Anyone who knows me, knows that I am at the front of the line when it comes to fairness, and consumer protection laws.Do we need laws in place to protect tenants from overly oppressive landlords and/or "slumlords", for a lack o...

Lottie Kendall, you are missed immensely........Lottie Kendall passed away in 2021.This was a bit difficult for me to write about, but I felt ready at this point.I had the pleasure of meeting Lottie way back when we used to have quite a few ActiveRain in person events in the different cities year...

Get Ready for Pickleball Real Estate!Buyers seek properties for dozens of different reasons.  Some of those reasons are to be close to certain areas or amenities such as shopping/retail, their place of employment,  schools for their children, mass transportation, certain highways, certain public ...

Totally mindless, random blog of the day......I wanted to write something this morning.  I was in the writing mood, in need of self-expression.What do I write about?  Interest rates?  Inspections?  Contracts? Bleckh!So I thought:  Why not just randomly post some mindless topic, throw it up agains...

Buyer-Broker Agreements:  BE a Dragon in this new Game of ThronesThe new NAR rules that rolled out earlier this year centered around the lawsuits and subsequent settlements involving buyer broker compensation.  The premise was by predetermining how much of the commissions the seller agrees to pay...

Prime Sherman Oaks neighborhood, south of the boulevard remodeled contemporary home. 5 bedroom, 3.5 bath, almost 3,000 sq ft interior space. Built-in top-of-the-line stainless appliances, granite counters, kitchen wide open to family room, beautiful distressed wood floors, high ceilings, and clea...

Buyer Broker Compensation under the new NAR rules - Can We Talk?One of the biggest changes we as licensed real estate professionals have had to pivot quickly with is the change to cooperating buyer broker compensation - most notably the solicitation of such.I have attended just about every webina...

No one rings a bell when the market turns. You don't hear the clang like on Wall Street when it's time to stop trading.However, I'm hearing some chimes in the distance.Crash?  Probably not.  Why? Because everyone needs a place to live.However, I am seeing more price reductions than before.  In fa...

PRIME area, Studio City ''Silver Triangle'' Clean-lined Contemporary - $1,099,000 $5,000 BONUS to selling agent if in escrow by 10/31/20! View the Virtual Tour Clean-lined contemporary recently remodeled home, south of the boulevard. PRIME location in the sought-after ''Silver Triangle'' of Stud...