Benefits of Transferring Your Rental Property to a Living Trust – By, Michael K. Elson, Attorney

Benefits of Transferring Your Rental Property to a Living Trust By, Michael K. Elson, Attorney There are many significant benefits to transferring your rental property and other assets to a living trust.  The obvious benefits are that you will select the executor, or rather successor trustee, of your estate, and you will decide who the…

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Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Transferring Real Estate Without Getting Reassessed – by Edgar Saenz, Esq.

Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Transferring Real Estate Without Getting Reassessed by Edgar Saenz, Esq. Here’s the problem:  In California, a change in ownership of real property triggers a reassessment.   Here’s a menu of six ways to legally transfer property without incurring a reassessment.

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Reminder: New Lighting Rules from the Federal Environmental Protection Agency – By Tom Sjostrom

Reminder:  New Lighting Rules from the Federal Environmental Protection Agency By Tom Sjostrom Now is the time to plan for the replacement of your fluorescent lights and ballasts! As an owner/investor of real estate, you need to figure out what kinds of lighting you have, because significant changes have been mandated by the Federal Government…

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The Sargent Shriver Civil Counsel Act – By Melissa V. King, Esq. and Brett Wright, Esq., Owens & Wright, Attorneys at Law

The Sargent Shriver Civil Counsel Act by Melissa V. King, Esq. and Brett Wright, Esq., Owens & Wright, Attorneys at Law You have the right to an attorney. If you cannot afford an attorney, one will be appointed for you. Most of us recognize this well-known admonition, but hopefully not from personal experience.  It must…

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