Making the move from renting to buying can be unnerving. Potential buyers must begin by asking themselves if it is a good financial move. At first look, it often appears as though renting is a much cheaper option than buying. However, when you take into account the various tax benefits offered by homeownership, this is [...]
Bridge Entrepreneurs and investors have funded a $120 million bridge/walkway connecting the U.S. with Tijuana’s International Airport. The Cross Border Xpress (CBX) is a 390-foot enclosure, which stretches from Otay Mesa and clears the barbed-wire border fence that sits only a few feet from the terminals. There are frosted glass panels inside the bridge so [...]
Loan Qualification Table: Get off the sidelines, you can qualify to purchase a nicer home than you think! A huge part of being a real estate brokers in San Diego is to educate clients about the home-buying process. The first step that first-time home buyers often overlook is the loan qualification process. To truly understand what [...]
Summary As the largest public transportation endeavor in San Diego’s history, this $2 billion project, titled the Mid-Coast Trolley expansion, with range from the Mexican border to UC-San Diego – expects to retain 21,000 new daily riders while reducing traffic and pollution in one of California’s most populated areas. Trolley expansion has been in the [...]
Define Multifamily Ownership. As I mentioned in last week’s Client Focus article, there are many benefits to multifamily ownership in residential real estate. To kick off this conversation, I would like to first explain what exactly constitutes multifamily real estate . Basically, any piece of land or parcel that has more than one legal dwelling unit is [...]
Issue: When a broker acts as a dual agent, representing both buyer and seller in a real property transaction – does the salesperson acting under the broker have the same fiduciary duty to buyer and seller as the broker? Case: Horiike v. Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage Company, et al. (2014) 225 Cal.App.4th 427. Facts: Here, [...]
Every now and then we like to tell a story about our client’s journey through the purchase of their home. In this instance, it happened to be Kyle & Maggie’s very first home. The search began in North Park and eventually took us into Normal Heights before ultimately landing in South Park. In recent years, [...]
U.S. News & World Report completed a national ranking of nearly 20,000 public high schools for 2016, and, consequently, a number of Orange County schools were named among the best. Both North and South county districts were represented with top schools in California and the nation. Rankings were based on a number of factors, including [...]
In the wrongful death case of Annocki v. Peterson Enterprises, LLC, (2014) 232 Cal.App.4th 32, a patron of Geoffrey’s restaurant in Malibu, California, encountered the center divider on Pacific Coast Highway when he attempted to make a left turn out of the restaurant’s duty free parking lot. While in the process of reversing to the [...]
THE PRIVETTE DOCTRINE - THE LIABILITY OF OWNERS AND GENERAL CONTRACTORS FOR CONSTRUCTION SITE ACCIDENTS Introduction For over 20 years, the “Privette Doctrine” has governed the extent of liability for general contractors and property owners. The doctrine deals with work site injuries suffered by a subcontractor’s employees. In Privette v. Superior Court (1993) 5 Cal. 4th [...]