One of the hardest things to do when buying a property is figuring out what price to offer. You obviously want to pay the lowest price possible. But most owners are not willing or able to take a loss. So you need to consider what the owner paid for the property. There many different tools

How would you like to be in a business where the law dictates that your biggest expense grows more slowly than your revenue? That’s what happens for owners of rent controlled apartment buildings with under-market tenants in Los Angeles. Here’s how: As an apartment building owner, your biggest operating expense every year is the property

If you live and work in California and you don’t own real estate, you’re getting screwed. Let me explain: California residents, furious about rapidly increasing property taxes in the 1970’s, passed Proposition 13 in 1978. The law does the following: Causes real estate to be assessed for tax purposes at the time of purchase Limits

I’m a real estate guy. It’s in my blood. My great grandfather, Morris, owned apartment blocks in the Bronx and a building in Manhattan. My grandfather, Leonard, owned commercial and multifamily in Rockland County, NY and was also a broker. My parents own several small apartment buildings in upstate NY. I grew up answering calls