- MLSListings Market Data: Five counties – Santa Clara, Monterey, San Benito, San Mateo, Santa Cruz
- California Association of Realtors: Market Data
- Freddie Mac Research and Perspectives
- Mortgage Rates: YCharts
- Forbes – Real Estate
- First American Title – Economics & Blog
- Corelogic Insights
- MortgageNewsDaily – Market (mortgage & housing) data center
- Wikipedia – Timeline of US Housing Bubble
- Today’s Mortgage Rates
- California Property Tax Information
- Hovering over Tax Savings to find some ways to save tax in Santa Clara county
- Proposition 13
- Proposition 19: effective on Feb. 16, 2021, significant modifications on Propositions 60/90 – 55 and over, Proposition 110 – Disabled Person, and Propositions 58/193 [Transfers Between Parent and Child; Grandparent and Grandchild]
- Prop 19 Santa Clara County Parent-Child Workshop (Notes)
- Brief on 1031 Exchange [1031 Personal Property Exchange]
- Opportunity Zone – to defer and save tax on capital gains and 1231 gains.
- Principle residence 121 exclusion
- Installment Sales
- Contribute property to a partnership (IRC 721c) to help defer tax payment
- REIT
- 721 UPREIT
- Delaware Statutory Trust (DST)
- Trust
- Planing together with trust, donation to charity, retirement plan, and life insurance, pass assets to children, etc
- Avoid capital gains tax when selling your home
- Foreign Investment in Real Estate Property Tax Act
Please contact me for a quick Net Sheet.
- Know the home by carefully reading the disclosures and reports and conducting own investigations
- Buy home warranty
- Understand lifespan of appliances
- Maintain regularly
- Information From First American Title
- Home Seller’s Guide (pdf)
- Ways To Hold Title (pdf)
- Home Buyer’s Guide (pdf)
- Michael Blue Jay’s 39-Page Guide
- Buying a Home
- Closing Process (pdf)
- What is Title Insurance
- What is Escrow 1 & 2
- 10 Common Title Problems
- 70+ Ways to Lose Your Property & Will You be Protected
Do you know that First American Title have their in-house lawyers who can help you with title issues during transaction? Contact me for a title officer at First American Title.
For more information about “title and escrow”, please visit First American Title, especially its videos.