- Real Estate Markets – County, City, Zipcode, Area: Aculist Updates and Reports | Trends and Stats (Please contact me for the information of your interested neighborhoods. )
- MLSListings Market Data: Five counties – Santa Clara, Monterey, San Benito, San Mateo, Santa Cruz
- California Association of Realtors: Market Data
- Property Shark – San Francisco
- San Francisco Business Times
- US Markets
- Freddie Mac Research and Perspectives
- Mortgage Rates: YCharts
- Housing and mortgage markets during periods of rising rates – Freddie Mac Insight Feb 2018
- 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
- Inflation Historical Graph
- Home Price vs Inflation
- Inflation (Money Worth) 2011-2023 up 35%
- Construction Costs: NAHB in Pandemic | NAHB Feb 2024| Labor Stat (material costs) |
- 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 … Brief info: Benefits, Qualifications, and How is done
- Contribute property to a partnership (IRC 721c) to help defer tax payment
- REIT
- 721 UPREIT
- Delaware Statutory Trust (DST)
- Trust
- LLC
- 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
- Foreigners (in Chinese): Foreign Investment in Real Estate Property Tax Act
Please contact me for a quick Net Sheet.
- Q & A
- 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 title and escrow companies have their in-house lawyers who can help you with title issues during transaction? Contact me for a title officer.
For more information about “title and escrow”, please visit First American Title as an example, especially its videos.
- Know the home by carefully reading the disclosures and reports and conducting own investigations
- Buy home warranty
- Understand lifespan of appliances
- Maintain regularly