Real Estate News

June 20, 2017

Lessons From "The Big Short"

I just saw the Big Short this week, and it got me thinking about some things.

A lot of the time when we’re making a decision, there’s a lot of people who will tell us not to do something. They do that because they want to protect us from doing …

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May 19, 2017

A Lesson in Doing the Right Thing for Your Client

I have a cool little story I’d like to share with you today regarding something that happened to me with one of my clients. 

I initially met with this person about six months ago. They gave me a call and told me they were ready to sell their property …

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May 1, 2017

Focus on Mastering Your Craft to Be Successful

I recently realized that I am starting to reap the rewards of all the hard work I put in a few years back. That got me thinking about how I got here. 

During my journey there were a couple choices I had to make. The first was whether to …

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March 17, 2017

What Do You Want to Achieve Most?

Today I’d like to share an exercise with you that I learned from my Mastermind group. For those of you who are unfamiliar with the concept of a Mastermind group, it is a group of individuals who share certain tactics and techniques with each other in order to help the …

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March 8, 2017

Why Real Estate Is Like Operating a Cruise Ship

I am here at my office, thinking about a conversation I had recently with one of our new agents, Rick. I can tell he is putting in a lot of work, but he hasn’t started producing the way he would like to just yet.

The truth is that it takes …

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Aug. 30, 2016

Top Tips for Investing in Southern California Real Estate

My favorite real estate investment strategy is to buy a property and hold it long-term. I prefer this strategy because it’s a great way to build long-term wealth. 

Some people prefer flipping properties, but that means you end up paying thousands of dollars in capital gains taxes. Long term …

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July 21, 2016

How to React to a Lowball Offer on Your Ventura County Listing


Let’s say you’ve listed your house with another agent and you haven’t received an offer for more than three months, and suddenly, you receive what we call a lowball offer. How do you respond?

Hopefully this never happens to you, but if it does, the first thing to do is …

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May 18, 2016

How to Handle the Eviction Process

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A topic that a couple of clients have asked me about recently is evictions. We’ve had a few clients that have tenants who stopped paying rent, and they …

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April 28, 2016

What You Might Not Know About Capital Gains Tax for Ventura County Rental Property

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I wanted to let you in on some information about some big tax implications of selling a rental property in Ventura County that many sellers don’t …

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April 11, 2016

Did You Receive an Unexpected Tax Bill in Ventura County?

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Today, Claudia from Nations Lending Corp joins us to discuss the supplemental tax bill many of you have received in the mail recently. 

Once you purchase …

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