Category Archives: Real Estate / Investment
Menlo Park Asset Protection Lawyer Explains How to Shield Your Investment Properties Using Multiple LLC’s
As an asset protection lawyer in Menlo Park, I find that it often makes sense to advise clients to create multiple LLCs when they own more than one investment property. While it might seem more convenient to simply set up … Continue reading
Real Estate Lawyer in Menlo Park Reveals Seven Lethal Real Estate Investment Mistakes That Can Cost You a TON of Money . . . And How To Avoid Them
I love Real Estate! I’ve been investing for over 25 years, through good times and bad times, through interest rates of 18% and interest rates of 4.25%, through booms and busts. I’ve had good investments and I’ve had bad investments. … Continue reading
Menlo Park Homeowners Faced with Difficult Decision to Default on Loan
By: Nancy Chillag, Menlo Park Real Estate Attorney Do you owe far more on your Bay Area home or investment property than it is worth? Have your payments consistently gone up while the value has gone down? Are you struggling … Continue reading
Bay Area Real Estate Attorney Guides Investors Through “Dealer” Status rules
By: Nancy Chillag, Bay Area Real Estate Attorney If you invest in real estate, you need to know the rules regarding “dealer” status. If you are classified as a dealer, you cannot take advantage of tax deferred exchanges. Furthermore, your … Continue reading
Warning from Menlo Park Real Estate Attorney: California homeowners will soon be required to install carbon monoxide detectors.
By: Nancy Chillag, Real Estate Attorney in Menlo Park Starting in July 1, 2011 all existing single-family homes that have fossil-fuel burning appliances, fireplaces and/or attached garage must install a carbon monoxide detector. As of January 1, 2013, all other … Continue reading
SAN MATEO REAL ESTATE ATTORNEY SAYS “THINK, BEFORE YOU WALK AWAY FROM YOUR LOAN”
Every day you read in the news about people losing their homes to foreclosure. Back in 2005 they got a loan at a ridiculously low interest rate and had no problem making the payments. And then the interest rate adjusted … Continue reading
Real Estate attorney follows ForeclosureRadar.com for up-to-date information
“Between government intervention, internal issues within the banks, and even simple deviations like the number of days in the month, it is easy to come to the wrong conclusions about foreclosure activity,” says Sean O’Toole, CEO and Founder of ForeclosureRadar.com. … Continue reading