Real Estate B.S. Alert: Don’t Hire a Consultant - Reduce Your Own Property Taxes in 30 Minutes

Don’t you just love public records? I’m all for transparency in government, but if you own a home, you (like me) probably receive a million pieces of mail “tailored” to your supposed wants and needs based on the data about your home and your mortgage that are on file with your County’s Recorder’s office.
I was horrified […]

Now THAT’s What I Call a Foreclosure Auction! Neverland To Go On the Block for 50% off!

Okay. So, last year, on the Bravo! series Million Dollar Listing, you might have seen SoCal megabrokers helicoptering potential buyers all over Michael Jackson’s abandoned adult playground, Neverland Valley Ranch, trying to sell it for around $50 million.
Though many developers were interested – I mean, the estate is over 2,900 acres of prime, Santa Ynez property […]

Is there “Schmuck Insurance” on Run’s House? Russell Simmons’ Investing Term You Should Know

 During my JetBlue flight to NYC last month, to attend the Inman Connect NYC 2008 real estate & technology conference, I watched a couple of episodes of Run’s House.  If you haven’t seen it, it’s an MTV reality show that chronicles the daily lives of Rev. Joseph Simmons, a.k.a. “Run” from the rap group Run […]

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