Sacramento Summary Q1 2021
By Michael J. Arnold & Michael D. Belote, Esq. CMA Legislative Advocates Real Estate Issues Front and Center For 2021 If the analogy was to a horse race, we… Read More >
Stricktly Strickland Q4 2020
Mortgage Industry Information, Opinions & Tips DRE Audits and You: Part 4 The Aftermath Over the past few months, I have gone over the items that the DRE reviews in a… Read More >
What You Need to Know About ADUs in 2020
by Laura Blair BuildZig Accessory Dwelling Units or “ADUs” have been discussed a lot this year because the state of California enacted several laws that intend to address the state’s… Read More >
Senate Bill 1079 – California’s New Foreclosure and Post-Foreclosure Process
by Michelle A. Mierzwa, Esq. Wright, Finlay & Zak, LLP California’s Senate Bill 1079 (the “Bill”) was passed by the Legislature at the end of August and signed into law… Read More >
Assembly Bill 3088: How the California Lenders Dodged a Bullet
by T. Robert Finlay, Esq. Wright, Finlay & Zak, LLP When COVID first hit, Sacramento proposed two Bills concerning foreclosure moratoria and mandatory forbearance requirements. Assembly Bill (AB) 2501 included… Read More >
Sacramento Summary Q4 2020
We are happy to have 2020 in the rear-view mirror, but fear that 2021 will be another busy legislative year. The new 2021-22 two-year legislative session began on December 7th when… Read More >
Stricktly Strickland Q3 2020
Mortgage Industry Information, Opinions & Tips DRE Audits and You: Part 3 Trust Accounts Remember the old days when licensees received the DRE Real Estate Bulletin in the mail every quarter… Read More >
Changes to Partnership Reporting
by Derrick Foote Duner and Foote The IRS has had it sites set on how partnerships report information to their partners. On each partner’s K-1 at the bottom left corner… Read More >
CMA Persuades Court to Publish Major Opinion on Forged Property Transfers
by T. Robert Finlay, Esq. Wright, Finlay & Zak, LLP The CMA is pleased to announce that it was able to persuade the California Court of Appeals to publish its… Read More >
Why COVID 19 is Making Collateral Certainty a Necessity for Closing Deals in Today’s Environment
by Anthony Romano III eScreenLogic In both residential and commercial underwriting, the world has evolved well beyond the practices of the quintessential (and fictional) banker George Bailey at the Bedford… Read More >