Commercial property owners can now breathe a sigh of relief as momentum for tenant’s rights legislation SB 939 that compromised the lease provisions for rent payments and contract termination has come to grinding halt. In an astounding turn of events, the California Senate Appropriations Committee voted to hold Senator Scott Wiener’s bill in suspense; therefore, […]
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SB 939 DEAD
June 25th, 2020Rent Defaults, UD’s and COVID-19
April 26th, 2020The economic impact of Coronavirus/COVID-19 is now felt throughout much of the nation with record numbers of unemployment benefit filings. The current crisis has created another problem for investors of residential multi-family properties. The Judicial Council for the State of California has issued Emergency Rules relating to crisis that remain in effect for a period […]
TRUST DISPUTES: When Beneficiaries Object to a Petition for the Sale of Real Property
March 12th, 2020During our conversations with homeowners who have yet to meet with an estate planner, we advise them to consider the benefits of a trust. We have been quite fortunate to have relatively few issues with probate transactions handled by our agents, but a significant volume of trust-related matters will end up in a dispute settled […]
Knick vs. Scott Township
June 30th, 2019A case was ruled on by the Supreme Court last month has implications for the real estate industry regarding matters of property/land seizure by government and the removal of limitations on how court filings must be initiated by a plaintiff. A resident of Scott Township in Pennsylvania, Rose Mary Knick, is the property owner of […]