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- "Greed Often Makes One Poor"
- "Pocket" Listings Can Pick your Pocket
- "The Absence Of Loan Terms In The Financing Clause Has No Potential Impact On The Buyer Or Seller” And Other Urban Myths In Today’s Real Estate Market
- “Due To Unforeseen Circumstances, My Clients Are Cancelling The Contract”: revisiting some of the assumptions that have been made in the real estate market in the last 30 days
- “Nothing To Note” (Looking But Not Seeing?)
- “TLDR,” “IB,” And Other Messages The Modern Real Estate Practitioner Must Decipher
- 2014 Revisions to the TDS
- 2014 Revisions to the TDS - pdf
- 2022 Mid-Year Review
- A Below Market Rate Purchase Option is an Exaction under the mitigation fee
- A Below Market Rate Purchase Option is an Exaction under the mitigation fee - pdf
- A Message From Dean Rossi
- A Message From Dean Rossi - pdf
- A Question: Does My Neighbor Have To Pay For The Repair/Replacement Of Our Shared Fence?
- A Question: Does My Neighbor Have To Pay For The Repair/Replacement Of Our Shared Fence? - pdf
- A RAVID Or An AVID Is Not A Marketing Device
- A RAVID Or An AVID Is Not A Marketing Device - pdf
- Additional Observations on the Revisions to the C.A.R. and PRDS Purchase Contracts
- Additional Observations on the Revisions to the C.A.R. and PRDS Purchase Contracts PDF
- Additional Revisions To The C.A.R. Residential Purchase Agreement
- Additional Thoughts on Deposit Disputes
- After 50 years, isn’t it time to retire?
- Agent or Attorney? Choosing the Right Expert for the Job
- Amended Disclosures Under the Revised PRDs and C.A.R. Contracts
- AMENDED DISCLOSURES UNDER THE REVISED PRDS AND CAR CONTRACTS
- AMENDED DISCLOSURES UNDER THE REVISED PRDS AND CAR CONTRACTS PDF
- An Introduction To The Revised C.A.R. Buyer Representation And Broker Compensation Agreement (Part 1)
- And The Nominees For Most Common Post-Close-Of-Escrow Non-Disclosure Claims In Residential Real Estate For 2018 Are…
- Anticipated Revisions to the C.A.R. Residential Purchase Agreement
- Anticipatory Breach/Repudiation: The Potential Impact Of What Is Said And Done After Parties Are In Contract
- Are There Consequences To Helping Out A Client In A Post-Close-Of-Escrow Dispute?
- Are We In Or Out Of Contract - pdf
- Are We In Or Out Of Contract?
- Articles
- Asset Protection v Fraudulent Transfer: Debtors' Attempts To Avoid Paying Money Judgments
- Attorney Caught Coaching His Witness Under The Table
- Attorney Profiles
- Attorneys’ Fees, Mediation, and Arbitration
- Backing Out Of A Non-Contingent Offer
- Bad Neighbors: What do you have to disclose to a buyer when you’re selling a home?
- Bed Bugs, Attorneys, and Attorneys’ Fees
- Bedbugs Take A Big Bite Out Of Seller
- BOUNDARIES_ THE STRAIGHT LINE - pdf
- BOUNDARIES_ THE STRAIGHT LINE Part II - pdf
- Boundaries: The Straight Line
- Boundaries: The Straight Line Part II
- But The Lender’s Letter Said The Buyer Was Pre-Approved
- But The Seller Lied...
- Buyer Beware- All Contracts Are Not Created Equal
- Buyer Questionnaires, Electronic Communications, and Discrepancies Between the MLS and Property Profiles
- Buyer Representation and Broker Compensation Agreements Revisited (Part 2)
- Buyer Representation And Broker Compensation Agreements Revisited (Part One)
- Buyer’s Stated Financing: Issues In Today’s Market
- Buyers Who Backed Out Tripled Down On A Bad Bet
- Buying Property Using A Limited Liability Company ~ A Cautionary Tale
- California Family Wins $1.6 Million Lawsuit Against Landlord Over Bed Bug Infestation: Jury Finds Landlord Responsible
- Can I Stop My Neighbor’s Addition From Blocking My View?
- Case Results
- Changes in the Vexatious Litigant Statute
- Changes in the Vexatious Litigant Statute - pdf
- Claims and Releases
- Claims by the buyer that they have overpaid
- Communicating With Clients And Other Agents: Revisiting An Old Subject
- Considerations for Salespersons Operating Under Team Names
- Considerations for Salespersons Operating Under Team Names - pdf
- Counteroffer Or Inquiry: The Words We Use Can Make A Difference
- COVID-19 - LEGAL ISSUES
- Current Issues Regarding TRID, CLUE, and Electronic Signatures
- Custom Intake Form
- Deposit Disputes
- Deposit Disputes Arising out of Requests for Repairs
- Disclose, Disclose, Disclose – Or Your Deal May Get Flushed Down The Drain
- Disclose, Disclose, Disclose … And Other Suggestions That A Seller Should Follow In Completing The TDS and SSC/SPQ
- Disclosure Duties to Visitors of Marketed Property
- Disclosure Duties to Visitors of Marketed Property - pdf
- Do Good Fences Make Good Neighbors During a Pandemic?
- DOES LATE ACCEPTANCE OF AN OFFER CREATE AN ENFORCEABLE CONTRACT?
- Does The C.A.R. Contract Reward A Buyer Who Fails To Make Their Initial Deposit?
- Drafting An addendum Extending The Close Of Escrow: Some Opportunities/Issues To Consider
- Electronic Communications And Team Names_ What The DRE Now Expects - pdf
- Electronic Communications And Team Names: What The DRE Now Expects
- Embracing a New Deal for America’s Cities: The Political Conversion of San Francisco’s Angelo J. Rossi
- Enforcing Oral Agreements to Share Commissions
- Enforcing Oral Agreements to Share Commissions PDF
- Fences_ Myth, Reality, And The Law - pdf
- Fences: Myth, Reality, and The Law
- Fires, Floods, Earthquakes, And Other Calamities: What Happens When They Occur During An Escrow?
- Flip or Flop: Some Things to Think About With Regard to a Remodeled/Renovated Home
- Flip Or Flop?
- Flood Insurance Reform - What It Means To Buyers, Sellers, and Property Owners
- Flood Insurance Reform What It Means To Buyers Sellers and Property Owners - pdf
- Going to Trial: It’s Often Necessary, But It’s Not for the Faint of Heart
- Good Night - Sleep Tight - Don't Let The Bedbugs Bite
- Handling Amended/Revised Preliminary Reports Under The C.A.R. Vs. PRDS Purchase Contracts
- Historical Documents and Facts and the SSC and Revised SPQ
- Home
- HOW FIXTURES, FITTINGS AND PERSONAL PROPERTY ARE TREATED UNDER THE REVISED PRDS AND C.A.R. CONTRACTS PDF
- How Fixtures, Fittings and Personal Property are Treated Under the Revised PRDs and CAR Contracts
- How Many (Legal) Bedrooms And Baths Does This House Have?
- How Seller Can Avoid Being Caught Between Two Buyers
- I Was Told “ _____________ Are Normal For A House Of This Age”
- Interference With Secondary Easements Does Not Require Physical Act
- Is It A Crime To Be A Dual Agent - pdf
- Is it a crime to be a dual agent?
- Is It Time To Reconsider The Buyer Questionnaire?
- Jury Awards $9 Million Punitive Damages Verdict Against San Jose Landlord
- Just The Facts
- Landlord's Speech is Free but Decision to Evict May Cost You - pdf
- Landlord's Speech is Free, but Decision to Evict May Cost You
- Landlords can be Vulnerable to Prescriptive Easement Claims
- Landlords can be Vulnerable to Prescriptive Easement Claims - pdf
- Latest Revisions To The PRDS Buyer Representation And Broker Compensation Agreement
- Lawsuits Against Selling Agents in Today's Market
- Legal Updates: PRDS & Contract Changes - pdf
- Legal Updates: PRDS & Contract Changes
- Managing Property Without Your Broker's Knowledge
- Market Conditions Advisory – Spring 2023
- Market Transitions and Bubbles = Claims
- Marketing Gone Awry
- New “STANDARD” Forms Dealing With COVID-19
- New California Laws Affecting Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs)
- New Land Use Laws
- New Land Use Laws - pdf
- New Law - Commercial Dual Agency
- New Law - Commercial Dual Agency - pdf
- New Law Requires Inspection of Decks and Balconies For Buildings With Three or More Multifamily Dwelling Units
- New Laws For 2024
- New Laws Impacting Residential Real Estate
- New Laws Protecting Tenants and Occupants After a Foreclosure
- New Laws Protecting Tenants And Occupants After A Foreclosure - pdf
- New PRDS Listing Agreement Amendment Addresses The Current Gap In The C.A.R. RLA If A Seller Wants To Offer Compensation To A Buyer’s Broker At The Time Of Listing
- New Shelter-In-Place (“SiP”) Order Addresses Some Of The COVID-19 Real Estate Issues Of The Last 30 Days; What To Consider In The Next 30 Days
- News
- No Double Dipping One Injury Means One Lawsuit - pdf
- No Double-Dipping: One Injury Means One Lawsuit
- No Easy Lessons on Easements
- No Longer Fenced In After 150 Years
- No Longer Fenced In After 150 Years - pdf
- Normal Business Hours for Real Estate Licensees
- Normal Business Hours For Real Estate Licensees - pdf
- Notice Anything Different About The TDS?
- Observations on a Seller s Obligation to Provide a Completed TDS and SSC - pdf
- Observations on a Seller's Obligation to Provide a Completed TDS and SSC
- Observations On The Revised PRDS SSC
- Observations On The Revised PRDS SSC - pdf
- Our Firm
- Partition: When Co-owners “Divorce”
- Paying Close Attention Always Pays Off
- Paying Close Attention Always Pays Off - pdf
- POCKET LISTINGS CAN PICK YOUR POCKET - pdf
- Practice Areas
- PRDS And C.A.R. Forms Update
- PRDs and CAR pdf
- PRDS BRBC And BNWA Forms Will Soon Be Available Online
- PRDS Forms Update
- PRDS Forms Update, Including Recent Revisions To The REPC
- PRDS Introduces Its Broker Compensation Advisory
- PRDS Introduces New Advisory and Agreement to Exclude Listings from the MLS
- PRDS Introduces New Advisory and Agreement to Exclude Listings from the MLS - pdf
- PRDS Releases Seller Advisory For Completing Disclosure Forms
- PRDS Revisions To Its Exclusive Authorization And Right To Sell (EXA) In Light Of The Nar Settlement And Additional News About PRDS Forms
- PRDS To Release Revised Supplemental Seller’s Checklist
- Property Defects and You
- Protecting Your Commission In An Off MLS Transaction - pdf
- Protecting Your Commission In An Off-MLS Transaction
- Reading The Tea Leaves: Some Issues That I Consider When Reviewing A Seller’s Disclosure Documents
- Recent Developments In Tree Law
- Recent Law Protects An Employees Social Media
- Recent Law Protects An Employees Social Media - pdf
- Recent Revisions to the C.A.R. Purchase Agreement
- Recent Revisions to the PRDS Counteroffer Form
- Relative Bids May Not be Legal
- Remember, Very Little Is Standard When It Comes To "Standard Forms"
- Rental Laws
- Request for Repairs: Be Careful What You Ask For
- Resource Links
- Revisiting the Consequences of Breaching a Contract
- Revisiting the Identification, Disclosure, and Production of Historical Documents
- RHRC Boss's Day 2014
- Richard Gullen Testimonials
- Right to Repair
- Right to Repair - pdf
- San Jose Law Office
- Santa Clara County’s April 29 Order Re-opens Construction, Real-estate And Outdoor Businesses
- Seller Financing Under The Dodd Frank Wall Street Reform And Consumer Protection Act - pdf
- Seller Financing Under The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform And Consumer Protection Act
- Selling With A Tenant
- Selling With A Tenant - pdf
- Sending Documents And Information – Suggested Practices
- Specific Performance As Legal Strategy
- Stage A Home To Sell, Not To Conceal
- Super-Nasty Lawsuits
- Talega Maintenance
- Talega Maintenance - pdf
- The _Whys_ and _What Ifs_ of Writing an Addendum - pdf
- The "Whys" and "What Ifs" of Writing an Addendum
- The Cancellation Epidemic
- The Consequences of Breaching A Contract
- The Contract Has Been Cancelled: A Closer Look At One Common Real Estate Truism
- The Demise of the Section One Clearance
- The Duty To Learn
- The Language of Listening
- The Language of Listening - pdf
- The MLS The Words We Choose And The Transmission Of Information Regarding A Property - pdf
- The MLS, The Words We Choose, And The Transmission Of Information Regarding A Property
- The Neighbor Said …
- The Noncontingent Blues
- There Is A High Probability That I Will Be Bringing In An Offer Tomorrow That Will Make Everyone Happy
- THINKING OF EVICTING YOUR COMMERCIAL TENANT? THINK AGAIN
- To Send, or Not to Send – That Is The Question
- TODAY’S MARKET AND LAWSUITS AGAINST LISTING AGENTS
- Top “Gotchas” for Sellers and Buyers in Today’s Real Estate Market
- Top Tips For Buyers & Sellers
- Towers, Toilets, and Other Highlights From Recent Legal Updates
- Traps in Commercial Leases: Part 1 – Hidden Expenses, Costly Oversights
- Treasury Department Geographic Targeting Order Extended
- Treasury Department Geographic Targeting Order Extended and Expanded
- True Value Is Not Just A List Of Tasks
- Update From The Recent C.A.R. Meetings In San Diego
- Updates to the PRDS San Mateo County/Santa Clara County Advisory
- Voluntary Transfers Of Real Estate And Their Impact On Your Standard CLTA Title Policy
- Want To Know Everything About Your New Home? Just Ask The Neighbors
- Water, Water, Everywhere (2022-2023 Version)
- What A Homeowner Should Do And Consider Before Starting A Repair/renovation That Might Be Related To A Claim Against The Prior Owner
- What A Homeowner Should Do And Consider When Water Gets Into Their Condo
- What Action Must A Buyer And Seller Take To Reach Agreement On A Repair Request Using The PRDS Or C.A.R. Forms?
- What Every Property Owner Should Consider in View of El Nino
- What Happened To The Mediation And Arbitration Clauses in the PRDS Listing Agreement?
- What Is My Exit Strategy? Why A Seller Should Evaluate This Issue Before Listing And Selling A Property
- What’s New In ‘22?
- What’s New With PRDS Forms
- What’s New With PRDS Forms?
- What’s New With PRDS Forms? (Part 2)
- What’s New With Team Names and Fictitious Business Names
- When Does As-Is Really Mean "As-Is?"
- When the Sellers Disclosure States “Roof Leaked – Fixed,” What does that Mean?
- Where Did My Garbage Bill Go?
- Where’s The TOPA?
- Who Is The Internet Provider?
- Who Pays Attorney’s Fees?
- Who Sets the Standard?
- Will All-Cash Offers Still Be King?
- Will The Cancellation Epidemic Ever End?
- Wire Transfer Fraud and Cyber Security
- Yikes, I’ve Been Yelped! What Recourse Do I Have?
- You Probably Wouldn't Think There Was Any Connection Between Foot-Massage Services and Real Estate Law ...