With the lingering depressed housing market, one of the most common requests we get from investors is to help them deal with the enormous, often life-changing, burden of a property that is worth far less than the debt against it. To give those of you in this...
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What You Must Learn About Asset Protection From Michael Jackson’s Landlord’s Mistake
Yesterday’s “Today Show” featured a video taking you inside the house where Michael Jackson lived at the time of his tragic death. The grim tour was led by the company that will be auctioning off the 600 items of furnishings and personal property that Jackson left...
Important News for All Owners Of Single-Member LLCs
If you own a single-member limited liability company (“SMLLC”) and live in a community property state, recent developments now make it prudent for you to seriously consider adding at least one more member to your LLC (with an appropriate change in your Operating...
Suze Orman is Wrong About California Short Sales
About 15 minutes into her latest public television program, "The Money Class", Suze Orman advises that if you have a home equity line of credit (HELOC) and you do a short sale, you have a big problem. She explains the HELOC is recourse and that even if you do a short...
On the Radio: How To Save Your Commercial Property From Foreclosure
Jeff appeared on the radio program "Best of Investing" last Saturday and discussed the important, timely topic of how to save your commercial property from foreclosure. If you own commercial real estate, you may be encountering serious challenges right now. Odds are...
Breaking News: The Commercial Loan Modification Rules Just Changed-Impact Expected Starting June 15
New rules were just issued by the Financial Accounting Standards Board that will impact commercial loan modifications. Click here to read more about this important new development in this article written by Jeff Lerman and published today in the North Bay Business...
Jeff Hosts 5/1 Radio Show On The Wall St. Business Network: Hot Topics For Real Estate Investors
Jeff recently hosted the Going Beyond Real Estate Show on the Wall St. Business Network (KDOW 1220 AM). In addition to discussing hot topics he's encountering with his investor clients (if you would like to discuss any of those topics, please contact Jeff at...
Important Court Ruling Affects Every Investor: A Deal’s A Deal…Except When A Court Says It’s Not
In yet another head-scratching court of appeal ruling, investors were given a shocking and sobering reminder that common sense has nothing to do with the law. The court ruled that despite a clear, unambiguous provision in a written purchase agreement between two “very...
Jeff Hosts Radio Show On Wall St. Business Network
Jeff recently hosted the Going Beyond Real Estate Show on the Wall St. Business Network (KDOW 1220 AM). In addition to discussing hot topics he's encountering with his investor clients (if you would like to discuss any of those topics, please contact Jeff at...
Surprising Court Ruling Impacts Every Business Contract and Written “Proposal”
Every real estate investor, real estate broker and businessperson needs to know about a surprising decision handed down recently by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals of California. In First National Mortgage Company v. Federal Realty Investment Trust (9th Cir. 2011)...

