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October 29, 2020
Keeping you informedDisclosures Death of Occupant Rule Clarified Effective 9/25/16 The existing law concerning disclosure of death of an occupant is clarified to say that the death of an occupant, or the manner of death, occurring more than three years prior to an...
January 09 2017As a California Real Estate Broker, a Mediator with the California Association of Realtors, itis important to complete continuing education as to the profession.This week the California Association of Realtors are offering Legal Developments in...
Personal Assistants are exploding in demand and is becoming more main stream as to our demand, for instant information in our households.Weather, music, shopping list, banking, ordering pizza.How about your latest stats on your daily steps on Fitbit.Amazon Echo is...
January 4 2017Northern California is seeing some relief from the California Drought with a weather pattern of steady rains.A new California law is enclosed for those who own Real Estate.Dec. 8, 2016 (revised)Legal Article: California law requires property owners...
November 7 2015California landlords should be aware that a new law starting January 1 2016is that Mold has been added to the list of habitability problemsNo obligation to repair until given notice or if a tenant fails to to keep property clean and sanitary.What...
Smoke Alarm Reminder for California LandlordsBeginning January 1, 2016Landlord shall install additional smoke alarms as needed, to insure that the smoke alarms are incompliance with current building standards1) each bedrooms2) centrally located outside each...
In a 3.5 hour mediation the plaintiff reflected anger, however restraint. The defendantangry and defiant and possibly in denial.Each had strong positions in a Landlord Tenant Dispute.The plaintiff desired resolution, the defendant raged.The mediator after 3.5 hours...
Having a dispute? One can file a claim up to $10,000 in California Superior Courts.Types of Disputes Real Estate, Landlord Tenant, vendor- vendee, money owedOne can visit the local court and often under forms file a simple application for your dispute.Need assistance...
As one of the Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz, "Always Do Your Best", I reflect over the past 8 years in my goals to entering the field of Alternative Dispute Resolution, ADR or #Mediation.My first class at UC Berkeley, was filled with a room of adult...
Communication breakdown often leads to the doorway of anger, resentment, hostility, and the filing of a lawsuit. Often this doorway leads a prospective client to a member of the local bar. They sit down and together they discuss the merits of a potential...
As a mediator I was assigned a mediation between Landlord and Tenant, over a dispute involving the security deposit. The landlord had taken a larger amount of the security deposit and the case ended up in court.Legal disputes between landlords and tenants have...
A winter storm roared through California, leaving heavy snow, and weeks of rain that caused crashing pines & oaks, as well as power loss for thousands of residential homes and commercial buildings. The storm caused a massive tree to crash and fall the night,...