Guarantees – Stories from the Trenches

And Some Guidelines to Avoid Holding an Empty Bag by Alexander C. Blackburn Grajewski & Blackburn Why It’s Important to Have an Enforceable Guarantee Although private money lenders typically secure their loans with...

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Strickly Strickland Q1 2018

Trends in Audit Findings I’m often asked what the CalBRE (soon to be DRE again) is looking for and finding when they are auditing brokers. After being licensed for over 38 years and having offered my compliance consulting...

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Sacramento Summary: Q1 2018

By Michael J. Arnold & Michael Belote, Esq., Legislative Advocates Resignations Likely To Move Legislature Left Just as Harvey Weinstein created a laser-focus on sexual harassment in Hollywood, the “we said enough” movement...

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Local Points of Interest

by Elliot Shirwo CMA San Francisco San Francisco never gets old, whether you’re visiting for pleasure or, in our case, for business. San Francisco’s layers of generational growth has enriched its history and, in turn, its...

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