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Selling Your Home

• Reasons To Use a Realtor®
• Realtor® Versus Licensed Agent
• Choosing a Realtor®
• Tips to the Seller
• Listing to Closing Chart
• Probate Sale Process
• What is a Land Contract?
• What is an AITD?
• Subdivision Public Reports
• Prepare your Home for Sale
• Ways to Show Your Home
• Dangers of Overpricing
• What Info to Disclose to Buyer
• Seller Disclosures
• Disclosure Report Information
• Pest Inspections & Your Home
• Buyer/Seller Costs--Who Pays What?
• What is a Notary Public?
• Moving Countdown

Buying A Home

• Reasons To Use a Realtor®
• Realtor® Versus Licensed Agent
• Choosing a Realtor®
• Steps for Buying a Home
• 1st Time Home Buying Tips
• Rent vs. Buy #1
• Rent vs. Buy #2
• Closing Costs
• Buyer/Seller Costs--Who Pays What?
• Easement Information
• What is a Notary Public?
• PUD & Condominium Ownership
• Moving Countdown

Loans

• Terms & Loans
• Life of the Loan Process
• What is a FICO?
• What is APR?
• What is a Reverse Mortgage?
• What is Payoff?
• Important Information About Payoffs

Title

• Methods of Holding Title
• Common Title Obstacles
• Uninsured Deeds
• Joint Tenants vs. Community Property
• Community Property & Right of Survivorship
• Change of Ownership Tax Assessment Reappraisal
• What is Title Insurance?
• Reasons for Title Insurance
• Title Policies
• Life of a Title Search
• What is a Statement of Info?
• What is a Prelim?
• Preliminary Title Report Info
• ALTA Homeowner Policy
• Interim Binder
• Understanding Mechanic's Liens
• How To Request A Birth Or Death Record
• Title Insurance Requirements For Insuring Trusts

Escrow

• What is an Escrow?
• Escrow Questions
• Escrow Services
• Life of An Escrow
• Steps for a Successful Escrow
• What is a Subescrow Fee?
• Closing Costs
• Buyer/Seller Costs--Who Pays What?
• What is Payoff?
• Important Information About Payoffs
• Important Escrow Terms
• Understanding Statements of Information

Taxes & Capital Gains

• Tax Calendar Year
• Organize at Tax Time
• Common Real Estate Tax Deductions
• Required Reporting to the IRS
• Benefits of Tax Laws
• Short Payoff & Foreclosure Taxes
• Homeowners' Property Tax Exemption
• What is a Supplemental Tax Assessment?
• Reappraisal Exclusion for Seniors
• Transferring a Tax Base to Another County
• Capital Gains
• What is a 1031 Exchange?
• The Truth About Mello-Roos
• What is Prop 90?
• What is Prop 13?
• What are Props 60 and 90?
• Homestead
• Supplemental Property Taxes
• Understanding Proposition 13

Household Information

• How Long Should You Save Records?
• Home Maintenance Check-up
• Earthquake Information
• Lead Paint Information

Foreclosure

• Notice of Default Time Structure
• Understanding Foreclosure
• CA Foreclosure Flow Chart
• Short Payoff & Foreclosure Taxes

Real Estate Definitions

• Real Estate Document Definitions & Abbreviations
• Loan & Mortgage
• Important Escrow Terms
• Real Estate Terms