SB 1055 California State Tax Relief Applied To Forgiven Mortgage Debt

The big news on everybody’s radar lately was the $700 billion “Rescue Plan,” which was vetoed by the House of Representatives yesterday and sent back to be re-drafted. Many on “Main Street” oppose to the bail out of Wall Street with tax payer’s money, while others see the “bail out” as a necessary evil that could possibly help stabilized the US economy. Meanwhile, there was another type of “rescue” that unfolded in Sacramento Read more

What is Your Code of Ethics?

Not too long ago “business ethics” was an expression that many considered an oxymoron. Then, in the 1990’s corporations made a remarkable turnabout by addressing codes of ethics, conduct issues in policy manuals, etc. The main reason was because businesses became increasingly concerned about ethics after realizing that ethical practices actually made business sense.

The rules of ethical behavior that govern businesses and Read more

Catchy Radio/TV Ads Lured Homebuyers Who Later Foreclose

How do you emigrate from Colombia, fleeing the Mafia, work your way up from doing work as a waitress and shinning shoes to owning your own real estate company, buy a $2.2 million privately gated mansion in Gilroy (2005) and a few years later (2008) attempt to sell it for $3.2 million?……Ask Maria Eugenia Avila (license record), former owner of the now defunct Rancho Grande Real Estate ( license record - doing business as Realty World Rancho Grande, Rancho Grande Financial, Mundo Real, the Mortgage Company and ACR Investments) in Read more