Orange County Real Estate Blog

Sold Your Irvine Home After Renting It Out? The Tax Rules That Change Everything

Here is a situation I see all the time in Irvine. A family buys a home, lives in it for several years, then takes a job in another city or moves up to a bigger house. Instead of selling, they rent the old place to a UCI faculty family, a grad student household or a young professional. A few years la

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How to Interview a Newport Beach Real Estate Agent Before You Hire

What should you ask a Newport Beach real estate agent before you hire them?Ask who they represent, what the written agreement commits them to, which recent comparable sales they would use for your exact submarket, and how they will communicate. Get every answer in writing before you sign. Most peopl

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Using Prop 19 to Move to Irvine? Watch Out for Mello-Roos and These Other Costs

Proposition 19 can be a powerful tool for a homeowner 55 or older who wants to move to Irvine. It lets you carry your low property tax base from the home you sell to the home you buy. But I see the same mistake over and over: people run the Prop 19 math, see a big savings number, and stop there. The

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