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Living in an HOA: The Good & Bad of it All
Thinking about Living in an HOA? What to look out for when Purchasing- Financials: when buying a home in an HOA carefully review the financials. Is the HOA well-funded? Those HOA fees you pay might be for things like all exterior maintenan...
Electrifying Homes – Do you Like Hot Showers? Caution 2030 is Coming!
In 2018 California passed Senate Bill 100. The law requires that energy sources be both renewable and zero-carbon for generating 100 percent of electricity to California customers by 2045. So, power plants can't use fossil or nuclear fuels by...
Safer Structures by 2025 but Higher HOA Fees or Extra Assessments
Sadly a few years back a balcony collapsed in Berkely during a party and several young people died. This awful event resulted in California passing two laws. SB326 and SB721. Both of these laws apply to apartments and condos but exclude singl...
Keeping Low Property Taxes & Save Big Bucks!
Keeping Low Property Taxes when Selling your Home Under Prop 19 So you bought your San Carlos CA home a long time ago and have super low property taxes. You’d like to move within California, but you want to keep your low property taxes? W...
Inheriting Property Under Prop 19 – Not as Good as it once was, but can still Save you some Cash!
In the old days you could simply inherit a home from your parents and keep their low property tax rates. Gone are those days - things are more complicated now! Today, when inheriting Property Under Prop 19, if the property was not your parents�...
Tax Exemptions when Selling your Home: Great Money Savers
Minimizing Capital Gains. So, what are the tax exemptions when selling your home? Well, Prior to 1997 when you sold your primary residence you could use all the funds to purchase a new property of equal or greater value and not pay any capital...
Safe from Radon Gas?
Safe from Radon Gas? Statistically speaking the majority of homes will not have significant levels of radon to be considered health risks, but that still leaves tens of thousands of homes in San Mateo County that could be considered unhealthy o...
San Carlos Life Launch
Hooray!!! San Carlos Life has Arrived! San Carlos Life is here! We are extremely proud to present our new website all about San Carlos, California. This website is meant to offer both newcomers and long-time residents information about this gr...