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By Rachel Puryear, Real Estate Broker If you live in San Mateo County and you have been thinking of adding an in-law unit (also called granny unit, officially called an ADU, for Accessory Dwelling Unit) to your home, there are plenty of good reasons to do so. They can be a source of extra income,…
Read more Want to Build an ADU? Here’s How to Get Free Help With Making it Green!
By Rachel Puryear If you are a tenant or a landlord in California who has been watching the eviction moratorium anxiously, there are some very recent developments which will be important to know about. Please note that this information overrides information about the eviction moratorium from my recent July newsletter, as today’s information has just…
Read more Big, Last-Minute Changes to Eviction Moratorium in California
By Rachel Puryear, B-law-gger If you have followed celebrity news over the years at all, you likely have noted that pop star Britney Spears was placed under the conservatorship of her father, Jamie Spears, over a decade ago. Recently, Britney Spears has revealed more to the public about what is happening, than she has in…
Read more Free Britney, of Course. And, it Goes Way Beyond Britney.
By Rachel Puryear If you are carrying a large student debt load and having trouble paying it off, you are certainly not alone. If you work in certain professions (mostly health care and teaching), however, and are willing to relocate to certain areas, you could get varying levels of assistance towards repayment of your student…
By Rachel Puryear, B-law-gger Progress towards the common good, and towards a more free and prosperous society, is usually quite incremental. Even then, that’s after years of struggle, advocacy, and uphill battles. That is true of a great many things, including student loan reform and greater rights for student borrowers. Recently, some borrowers became eligible…
By Rachel Puryear, Someone with Quite Varied Interests Are you interested in lots of different things? Do you think of yourself as a “jack/jill-of-all-trades”? Do you like to experiment, change your mind often, and even fail often? If any of the above ring true, you will probably enjoy reading “Range”, by David Epstein. It’s along…
Read more Book Recommendation: If You Have Varied Interests Rather than Just One, Check Out “Range”.
By Rachel Puryear, Broker (DRE 02099554) If you have been trying to buy a home any time recently – or even just browsing – you may be tearing your hair out dealing with the extreme seller’s market we have been seeing. Competing with (often) dozens of other buyers, homes selling for sometimes hundreds of thousands…
Read more Fed Up with the Current Housing Market? You Might be Better Off Waiting a Little, Anyway.
By Rachel Puryear If you follow financial trends, you have likely heard of the “Financial Independence, Retire Early” movement, abbreviated as FIRE. In short, the point is to save money and generate passive income, in order to have the ability to retire early. For most FIRE fans, living as frugally as possible is an essential…
Read more How Attainable is “Financial Independence, Retire Early”?
By Rachel Puryear In 2020, most of us who still had jobs or work probably just felt lucky to have that. In 2021 though, with much of the population vaccinated and economies set to reopen, and a cautious hopefulness in the air; more people than usual might be thinking of greener pastures, career-wise. People always…
Read more Been Thinking of Changing Jobs or Careers? Why 2021 Might be a Good Time to Go For It.
By Rachel Puryear, Consulting Attorney and Real Estate Broker If you or someone you love has been struggling to pay rent during the Covid shutdown, you are likely dreading the upcoming expiration of California’s eviction moratorium at the end of June 2021. If you need help paying back rent owed, there is emergency rental assistance…
Read more Anxious About the Eviction Moratorium Ending? Here’s How to Apply for Rental Assistance.
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