Are we protected from deficiency on our 1st AND 2nd mortgages on a CA property purchased as a primary residence turned rental?

Thanks for the accurate description that you never refinanced and did an 80/20 at the time of purchase. You need to have an attorney look at this...

Can you ge the Paid HOA dues back which was not belong to you?

The problem is that your parents paid the HOA. Nothing could have helped the HOA collect against your parents if they had not paid. The question...

In a divorce settlement husband gets house and later wants ex to sign quitclaim, can it be done without refinancing or new loan?

This is a common problem. But signing a quit claim will not take the quitclaiming spouse off of the deed of trust (the mortgage). When the spouse...

Noise on M L King Day

It should be...but there is no law I know of that can stop reasonable noise during reasonable hours. If you can convince the police that holidays...

Is real property transferred from a trust to a beneficiary reassessed for property tax purposes?

Usually yes, but there can be a exception if the trustor (person who created the trust) was a parent or child of the person receiving title. The...

Jan 1988 H plants almond trees on his parent's property spends $6600; June 1988 Parties marry; Dec, 1988 H's parents deed

This is a community property/divorce question. Unfortunately I cannot answer it, but hopefully you can get some resolution in the family...

It really doesn't work that way. A prescriptive easement has many of the same requirements as adverse possession of land. Once you have met the...

Can the county sell a peice of land used for rain water runoff or drainage?

Well...it sounds like the last person in your situation stopped paying the property taxes and the county sold it at a tax sale. The only problem...

I am in the process of doing a short sale on my home. The sale has been pending since August of this year. As of 10/29/10, the

You need to be careful. California law often protects homeowners from having to pay anything to the lenders after a foreclosure. If the amount...

My landlord's Attorney is requesting an entry of default on my ex roomate, my children and all other occupants for restitution

You should probably get an attorney. Leases are usually joint and several when it comes to liability. In English...if one tenant defaults, then...