Community property means that, in general, assets and debts acquired during marriage are divided equally between spouses — regardless of who earned more income, whose name appears on the account, or who managed the finances.

In this episode of the Divorcing Dorothy Podcast, we explore how emotional decision-making can create long-term financial consequences — especially under California’s community property laws.

To help California’s deal with the uncertainties of our current real estate market, we are dedicating three episodes to help listeners make good real estate decisions.

Landscaping is a big part of curb appeal and can have a big impact on price. Researchers at Virginia Tech found that a home with little or no landscaping could produce an additional 5% - 15% by making landscaping improvements.

Protect Your Smart Home from Hackers: Protect your home with malware, multifactor authentication, and updated software to reduce the risk of hacking your home devices.

Over 80 percent believe animal-related considerations will play a role in future living situations.

Most real estate investors don’t immediately think of their self-directed IRA as a source of capital for residential and commercial real estate purchases. However, self-directed individual retirement accounts allow investors to diversify their assets into investments other than stocks, bonds and mutual.

Millennials are less mobile than young people have been in decades. Learn why this large market is not moving like their parents and grandparents.

Today we discuss three home technologies that have passed the reviews by Consumer Reports. Let’s start with the “perfect laundry room”, then dishwashers, and finally WiFi.

Episode 12

Did you know that by 2035 one in five Americans will be older than 65 and studies show that want to remain at home. This means about 80 million people will need affordable housing and access to social services.