What a wonderful country this is!  California legislature backs off on some anti property rights bills.  The Federal Reserve is like all of the elite expert class.  Wrong on almost all things and predictions.  Enjoy your holiday weekend.  

Public policy effects house prices and quality of life.  California is on the wrong track.  We focus on the what is happening in California on this week's Real Talk.

The Supreme Court rules that not all experts are to be believed.  And certainly not the experts who claim the puberty blockers given to young children don't cause any medical harm and are completely reversible.  Those trying to rebuild in Los Angeles are finding that there is no fast track. It turns out that the removal of dams releasing massive amounts of sediment into the rivers kills all the fish.  The experts predicted the opposite.  See the opening sentence.  We discuss all of this and more on this week's Real Talk.  Real Talk is the Right Side of Real Estate.

Trump administration reverses order requiring "Equitable Treatment for Fish".  For "No Kings Day" I will celebrate Christ our Lord and the creator of this world and the universe.  The mostly "Peaceful Protestors" in Los Angeles stage cinder blocks, bricks and brought sledge hammers and face masks to the protest.  We discuss all of this and more on this week's podcast.  Real Talk is the Right Side of Real Estate.

Pride to me is an accomplishment earned by doing something worthy.  D-Day soldiers, young men who were brave enough to risk their lives and die fighting for our freedom creates a since of pride.  Someone wanting me to acknowledge their sexual preference is not worthy of the word pride.  San Francisco considers charging property owners $100 per "curb cut" per year as a tax for having cars.  Fresno Mayor Jerry Dyer states that having High Speed Rail from somewhere near Bakersfield to somewhere near Merced will help connect Fresno to the rest of the state.  

We discuss all of this and more on this week's Real Talk.  Real Talk is the Right Side of Real Estate.

A recent study shows that it costs 2.5 times as much to build market rate apartments in California than it does to build the same apartments in Texas.  It further shows that it costs 4 times as much to build a similar product in California if the units are affordable housing.  What is the cause of this massive inflation of cost?  We discuss this and more on this week's Real Talk.  Real Talk is the Right Side of Real Estate.

is it possible the US government can save California from it's own idiocy?  The US Senate voted to reverse California's ban on gas powered vehicles by 2035.  Resale inventory is increasing and so are home prices and interest rates.  We discuss all of this and more on this week's Real Talk.  Real Talk is the Right Side of Real Estate.

All immigrants are welcome!  Except white immigrants say our liberal elites.  Building code changes over the past 15 years have added $117,000 on average to the cost of a new home constructed in California.  Do you think a home built in 2024 is $117,000 safer or better than a home built in 2004?  We discuss all of this and more on this week's Real Talk.  Real Talk is the Right Side of Real Estate.

Experts predict gas prices in California will be above $8 per gallon by 2028 caused by taxes and the closing of refineries.  Homebuyers will not be eligible to continue existing solar electric rates with the utilities under California legislation that seems sure to pass.  What options does a buyer have when they find that the home they purchased was built without permits?  We discuss all of this and more on this week's Real Talk.  Real Talk is the Right Side of Real Estate.  

California Legislature refuses to consider sex trafficking of 16 and 17 year old children a felony.  They also refuse legislation to make it easier to evict squatters.  How do you evict a house guest or adult child who refuses to leave your home?  After a promise of 20 year contracts if you install solar the legislature is poised to break that contract.  We discuss all of this and more on this week's Real Talk.  Real Talk is the Right Side of Real Estate.