The right answer might be to hold.
This book is how you find out.
A defective notice. A blown 1031 deadline. A harassment claim. A buyer who re-trades at the last minute. In California, the cost of any one of them lands entirely on you, and most agents have never been trained for any of it.
What is in the book
Selling a tenant-occupied property is not like selling anything else. The rules are different, the math is different, the buyer pool is different.
- The answer to hold or sell comes from a question most owners never ask
- What you can legally do with your tenancy, in your city, on your block
- The tax tools: 1031s, installment sales, and the ones too good to be true
- Why a tenant in place changes your price, and by how much
- The full process, from first agent interview to handing over the keys
Your property. Your numbers. Your options.
Print copies are available directly from me. A retail edition is coming to Amazon. Until then, email cw@HoldOrSellBook.com and I will get one to you.
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The Hold or Sell Workbook
Every worksheet, checklist, and question list from the appendices, laid out full size for letter paper. Print it, write on it, bring it to the meeting. Free, and updated when the law moves.
Downloading it also puts you on the weekly email covering the changes that affect these decisions. No fluff, no spam, unsubscribe anytime.
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The California rent control directory
Which cities and counties have a local ordinance, sorted by county and by regulatory era, with a link to each jurisdiction's own portal. Free, no signup, and dated so you can see when it was last checked.
Open the directory →Three
Real Estate Disclosure
A live conversation with eviction attorneys, estate planning attorneys, tax strategists, and 1031 specialists. You think I have stories? You should hear theirs.
- The California FAIR Plan Is Not What You Think It Is
- What California Landlord Tenant Law Actually Looks Like in an LA Courtroom
- They Sold the Property a Year Ago. The Lawsuit Showed Up Anyway.
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The conversation
I am a broker who spends a fair amount of his time talking people out of transactions. Nearly two decades, more than five hundred million closed, hundreds of tenant-occupied units. I bought my own home from my landlord, so I have been on the tenant's side of the table too.
When you are ready to talk through your own situation, this month or three years from now, that is what we do. And if you own more than one property, send the whole list. We will run through each one to see which ones are actually making money and which ones are dragging the rest. Most owners have never seen their whole portfolio on one page. That is where I start.
Book a callOr email me directly at cw@HoldOrSellBook.com. I answer every one. No obligation, no pressure. Just honest answers and options.