As most people are now painfully aware, California’s progressive political majority has just hit middle-class taxpayers with billions of dollars in new taxes. As a direct result of these actions, the state will soon have the distinction of having the highest taxes in the nation in the following categories: Highest income tax rate; highest state sales tax rate; highest vehicle tax; and the highest gas tax (and that doesn’t even include the added costs of cap-and-trade regulation). For the wealthy, California can be a lovely place to live. For normal folks, life in the Golden State can be a struggle. According to a recent article in the Sacramento Bee, California lost more than 1 million people in net domestic outmigration between 2004 and 2013.
Capsule Overview of Quiet Title Actions for Investors and Deed of Trust Holders under California Law
by Nate Bernstein, Esq., Managing Counsel, LA Real Estate Law Group
What is a Quiet Title Action?
Often times we get calls from clients or colleagues who ask us to explain what a “quiet title” action is. There is no need to be quiet and hush hush about quiet title actions (pun intended). In fact a quiet title claim is very common claim under California real estate law.