Steven Hickox's (castlerain) Blog

The SEC has entered a new ruling that TIC (Tenent in Common) investments will be treated as securities by the SEC.  The effect of this ruling is that TIC investments must be sold by individuals licensed to sell securities and fees cannot be earned or paid to real estate brokers on these transacti...

Dear Real Estate Investors: Several of our 1031 exchange customers have adopted this strategy: They are selling investment properties that they bought 2-5 years ago at a loss.  Then they are taking their remaining capital and reinvesting in new lower priced property, priced in today's lower marke...

Dear Real Estate Investors:  We all know that several 1031 exchange companies have failed leaving investors without their funds and unable to complete their 1031 exchanges.  This is a tragedy.  We have adopted new procedures to safe guard your funds.  Now our FDIC member bank also enteres into th...