Dan J. Harkey

Master Educator | Business & Finance Consultant | Mentor

Real Estate-Technical

Technical Real Estate Insight on the Issues that Move Value—Legally, Operationally, and Financially

Legal issues, valuation realities, operational pitfalls, and market shifts—explained in plain English.

Real estate isn’t just “location, location, location.” It’s contracts, compliance, conditions, valuation, and the little details that turn good deals into expensive lessons. My articles cover technical and legal issues, ownership and operations across residential and commercial property, and the market trends reshaping what works (and what doesn’t). If it affects risk, value, or performance, it belongs here.

Most deals don’t fail on the headline numbers—they fail in the details: condition, documentation, liability, tenant/legal exposure, and assumptions that don’t survive due diligence. I write about real estate the way it behaves, benefits, detriments, valuation methods, and the shifting landscape that changes your risk overnight.

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My Soon-To-Be ex-Husband Applied for a Home Loan During Our Divorce

Trouble in Paradise

Procedures for Real Property Loan Transactions:

Best Practices

The State Of California Took Over The Development Approval Process

Leaving Local Municipalities with Only Ministerial Approvals

Can We Purchase Property Subject to a First Lien Without Notifying the Lender?

Obtaining a Loan Without Telling His Wife

Trouble in Paradise

Ask The Right Questions- Quick Read

Chapter VI - Private Money Lending: Licensing and Regulatory Oversight

Chapter V - Active participants in the lending process

Including third-party vendors.

Chapter IV - Strategies for Successful Loan Originations

Chapter III - Ask the Right Questions: Close Your Deal

Chapter II - Private Money, Hard Money, Loan Originations