Video: A.I. Personal Assistants


As the latest innovation in home automation technology, AI personal assistants are making life easier for the modern homeowner. Today, we're in Livermore with Diamond Certified expert contributor, Jose Carbo of Gem Tech Services, to learn more.

So today, we're going to be talking about personal assistants and how they can help you and your lifestyle. You can tell Alexa to tell alarm.com to turn the family room lights on. Alexa, tell alarm.com to turn the family room lights on. Turning on the family room lights.

Alexa, tell alarm.com to lock the front door. Locking. These are some of the ways we can utilize technology to not only save energy and keep your home secure, but make your life simpler. To learn more from local top-rated companies, visit our Diamond Certified expert reports at experts.diamondcertified.org.


Video: Understanding 1031 Reverse Exchanges

A 1031 exchange can be a beneficial financial tool, but limited time constraints can make it a difficult feat to pull off. That's why it's worthwhile to consider doing a reverse exchange.

Today we're in San Francisco with Diamond Certified expert contributor Ralph Bungee Jr. of Independent Exchange Services to learn more. One of the things that a lot of people have been asking about is something that has changed in the 1031 exchange industry.

I want to keep in mind: the industry has been around since 1921, but doing exchanges up until 1980, you basically had to buy and sell on the same day. That was really a trick, and it's even a bigger trick in today's world.

So what happened after 1980 is that you had a 45-180 day period following the close of escrow and the one that you sold your relinquished property to buy your replacement property. But the biggest problem was identifying something in 45 days in writing that you would be purchasing within 180 days. What we found is that in the current market environment where there's a lot of buyers around, it's been very hard to nail down the right property.

So we do reverse exchanges, and they've been allowed by the IRS since 1980, and we've been doing them pretty regularly now, especially in today's market. Where we will actually buy and park the property you wish to purchase. We will work with you and with your lender to put together a deal where we buy the property and park it for you. You then lease it from us during the 180-day period, and during that 180-day period, you have the opportunity to sell your property and buy it from us. 

As long as you do that, you bought the right property, you got it at the right price, you've improved your negotiating position on the sale, you've improved your negotiating position on the buy, you've made an economically superior investment. One of the nice things about it is it means that you have purchased the right property and that you didn't buy the wrong property because you were running out of time to identify something. You bought the right property, which means when you go through the next five years, you're pleased that you did it, and you got it done in time.

It's a more expensive transaction, so I'll give you a heads up on it because there's a lot more work involved. But it's one of those transactions where we find that, in most cases, people actually make money on a reverse exchange because of the benefits that they get with the improved negotiating position on both their sale and buy.

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Video: Hybrid Water Heaters


new trends in the energy space for home
electrification are the transition from
gas hot water heaters to hybrid hot
water heaters a great benefit to hybrid
hot water heater is it takes the heat
that's in the atmosphere and transfers
it into the heating of the water and the
byproduct is it produces cool air which
in California traditionally hot water
heaters are in garages so it's very
possible to have an air conditioner in
your garage in the summer a hybrid hot
water heater paired with a thermostatic
mixing valve can allow your hot water
heater now to be what's known as a
thermal battery a gas hot water heater
has a 0.8 uef uniform efficiency Factor
whereas a hybrid hot water heater has a
3.85 uef for every dollar you spend on a
gas hot water heater you only get 80
cents of hot water how whereas with a
hybrid hot water heater for every you
spend you get 3.85 cents of hot water
out that's a huge energy reduction in
your home which is a great way to also
save money in your wallet and if you
have solar on your home it's a
no-brainer if this new technology sounds
interesting to you feel free to reach
out to your local electrical HVAC and
plumbing contractor
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Independent Exchange Services, Inc.

Short video showcasing Independent Exchange Services, Inc., a Diamond Certified Company. Independent Exchange Services, Inc. provides IRS Section 1031 exchange services for real estate investors throughout the Greater Bay Area and beyond.

Independent Exchange Services, Inc. - Diamond Certified Company Story

Independent Exchange Services, Inc. provides IRS Section 1031 exchange services—essentially a deferral of capital gains taxes from the exchange of inves...

Independent Exchange Services, Inc. - Diamond Certified Video Profile

Hi, I'm Ralph bungee. I'm a CEO of independent exchange services and reverse exchange services managed by 1031 Strategies and Services Group. We do section 1031 exchanges of real estate and have been doing so for the last 36 years.

We do both forward and reverse 1031 exchanges for our clients. Basically, that is a deferral of capital gains tax from one income-producing property to another.

In addition, we also do reverse exchanges, which is the parking of a piece of real estate which you intend to acquire in the future. This allows you to do your forward exchange at a later date, support exchange into the reverse property, and then acquire that replacement property.

What we're good at is helping you develop a strategy. You're trying to get a job done, you want to know where you're going before you leave where you have been. We try to work with you.

We're happy to meet with you, we're happy to answer your questions at any time, whether it's before or after the exchange, or during the exchange. We're always here for you, that's what we do.

We've been in this business probably since the inception of doing 1031 exchanges when the Starker case ended in 1980, and so we're one of the oldest firms in the business. We're also a smaller boutique firm.

We have a very hands-on approach to each one of our clients. The business is not just about turning paper, it's about understanding what the client needs, what the client intends to do with your exchange, and whether or not an exchange is right for them.

You always want to do what you like to do. You know if you do what you like doing, you'll always do your best. If you do your best, people want what you have to offer, and if that's true, the revenue closes.

So we don't chase the revenue, we basically chase the relationship, and we really enjoy people. My life is about helping people's life work better. It's a philosophical thing with me, but that's why I do it, and that's I think why we've been successful.

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