Real Estate Law

San Francisco Residential Real Estate Attorney and Broker

With the recent economic downturn, California's real estate market was severely impacted. Seemingly overnight, homeowners experienced incredible losses in the value of their real estate investments. If you are having difficulty making the payments for your San Francisco area home or if you are ready to leave the house behind, contact me for a free consultation. As a licensed broker and a real estate lawyer, I can help.

Minimizing tax liability and credit damage

I am Attorney Connie Yi. For nearly 10 years, I worked as a certified public accountant (CPA) for one of the "Big Four" accounting firms before opening my own law firm. With that real-world experience combined with my real estate knowledge, I help homeowner right their upside down home loans while minimizing tax liability and credit report damage.

In my practice, I have found there are two types of clients: those who wish to stay in their homes and those who simply want to walk away. Based on the desires of my clients, I can create an action plan to help their wishes come true while avoiding foreclosure. Often, these action plans include either loan modification or short sale.

Keeping you in your home

One of the most effective methods to keep homeowners in their houses is to negotiate a loan workout with the mortgage lender. However, this is often easier said than done. The phone numbers lenders provide often lead to phone trees and voice mail systems, so speaking with a person, much less the right person, can be near impossible. Further, the tight timeline makes it difficult to achieve an acceptable loan modification agreement prior to foreclosure proceedings.

Helping you walk away

If it is not economical for you to keep your house, you have options to foreclosure. One successful way is through structuring a short sale. By negotiating an acceptable short sale agreement with your lender, you can walk away from the house without having a foreclosure appear on your credit report. Unfortunately, the short sale process is cumbersome and time consuming for homeowners to attempt on their own.

Putting my experience to work for you

In both short sales and loan modifications, I have the experience necessary to negotiate agreements with lenders that benefit my clients. As an attorney with a real estate broker's license, I can work efficiently in both worlds. Further, with my CPA license I can provide tax advice to my clients and structure agreements to protect their interests.

Offering a complimentary consultation

For one-stop real estate and tax law services in San Francisco, contact me for a free initial consultation. For your convenience, I maintain four accessible locations in the Bay Area with free parking and accept all major credit cards. In addition, I speak fluent Chinese. Evening and weekend appointments are available.