Los Angeles Real Estate Blog & Market Updates

A quick update for those purchasing real estate through an entity (LLC/trust) using all cash or private financing.   The FinCEN Residential Real Estate Rule (RRE), went into effect March 1, 2026, requiring mandatory reporting of non-financed residential property transfers involving legal entities, trusts, or LLCs to combat money laundering.

Real estate transactions are complex. There are title issues, inspection surprises, contractor questions, neighbor disputes, permit problems, HOA complications, appraisal gaps, and a hundred other things that can come up between the moment you decide to buy or sell and the moment you get your keys or your check. The question is not whether problems will come up. They always do. The question is whether your agent is going to solve them or hand them back to you. I am Leegie Par