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Out of all the US states, California had the largest number of Native Americans residing there than any other state. In fact, there were more than five hundred different recorded groups or sub-tribes which had diverse cultural beliefs and forms of leadership. Some debatable archeological evidence shows signs of human habitation here nearly 19,000 years ago, but most archeologists agree there is widespread evidence of hunter-gatherers cultures in the area dating back to around at least 11,000 years ago. The tribes that were recorded here around the time of European contact typically fell into one of seven different language families which included the Yuki-Wappo, Uto-Aztecan, Penutian, Chumashan, Algic, Hokan, and Athabaskan.

The Spanish were the first Europeans to explore this area starting in 1542 under the leadership of Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo. Francis Drake, a Briton, later arrived in 1579 and laid claim on some parts of the coast. In 1602, Sebastian Vizcaino drew the map of the shores of this state and placed it under New Spain. The Spanish continued to dominate this region which saw their missionaries establish various mission centers while the soldiers built forts. Small towns were also founded and would later develop to become big cities like San Jose and Los Angeles. The Russians explored this area and established a trading post at Fort Ross. The Francisco Bay was the southernmost part of the Russian Colony. When the Spanish lost their control of this area through the Mexican War of Independence in 1821, the region became part of a vast northern province of the country of Mexico named as Alta California. This region remained under the administration of Mexican government for 25 years until they turned it over to the USA upon the signing of the Treaty of Guadalupe after Mexico lost the Mexican-American War in 1848.

With an estimated population of about 92,000 people, California was admitted to the Union on September 9, 1850, as the 31st state. It covers an area of about 163,169 square miles which makes it the 3rd largest state in area in the country. Calif. is US’s most populous state with an estimated population of nearly 40 million people. Nicknamed the Golden State, Gold and Blue are the official colors of this state which is guided by the motto Eureka.

The state is located on the western side of the United States and borders the states of Arizona, Nevada, and Oregon as well as having a nearly 900 mile long border with the Pacific Ocean and the country of Mexico. Since the state is very large, its terrain includes many differnt things like cliff-lined beaches, redwood forest, and the Mojave Desert. The state can be categorized into two key regions; Southern and Northern. In the middle part is the Central Valley known for its fertile soil that supports many agricultural activities. The Sierra Nevada mountain ranges are on the eastern side of this valley while the Cascade Ranges are on the upper side. Near the ocean, there are the Pacific Coast Ranges while the Tehachapi Mountains are in the lower part. This state gets most of its water supply from the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta.

Most parts of the State experience a Mediterranean climate, but due to its large size the climate also ranges from subtropical to subarctic. Near the coast, there is summer fog while further inland there are hotter summers and colder winters. San Francisco and Los Angeles enjoy a microclimate of cooler temperatures in the summer due to maritime moderation compared to most metropolitan areas in the US of the same latitude. The north receives more rainfall than the south due to the mountain ranges that also influence the climate. The Central Valley and Northwestern part has Mediterranean and temperate climate respectively. On the eastern side, the mountains produce rain shadows creating extensive deserts.

This state has various monuments, national trails, and parks. For instance, the CA National Historic Trail is part of a trail cutting across ten states used by more than 250,000 emigrants during the biggest mass migration in America’s history arising from the infamous Calif. Gold Rush of 1849. The Channel Islands National Park is a preserve for a total of 5 islands and their immediate surroundings which are known for their unique wildlife and plants. The Lassen Volcanic National Park is known for its volcanoes, clear mountain lakes, wildflowers, and steaming fumaroles. Other major attractions include; Yosemite, the Mojave National Preserve, the Death Valley National Park, the Muir Woods National Preserve, the Pony Express National Historic Trail, the Joshua Tree National Park, Alcatraz and the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, the Point Lobos State Reserve in Carmel, the Palm Springs Aerial Tramway in Palm Springs, the La Jolla Kayak, the Marin Headlands, the scenic Pacific Coast Highway - Route 1, the Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Park with its massive Redwoods near Visalia, the Torrey Pines State Natural Reserve, Coronado Island, Elephant Seal Rookery in San Simeon, Balboa Park in San Diego, and Rosie the Riveter World War II Home Front National Park in Richmond. Calif. is also known for its amazing theme and adventure parks. Some of the most famous theme parks here are Disneyland in Anaheim, Six Flags Magic Mountain in Valencia, LegoLand in Carlsbad, Universal Studios Hollywood, SeaWorld in San Diego, and Knott’s Berry Farms in Buena Park.

This state is endowed with various museums that revolve around history, science, technology and arts. The Tech Museum of Innovation in San Jose demonstrates some of the major scientific breakthroughs of international importance. The Oakland Museum of California explores the arts, history and natural resources in this state. The Aerospace Museum of California displays both civilian and military aircraft throughout America’s aviation history. The Cal Science Center, J. Paul Getty Center, and the LA County Museum of Art, all three of which are in Los Angeles along with the CA Academy of Sciences and the Fine Arts Museums both in San Francisco are five of the top 20 most visited museums in the USA with each of them getting more than 1 million visitors annually. Some other museums and places that you won't want to miss here are the USS Midway Museum in San Diego, the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum in Semi Valley, the Monterey Bay Aquarium in Monterey, the San Diego Zoo, the Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach, the Discovery Cube Orange County in Santa Ana, the Kern County Museum in Bakersfield, the Huntington Library, Bowers Museum of Cultural Art in Santa Ana, CA Citrus State Historic Park in Riverside, Art Collections and Botanical Gardens in San Marino.

The city of Sacramento serves as the capital of the state. This town is known by several nicknames such as; Sactown, the City of Trees, Sac-a-Tomatoes, Sacto, and Sac. The city also acts as a major transportation hub served by the Sacramento International Airport and several major highways such as I-80 passing through it. Sacramento is known for its preservation of local culture and arts with facilities such as the Eagle Theater not forgetting that the Southern and Central Pacific Railroads were both founded here.

Residents here have access to some fantastic universities. The Cal State University has been the largest public university system in the country with over 430,000 students and has campuses in cities such as Bakersfield, Channel Islands, Chico, Dominguez Hills, East Bay, Fresno, Fullerton, Humboldt, Long Beach, Los Angeles, Monterey Bay, Northridge, Pomona, Sacramento, San Diego, San Francisco, San Jose, Rohnert Park, San Luis Obispo, San Marcos, Maritime, Sonoma, and Stanislaus. UC is another big university system with their larger campuses in Berkeley, Los Angeles, San Diego, Irvine, Davis, Santa Barbara, Merced, Santa Cruz, Riverside, and San Francisco. There are also many private universities in this state with the most notable ones being the Stanford University, which is located in Stanford, Claremont McKenna in Claremont, Pepperdine University in Malibu, and Occidental College, Loyola Marymount University, and USC in Los Angeles.

This state has the highest number of professional teams that play in major leagues. The teams playing in the big four leagues are; the NFL’s LA Rams, SDG Chargers, and San Francisco 49ers football teams, the MLB’s Los Angeles Dodgers and Angles of Anaheim, Oakland Athletics, S.D. Padres, and SF Giants baseball teams, the NBA’s Golden State Warriors in Oakland, LA Lakers and Clippers, and Sac Kings basketball teams, the NHL’s Anaheim Ducks, LA Kings, and the San Jose Sharks ice hockey teams.

For race fans, the state hosts the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series at both the Auto Club Speedway in Fontana and the Sonoma Raceway in Sonoma. For golfing fans the fantastic weather and beautiful golf courses here allows the state to host several major PGA games like the Farmers Insurance Open in La Jolla, the Career Builder Challenge in La Quinta, the Frys.com Open in Napa, the Northern Trust Open in Pacific Palisades, the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am in Pebble Beach, and the Travelers Championship in Cromwell.

For college sports fans, the state hosts several college football bowl games like the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, which is the country’s oldest college football bowl game of its kind. It also hosts the Holiday and Poinsettia Bowls in San Diego, and the Foster Farms Bowl in Santa Clara. Some of the major college sports teams that compete in NCAA Division I FBS includes the Cal Golden Bears, the Fresno State Bulldogs, the UCLA Bruins, the USC Trojans, the SDSU Aztecs, the San Jose State Spartans, and the Stanford Cardinals.

The state has a strong economy and has consistently ranked to have the largest GDP in the country. The economy is so large that if this state were a stand-alone country, it would rank as being the sixth-largest economy in the world. The primary sectors include agriculture, transportation, education, healthcare, food processing, retail, insurance, banking, energy, manufacturing, tourism, finance, and hospitality. The state also serves as the headquarters for more than 50 Fortune 500 companies such as: Chevron, Apple, HP, Wells Fargo, McKesson, Intel, Google, Disney, Cisco Systems, Ingram Micro, Oracle, Safeway, eBay, PG&E Corp., DirecTV, Qualcomm, Occidental Petroleum, Gilead Sciences, Amgen, Gap, Western Digital, Health Net, Visa, Facebook, Farmers Insurance Exchange, Ross Stores, Reliance Steel & Aluminum, Molina Healthcare, Symantec, SanDisk, Applied Materials, CBRE Group, Broadcom, Avery Dennison, Charles Schwab, Mattel, Clorox, Advanced Micro Devices, Netflix, and SalesForce.com. Some of the other largest private employers here are; the UCLA Health Systems, Nestle USA Inc., Edwards Air Force Base, Naval Base San Diego, Naval Base Coronado, Comcast, Western Digital Company, Disneyland, Sharp Healthcare, and Kaiser.

When buying or selling a house here, the real estate closing agent will typically use a Grant Deed to convey the title of the property to the new owner. For the deed to be legally valid, it must have the property’s exact legal description within the document. This state primarily follows the Public Land Survey System (PLSS) methodology when surveying real estate. Calif. has three main initial starting points for their PLSS which include the Humboldt Meridian, the San Bernardino Meridian, and the Mount Diablo Meridian. Because this area used to be controlled by Spain and Mexico, some of the earlier platted land still uses the old survey system of Ranchos from the original Spanish and Mexican Land Grants.

If you aren’t paying cash for the home and are instead getting a loan to buy the real estate, then understand that this is primarily a title theory state. This simply means that the raw title of the property will remain in a trust until the lien is ultimately paid off. The most common document that is used here to secure the lender’s interest in the title is called a Deed of Trust. Another less conventional method in CA is for the bank to use a Mortgage instead.

If for some reason the borrower cannot repay the home loan, then the lender who used the Deed of Trust method can save time and money and avoid having to go through the court system. They do this by merely starting a non-judicial foreclosure which typically only takes about 117 days to complete. However, if a Mortgage were used, then the lender would need to go through the court system and start a more lengthy and costly judicial foreclosure instead.

The laws that pertain to the foreclosure process here are mostly found in Calif. Civil Code, Section 2924. However, if you are a landlord here that needs to evict a non-paying tenant, then you would need to reference the statutes of CCC §§ 1925-1954, §§ 1961-1962.7 instead. Whereas if you are looking to become a real estate agent, then you would just deal directly with the CA Bureau of Real Estate, which oversees all the licensing of the agents and most of the implementation and enforcement of the California Real Estate Laws. Amongst other things, the main requirements to get a real estate license here would be to be at least 18 years old, complete three specific real estate courses, successfully pass the written real estate state exam, pass some criminal background checks, and pay the various required licensing fee.

The amazing parks, the never-ending sporting action, beautiful museums, the strong economy, and the modern education system are just a few reasons so why many residents love calling the state home. Speaking of homes, if you happen to have one that you would like to sell, then we would be honored with the opportunity to purchase it from you. If the speed of selling your home is your concern, have no fear because we can close escrow very quickly. In fact, if you had only contacted Finally Sold ten days ago, your home could have already been Finally SOLD by now.

 

Some of the counties where we purchase properties in this state are: Alameda | Alpine | Amador | Butte | Calaveras | Colusa | Contra Costa | Del Norte | El Dorado | Fresno | Glenn | Humboldt | Imperial | Inyo | Kern | Kings | Lake | Lassen | Los Angeles | Madera | Marin | Mariposa | Mendocino | Merced | Modoc | Mono | Monterey | Napa | Nevada | Orange | Placer | Plumas | Riverside | Sacramento | San Benito | San Bernardino | San Diego | San Francisco | San Joaquin | San Luis Obispo | San Mateo | Santa Barbara | Santa Clara | Santa Cruz | Shasta | Sierra | Siskiyou | Solano | Sonoma | Stanislaus | Sutter | Tehama | Trinity | Tulare | Tuolumne | Ventura | Yolo | Yuba.

At Finally Sold, we buy most all single family homes in their as is condition. If you happen to have a property that you would like to sell, make sure you call us or fill out our short online form so that you too can once and for all get your property Finally SOLD!

Finally Sold is a national real estate investment company that specializes in helping homeowners sell quick for cash. We are not Realtors® or a real estate agency. We instead purchase houses and real estate for our benefit. No 'Agency' is created when selling a property to us. We are an Equal Housing Opportunity Provider. We do business in accordance to the Federal Fair Housing Law. One or more franchisees of Right Now Capital, LLC and the Finally Sold Brand may be licensed real estate agents.