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The DeLeon Insight – September 2025



What’s Really Happening with Real Estate Commissions?

Court Ruling Fails to Halt Commission Collusion and Price Fixing in Real Estate

List With the DeLeon Team for Only 3% Commission

PROPOSED CHANGES TO U.S. TAX POLICY

Proposed Changes to U.S Tax Policy

By Michael Repka, Esq.   LL.M. (Taxation) NYU School of Law THAT COULD IMPACT SILICON VALLEY REAL ESTATE Whenever there is a change in administration, there is an inherent uncertainty related to tax policy. Fortunately, during the presidential…

Eight Things that Make DeLeon Different

Flaws in the Real Estate Industry

By Michael Repka, Esq. Recently, I attended the country’s preeminent real estate convention, Inman Connect in New York City, where I had the opportunity to watch presentations by a variety of different luminaries in the real estate industry.…

California Disallows

By Michael Repka, Esq., LL.M.— Taxation The United States Treasury Department has long accepted the proposition that taxpayers must only recognize gain on the sale of investment property upon receipt of the consideration paid, irrespective of…

Eight Things That Make DeLeon Different

By Michael Repka, Esq. 1) We never take money from both sides of any transaction Most brokerages, and even many individual agents, take money from both sides of the same transaction when they have the opportunity. While some try to characterize…

Resolving Real Estate Disputes

By Michael Repka, Esq. After obtaining my first law degree back in 1999, I took and passed the New York and New Jersey bar exams. In both states, real estate agents help clients buy and sell real estate, but they do not delve into all of the legal,…

So Your Home Didn’t Appraise, Now What?

by Michael Repka, Esq. When a buyer submits an offer on a home, they need to decide which, if any, contingencies they will include in the proposed contract. Naturally, the more contingencies, the better for the buyer, but an offer with fewer contingencies…