Stripnomics

Richard T. Woon is a real estate attorney in San Jose, California. Richard’s real estate work includes brokerage agreements, tax deferred exchanges, tenancy-in-common agreements, design and construction contracts, landlord-tenant matters, property disputes, title matters, easements and licenses, and related matters. In the area of land use, Richard works on a variety of matters including general plan and zoning amendment, development agreements, subdivision and parcel maps, property tax issues, use permits, quiet title actions, condemnation issues, and so forth. Richard has experience with many types of properties, including residential subdivisions, shopping centers, office buildings, warehouse and industrial facilities, farm and ranch lands, and apartment complexes. Additionally, Richard handles financial matters involving foreclosures, loan work-outs and mortgage broker matters.

Richard previously operated a real estate brokerage practice representing and advising local urban infill residential and mixed use developers on the acquisition of residential subdivision developments and commercial properties. He also has extensive experience brokering residential real estate purchase and sale transactions and purchasing properties in foreclosure.

In addition to his real estate law practice, Richard also has experience in business law and estate planning matters. He has advised clients on general business matters such entity formation, entity transfers, asset transfers, tax matters, licensing matters and entity dissolution. His estate planning work includes revocable living trusts, wills, powers of attorney, family limited partnerships, irrevocable life insurance trusts, asset protection trusts, trust administrations, trust litigation, probate administrations, conservatorships, guardianships and Medi-Cal planning.

In September 2008, Richard started Stripnomics to chronicle his short trade of ProLogis (PLD) a real estate investment trust. He successfully shorted PLD from the high $30’s and low $40’s down to single digits. Click HERE for a summary of the ProLogis trade, all the blog posts and the untraditional/unfiltered analysis.