Photo by Sora Shimazaki from Pexels Below are questions asked by rental property owners regarding California Rent Control Law followed by answers provided by San Diego landlord/tenant law attorney Franco Simone for the November issue of the AOA Magazine. Q: I own an apartment building in Lemon Grove and one of my tenants notified me that the…
California’s SB 9 new legislation is designed to increase the housing supply. For the past 50 years, California has experienced an extended and growing housing shortage. In fact, according to a study released in 2018, California ranked 49th of all states in housing units per resident. In raw numbers, that translates to a shortage of…
Photo by Sora Shimazaki from Pexels Below are questions asked by rental property owners regarding California rent control laws followed by answers provided by eviction attorney Dennis Block in the November issue of the AOA Magazine. Question One: I have a Section 8 tenant in Carson, California. The tenant has occupied the premises for the last five…
Photo by Karolina Grabowska from Pexels Federal Legislation governing rent assistance presented states with three options: State Rental Assistance Program, the Block Grant Option, or having part of the state allocation distributed through local jurisdictions. California chose to run the program in smaller jurisdictions, but offered larger jurisdictions the ability to elect to run their own programs.…
Hello everybody. It has been many years since I have written about the methods to prevent a neighbor from acquiring a prescriptive easement on an owner’s property. Because a prescriptive easement can permanently deprive an owner of his or her property rights, the methods to prevent that are worth reviewing. For purposes of this article,…
If you own highly appreciated investment property and have considered performing a 1031 Exchange, then you have likely heard about Delaware Statutory Trust (DST) replacement property – you may even have friends that have invested in DSTs. DSTs have been around since 2004; however, they have become increasingly popular with landlords ready to retire from…
Photo by Brett Jordan from Pexels When I was in college, I competed at chess tournaments. I quickly realized that more games were lost by blunders than won by brilliances. Now, my day job involves helping remarkably successful people prevail outside their specialty. This article has the gleanings of thousands of interactions with millionaires. Here are 11…
Photo by John Guccione www.advergroup.com from Pexels A San Francisco landlord who allegedly tried to drive his tenants out of a rent-controlled building was ordered by the courts to pay those tenants $2.7 million! The landlord was described as a “ruthless predator” by the City Attorney who said that his despicable abuse was targeting tenants (seniors…
Photo by Mikael Blomkvist from Pexels Rents were up another 2.1 percent nationally in August as rent growth continued, while vacancies reached historic lows, according to the latest report from Apartment List. The report says that since January of 2021, the national median rent “has increased by a staggering 13.8 percent. To put that in context, rent growth…
Photo by Mike from Pexels Gov. Gavin Newsom has made the California housing crisis a priority, but has not accomplished his goals. He returned to the issue in his first major bill signings after winning the recall election. Gov. Gavin Newsom just signed some of the biggest housing bills in years, including a measure that allows more than one house…