Photo by Sora Shimazaki from Pexels Below are questions asked by rental property owners regarding California rent control laws followed by answers provided by Northern California landlord/tenant law attorney Richard Beckman for the November issue of the AOA Magazine. Question 1: As always, any updates on the state of the courts and unlawful detainers? Answer 1:…
Photo by Karolina Grabowska from Pexels Ready to start riding the debt ceiling roller-coaster again? Well, you better be because the debt ceiling is back, and the government is on schedule to run out of money to pay its bills by mid-October. Here we go again. Congress must move to increase the debt ceiling by then or…
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 Chokniti Khongchum from Pexels Being a landlord isn’t the easiest occupation in our country. A couple of years ago, my wife and I cleaned up a rental home we’ve owned for several years, after a vacancy. I listed it for rent on Craigslist. As normal, I went through the…
Photo by Andres Ayrton from Pexels After all your hard work meeting prospective tenants, answering their questions, and reviewing rental applications, you finally find the perfect tenant. Now you ask yourself, what’s next? It’s time to review the required landlord forms. But after looking them over, you think wow, they might as well be in another language. Either…
As you probably know, California is suffering through a severe housing crisis. The result, inter alia, is escalating home prices, rising rents, lack of affordability, and clogged freeways (from long commutes). And, of course, the corollary, severe homelessness. So, in light of the recent passage of SB9 and SB10, I thought I’d explore with you the housing…