Dear AOA: I am writing about Maria who helped me today. I just joined the AOA. I used to be able to depend on others to help me with my rental but life played a joke on me and I found out that I was being taken advantage of so here I am, navigating the rental…
The Bureau of Labor Statistics has announced the 12-month adjustment (April 1, 2021 – April 1, 2022) in the Consumer Price Index (CPI) for the Los Angeles, Long Beach and Anaheim (Orange County) region has been set at 7.9%. This comes as no surprise as consumers have seen prices go up sharply for home sales,…
Fifty percent of all evictions start with a fraudulent rental application. Armed with this knowledge, I’ll bet you have a greater desire to detect fraud. It’s not front-page news that eviction and criminal history are commonly omitted from rental applications. You run a credit report to find out what applicants are not telling you. It’s…
As rents increase, more rental properties are being shared by more than one tenant, so here are three questions to answer before you sign with multiple tenants on the lease. It might seem like an antiquated phrase since most of us no longer buy apples in bulk, but the concerns about one bad apple spoiling…
The Los Angeles City Council has unanimously approved adding a proposal to the November ballot which will dramatically increase transfer taxes in Los Angeles. Increase of Transfer Tax The proposed provision to the November ballot will increase the transfer tax on the sale of multimillion-dollar properties to allegedly help pay for housing local homeless people…
To many of us, the apocalyptic summers of 2020 and 2021 feel like just yesterday — rolling power outages, orange skies and choking, smoky air. Unfortunately, it may be a preview of what’s to come this summer. After the driest winter on record in California, fire officials are worried. They are bracing for a tough wildfire season. Quick temperature…
Below are questions asked by rental property owners regarding California property management and resident manager laws followed by answers provided by Attorney Franco Simone. Definitions used in this article: Assistance animal is a term used to describe both 1) a service animal and 2) a support animal also known as an emotional support animal.…
Most self-made men, at least the uber-successful ones, are usually remembered by the wealth they bequeathed to charities. While inheritances are not necessarily public record, large philanthropic gifts are newsworthy. The extraordinary Getty Museum in Los Angeles (San Diego Frwy, between Sunset Blvd and Mulholland), opened in late 1997 at a cost of $1.3 billion…
An Albany, New York landlord was arrested after he allegedly abducted two tenants that he was unable to evict due to COVID-19 restrictions. The tenants had experienced hardship due to the pandemic and the landlord was frustrated that he was unable to evict them for non-payment of rent due to the COVID-19 eviction restrictions. …
It’s easy to get hyper-focused on the fair housing rules and regulations when it comes to property management. But we need to remember that an integral part of what we do is steeped in customer service. Our residents and prospects are customers and need to be treated accordingly. In addition, it stands to reason that…