Ten years ago, a statewide survey showed that more than 85% of apartment renters and owners/managers in California agreed that secondhand tobacco smoke is harmful to people. Based on our more recent surveys, that percentage has moved much higher. Apartment owners know that tobacco smoke is also harmful to an apartment unit. The small particles…
DetailsOur friends at Institute for Justice have convinced the Supreme Court to soon decide in the case Timbs v. Indiana whether the Constitution restrains states (and not just the federal government) from imposing excessive fines. This case started when the State of Indiana attempted to take Mr. Timbs’s Land Rover, on top of other punishments, for his violation…
DetailsWoman Shot in Head While Serving Eviction Notice and Raccoon Attack Leads to a Lawsuit Against Apartment Complex – By the Editors of the Rental Housing Journal Recently, there have been some court decisions which owners should bear in mind as part of their day-to-day management of their buildings. Below are those cases.
DetailsWhen you decide to invest in real estate, you invest your time and energy into finding the perfect property and waiting for the right time to buy. Then, after you’ve purchased and financed the property, you shift your focus to managing the property to maximize cash flow. Sounds good and it is … at first.…
DetailsSo what’s the deal with gutters? Are they really a big deal or are they just something that builders tack on like the little charges on your phone bill to squeeze out a little extra money? Some parts of the country don’t even have gutters, so how important can it be to have them cleaned…
DetailsHello everybody. Owning apartment buildings is not a 9 to 5 job. In fact, it is 24/7 work. An owner never knows when a tenant or resident manager will telephone or text about an emergency in a building, be it a fire, water coming through the tenant’s ceiling, the motorized garage gate won’t close (or…
DetailsA landlord started a discussion on our rental owners’ forum asking landlords to share their favorite statements which rental applicants make that will instantly cause the landlord to consider not renting to them. One landlord admits that the reason they want to actually meet the applicants in person during the showing is because they are…
DetailsWith the cost of housing continuing to rise in California and across the country, Senator Harris recently introduced legislation that would provide rent relief for Americans struggling to make ends meet. The Rent Relief Act would create a new, refundable tax credit to put more money in the pockets of families at a time when renters’ wages…
DetailsNo Good Deed Goes Unpunished If you allow a guest to stay on your property for 30 days, your guest will gain possessory rights to your property. This is true even though no rent was charged. The police will not assist you in forcing this guest to move. In addition, it would be considered a…
DetailsYou have heard it all before. Some of us have even said it ourselves – “Being a landlord can be a pain.” Most people in this country will agree that it makes a lot of sense to buy property and invest in real estate. We also know all the benefits of investing in real estate. …
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