The 2017 American Renters Survey was conducted by Buildium from April 18 – 29, 2017 and had 1166 respondents. The survey responses were a random sample commissioned from Market Tools. The survey had an incidence rate of 94% with a 95% level of confidence and a margin of error of +/- 3%. The respondents were…
DetailsMy clients always want to provide for maximum protection for their heirs. Yet, they usually want it coupled with flexibility so that heirs get the maximum benefits from their inheritance. Traditionally, getting more protection often came at a price: Less benefit, less flexibility, and/or less attractive tax consequences.
DetailsIn this season of [giving thanks], please don’t blame battered taxpayers if they pause when asked for what are they grateful. Considering the punishment being dished out to working Californians and the middle class by the Legislature and the governor, it may take them a moment to refocus on the good.
WOW! We are really being hit in 2018. As the front cover depicts, many cities have raped housing providers and businesses by giving a monopoly to one trash company to pick up your trash. Then, they empower their new trash company friends to double and quadruple your price thereby increasing the total tax that the…
DetailsHello everybody. Most everyone hopes that 2018 will bring about a strong economy, an end to high taxes, world peace, and other important things like that. As the legal writer for the Apartment Owners Association, my hope and 2018 New Year’s Resolution wish for AOA members is more modest, but nonetheless extremely important. In fact,…
DetailsIf you’ve missed some of the prior articles, basic guidelines on successful investing are in my book “Stairway to Wealth” available at LuLu.com. Continued from Part 26: William J. Bernstein has written on this. In terms of loss to overall wealth, he identified four sources of risk: (1) inflation; (2) deflation; (3) devastation, and (4)…
DetailsQ: I have tenants who have not paid rent and are claiming they have bed bugs. Can I give them a three day notice to pay rent or quit before I inspect the unit?
Michael Weinstein, the leader of AIDS Health Care Foundation which underwrote the Proposition measure “MS” that would have restricted housing developments within the City of Los Angeles to a voting protocol, apparently has sufficient “bonus” funds to underwrite a statewide ballot measure which would repeal and eliminate the protections afforded to apartment owners throughout the…
DetailsWhile nothing is certain yet about tax reform, it appears likely that Congress will pass, and the President will sign, some version of H.R. 1, the Tax Cut and Jobs Act, this year. Both the version passed by the House, and the version passed by the Senate, either eliminate or substantially limit your ability to…
DetailsTom Corley was a broke CPA, wondering why some clients were so much better off. He studied hundreds of wealthy people and more than 100 poor Americans. What he learned made him famous, wealthy, and impactful. This piece summarizes many of the key points of his book, Success Habits: The Daily Success Habits of Wealthy…
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