Trade Show a Huge Success! WOW! What an event! Our “Million Dollar” Trade Show and Landlording Conference last month was a huge success! Very knowledgeable speakers delivered fantastic content that provided our members with loads of ideas that will empower them to make and or keep more money than ever before. What was your big…
DetailsIt is called the Amazon Effect — and you’ve probably heard a lot about it. The ecommerce giant has reshaped nearly everything, from the way that consumers think about shopping and accessing goods to the global supply chain. For institutional investors, the Amazon Effect has squarely placed industrial properties as the darling of the commercial…
DetailsA tenant shot and killed the new property manager of an apartment complex, a constable and another tenant before turning the gun on himself during an eviction in Tucson, Ariz., according to reports. The tenant had been threatening others with a gun in the apartment complex for months, according to KGUN9.com, and the apartment complex was…
DetailsBefore voters get too consumed with the upcoming November election and the myriad of special-interest initiatives on the ballot, let’s take a moment to review a harsh lesson in ballot measure “bait and switch” tactics, specifically Proposition 19 from November 2020. What happened with that measure could easily repeat itself with one of the initiatives…
DetailsMonetary Judgments When you obtain a monetary judgment against your tenant, you may be surprised to hear that the judgment itself is only as good as the piece of paper it is written on. You must collect on the judgment in order to obtain any funds. Ways to Collect There are many ways to accomplish…
DetailsDesperate times call for desperate measures, and times are, arguably, increasingly desperate. The persistence of high inflation might force the Federal Reserve to resort to the biggest increase in a key U.S. interest rate in more than 40 years. After another dismal inflation report (see below), economists predict a full-percentage-point increase in the Fed’s benchmark…
DetailsWhile the housing market has been cooling off mostly due to higher interest rates, the rental market is white hot! Bidding wars on rentals are driving up the market for newly listed properties. When the pandemic hit, we had historically low inventory throughout California, historically low interest rates and huge buyer demand. This resulted in…
DetailsBelow are questions asked by rental property owners regarding California rent control laws followed by answers provided by eviction attorney Dennis Block. Question One: My property is subject to Statewide Rent Control. I have a tenant who will only pay the rent when he is served with a 3-day notice to pay rent or…
DetailsYes, you read that title right and here’s how it happened. A New York college student seeking housing had found an apartment that had everything he wanted. But, before he signed the lease, he happened to run into a tenant who had just vacated with plenty of information. The previous tenant warned him that the…
DetailsOver the summer, we’ve been told that inflation rose to a 40-year high. It’s even higher than that if measured by conventional methods of the past. We’ve also been told the labor market is the tightest in decades, a good thing, but that’s not entirely true either. The fact is, consumer finances have deteriorated at…
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