MrLandlord.com Tips on Management – By Jeffrey Taylor

5 Tips for Attracting Great (Better) Residents Good residents come to you not by accident, but by design. There are good residents in every price range and in every neighborhood. A professional landlord will attract quality residents. An unprofessional landlord will attract troublesome residents. Your rental property is only as secure as the residents who…

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Roof Coatings Are Not Roofs! – By Tom Scherer

Roof coatings became popular in the 1970’s and 80’s, along with the “Bee Gees”, and they have been around ever since. Coatings are applied over an existing hot tar roof in an effort to “extend” the life of the roof and to add reflective qualities to the system. This is sound thinking, however, in many…

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Something to Think About #50 – Uncle Sally’s Nephew, Part 13 – by Klarise Yahya, Commercial Loan Broker – BRE: 00957107, MLO: 249261

Continued from Part 12:  The incentives broke out thusly:  If another agent had sold this property at full asking price, Stu D. Chicken’s office’s share of the commission would be half of 5% of the original $550,000 price, or $13,750. Instead, his office got all of 5% of $400,000 ($20,000). In either case, Stu D.…

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City is Sued for Attempting Unjustified Snooping on Rental Property – by Meriem Hubbard and Wencong Fa, Attorneys-at-Law

In a legal case that should interest rental property owners statewide, the City of Highland in San Bernardino County is being sued for trying to arm-twist landlords and tenants into allowing warrantless inspections of their homes.  In other words, the city is trying to coerce property owners and tenants into surrendering a fundamental constitutional protection:…

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