As the California Legislature reconvenes, Californians will hear two decidedly different messages from both politicians and political pundits about the “state of the state.” Governor Brown will surely tout the “California comeback” and argue that the state is in much better fiscal health than just a couple
Wall Street JournalSurvey of 63 Economic Forecasters The WSJ just completed its March survey of over 60 economic forecasters, and the results were a bit disappointing. The forecasters, on average, expect the surging U.S. dollar and global weakness elsewhere will keep the economy slightly below 3% growth for all of 2015.
DetailsGross Receipts Tax Passed in 2012, but didn’t begin to phase in until 2014. [We have posted on our website – www.smallprop.org) – an extensive article about the new gross receipts tax approved by the voters in 2012, which will gradually replace the Payroll Tax (which virtually no small property owner was required to pay.]
DetailsCan a tenant place a poster on his balcony that says “I support the death penalty” or other political (and perhaps inflammatory) statements? I raised this very issue with eviction Attorney Dennis Block on our weekly radio show (Landlord-Tenant Radio, Mondays at 1:00 p.m. on KTYM 1460 AM).
When it comes to tax deductions, there are a few schools of thoughts. There are the people who want to write off everything, whether it’s legal or not, and figure the cost of an IRS audit won’t be that bad. Or else they think they can’t ever get caught. They are invisible, or so they…
DetailsIn 2015, all manufacturers of water heaters that are sold in the U.S. must conform their equipment to new energy efficiency standards. This applies to all residential, gas, propane and electric water heaters. Why should you care? Because water heaters, as we know them, won’t look the same. Here’s the who, what, how much it’s…
DetailsHopefully, if you own in the City of Los Angeles and are under the L.A. Rent Stabilization Ordinance, you have already paid your building’s registration fees of $24.51 per unit which was due by February 28, 2015. Serving a timely notice, you may collect one half of those fees from your tenants.
Most every year about this time, I criticize the sitting President of the United States for submitting an ever-larger federal budget that almost always includes a big deficit which adds to our massive national debt. I have criticized every president for this going all the way back to
Most of the many apartment owners we have met after our AOA seminars in Los Angeles and the San Fernando Valley have already built living trust based estate plans. They cared enough about preserving and protecting wealth for their heirs to already take significant planning steps.
How to Get More People to See Your Craigslist Ad If you use Craigslist, be sure to include at the bottom of the body of the listing a string of keywords that people might use in their search. These words could include:
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