Introducing…the New AOA Guest Card – By Cristine Tablante
If you have a vacancy or an upcoming vacancy, your main goal is to get it rented as quickly as possible. The best way to rent your available unit is to make sure you
Southern California Landlords…How to Avoid Trouble and Save Money! Follow These Laws and Ideas for 2014! – by Patricia A. Harris
It is our continuous goal to aid and support you in making this business of providing housing for others more profitable, easier and yes, more enjoyable. AOA wishes each and every one of you a happy, healthy and prosperous New Year and we look forward to being of service to you throughout the years to…
DetailsFive New Year’s Strategies to Maximize Your Building’s Income – By Saint Newton
After a long dry spell, we have entered a market cycle where rents are increasing. As a building owner, you need to have your rents keep pace with the market with the same diligence you look after your
2014 A Great Year to Be a Landlord? – By Robert Cain
2014 could be a terrific time to be a landlord. Changes in the tax code could mean more business for us. As there have been for some time, there are rumblings about doing away with
DetailsForecasts & Trends Obama Calls for a Minimum Wage Hike to $10.10 – By Gary Halbert
[This proposed minimum wage increase would cost apartment owners big! If you have a manager or if you use a handyman to do repairs – prices will be going up!] President Obama is calling for a huge hike in the minimum wage to
DetailsProposal to Allow Tenants to Bypass Court and Have Rent Board Decide Their Harassment Complaints – By Gideon Kramer, SPOSFI News Editor
In 2008, the Board of Supervisors passed Proposition M. While anti-harassment laws already existed, tenant activists pressured their allies on the Board to sponsor Prop. M – the Anti-Harassment Ordinance. Prop. M specifically called out more than a dozen actions treated as harassment by a rental property owner, including failure to make repairs, entering without…
DetailsSomething to Think About #16 – The Rashomon Effect – By Klarise Yahya, Commercial Loan Broker – BRE: 00957107 MLO: 249261
One of the concepts behind How I Met Your Mother (now in its final season) revolves around the characters having unique memories of the same event, with one recollection often being very different from
Three Ways to Get America Back on Track
The United States is still – by a wide margin – the wealthiest and most powerful nation in the world. We have a great productive capacity than any other nation. It’s probably larger than all of Europe combined. And despite what many people believe, I don’t think our country’s best days are behind us. That…
DetailsSecret Weapon to Increase Traffic and Fill Vacancies – By Charles Blair
As anybody knows, keeping properties filled is the top priority of every rental property owner. Without applicant traffic to fill vacancies you will fail, either from online or off-line prospects. This article focuses on increasing ONLINE traffic to your website. You could have the best looking rental website on the Internet, but absolutely no one…
DetailsLegal Q & A, How to Properly Screen Your Tenants – by Franco Simone, Esq.
Q: What factors can I legally consider when deciding whether or not to rent to someone? A: As a landlord, there are certain factors that you are legally permitted to consider to accept or reject a potential tenant. Permissible factors to use in deciding whether to
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