“But they seemed like such nice people!” Famous last words of the landlord whose bad tenant was just dragged out of their property by the deputy sheriff, eviction order in hand, and told to remove his belongings from the sidewalk in less than two hours. The landlord surveys the
The quote that “Good Landlords Attract Good Tenants” is true. So when you consider best practices, I think you need to decide what practices will allow you to attract and retain quality tenants. The first thing
Remember how many of us worried in 2006 and 2007 that the housing market was in a bubble, and how it could end badly? Yet we were told by market analysts that it was different this time around, and that soaring
A landlord asked this week on LandlordingAdvice.com, “How do you ‘tenant-proof’ your properties? How do you minimize damage/wear and tear?” One of our regular forum contributors shared the following 10 tricks of the trade.
Here’s what you should know about what’s new in 2014 in regards to the water and energy conservation law. Beginning in January 1, 2014, selling and installing toilets that are not High Efficiency Toilets (HET) is not allowed in California. An average household with a family of four could save 16,000 gallons of water a…
DetailsHello everybody. AOA readers should bear in mind that starting July 1, 2014 the minimum wage which must be paid to a resident manager will be $9.00 per hour, up from $8.00 per hour. Also, absent an exception, the maximum rent which may be charged to a manager who is required to live on the…
DetailsCrazy as it may sound, most investors drive blind. They don’t have investment goals; they don’t have a monthly or annual review of their investments and they don’t have an investment strategy. When you are looking to get off your
Dan John, the brilliant athletic coach, sometimes refers to the Jim Gaffigan riff on Mexican food as a way to understand the basic principles of, well, almost anything.
Checking out at the store, the young cashier suggested to the much older woman, that she should bring her own grocery bags because plastic bags weren’t good for the environment. The woman apologized and explained, “We didn’t have this ‘green thing’ back in my earlier days.”
Details1. What are my rights to compensation if my tenant breaks the lease and moves out early? If a tenant vacates your rental unit prior to lease expiration in contravention of the lease, you have the right to deem the tenant in breach of contract. You then have the obligation to mitigate your damages. If,…
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