In an October 2010 Digest, we cited new Social Security statistics and characterized recipients as “on the dole.” Our feedback was inundated with angry e-mails. We published many of them over the next two days… Then on October 21, Porter responded in his Friday Digest with the following discussion of how Social Security’s
The next generation of renters is equipped with more access to information than ever before. Recent survey data published by ForRent.com, sister site of Homes.com, sheds light on what renters are looking for and the methods they’re using to find it. With more than 8,000 responses, the month-long survey revealed
Question One: We are thinking of re-piping our building. I know that this will be a capital improvement. Is there a way of passing this cost to my tenants? I have a rent controlled building in the City of Los Angeles.
Hello everybody. When negotiating purchase agreements of for very large apartment complexes or transactions including a single sale of multiple apartment buildings, buyers and sellers (or their brokers) often start out exchanging
Proposition 13 was an amendment to the California Constitution (embodied in Article 13A) by means of the initiative process and approved overwhelmingly by California voters on
Congratulations on your rental property purchase and welcome to the housing providing business in Los Angeles! This article serves as a guide for rental property owners in the city of Los Angeles and its purpose is to make your job easier, more profitable and to keep you out of courts or paying unnecessary fines. By…
DetailsDear AOA: [The below letter was sent to Supervisor Antonovich.] Dear Mr. Antonovich: Landlords need your help! This letter is to inform you that BASTA, INC. [a non-profit organization that specializes in tenants’ rights] is intimidating, unethical and disrespectful of the court and their actions must not be allowed by the court.
DetailsOnce a living trust is signed, many people believe they will automatically receive all benefits afforded by the trust. Unfortunately this mistaken belief is all too common.
The Big Show You will want to mark your calendars for the FREE “Million Dollar Trade Show and Landlording Conference” next month where we’ll be giving away iPads and 5-day cruise
DetailsWould you like an easy way to track the performance of your property management SuperStars? Will a large on-site activity board really make a difference? You bet! This article will give you three easy ways to improve the performance of the properties you manage because