The Divine Rightsof Carmen Trutanich By Carol Knapp Apparently Los Angeles City Attorney Carmen Trutanich¦NUCH* to friends¦feels he has the divine right of kings when it comes to the law. Property owners have been getting das boot from der city for years with outrageous fees, fines surcharges and criminal liability for tenant destruction, Kangaroo Court…
DetailsLife Without Proposition 13 By Jon Coupal In Sacramento, where the political class feels they can never get enough money from taxpayers, Assemblyman Tom Ammiano has held another hearing on the evil Proposition 13, focusing on property tax protections for commercial property. But the intent is clear, as has been pointed out by taxpayer and…
DetailsBuy a House! By Addison Wiggin and Samantha Buker A little more than a year ago, a very successful professional investor declared, If you don’t own a home, buy one. If you own one home, buy another one, and if you own two homes, buy a third and lend your relatives the money to buy…
DetailsVacancies: Time to Change Your Marketing Plan? By Drew DeMasters Have you have ever had too many qualified applicants for your rental properties? So many you had to turn them away and even stop advertising? I mean what a happy problem, right? A landlord’s dream. If this has ever happened to you, you probably wish…
DetailsWhy Many Apartment Markets Have More Good Years Ahead By Patrick Simons Is a glut of new apartments inevitable? Should you be worried about all the proposed projects you’re hearing about? Are we seeing signs of irrational exuberance in the rental housing industry? We do a lot of forecasting for clients based on detailed supply-demand…
DetailsMRLANDLORD.COM Tips on Management 19 Top Tips When Buying Property That You Plan to Hold and Rent 1) Buy what RENTS! A great buy in the wrong part of town is NOT a great buy! 2) LOCATION! The prettiest rental in the wrong neighborhood will never have as much potential as the ugliest house in…
DetailsBenefits of Transferring Your Rental Property to a Living Trust By, Michael K. Elson, Attorney There are many significant benefits to transferring your rental property and other assets to a living trust. The obvious benefits are that you will select the executor, or rather successor trustee, of your estate, and you will decide who the…
DetailsEverything You Always Wanted to Know About Transferring Real Estate Without Getting Reassessed by Edgar Saenz, Esq. Here’s the problem: In California, a change in ownership of real property triggers a reassessment. Here’s a menu of six ways to legally transfer property without incurring a reassessment.
DetailsLetters to the Editor¦ Dear Dan: Just a note of thanks for the service you provide to landlords in California. I could not print out the “Lead Base Paint pamphlet” from the EPA web site so I drove over to your Garden Grove office to pick up a supply. This reminded me how valuable being…
DetailsReminder: New Lighting Rules from the Federal Environmental Protection Agency By Tom Sjostrom Now is the time to plan for the replacement of your fluorescent lights and ballasts! As an owner/investor of real estate, you need to figure out what kinds of lighting you have, because significant changes have been mandated by the Federal Government…
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