Coming Next Month! The Big Trade Show and Educational Conference And Are You the 1% or Who Are They? The Big Show You’ll want to mark your calendars for the Million Dollar Trade Show and Educational Conference next month. Come help us celebrate AOA’s 30th anniversary where we’ll be giving away iPads, 5-day cruises and…
DetailsBed Bugs Revisited Michael A. Brennan, Esq. Potential Link Between Bed Bugs And Disease Could Raise Landlords’ Potential Liability And Provide Tenants With A Stronger Habitability Defense Most landlords have already heard the news about the increasing rate of bed bug infestations in rental housing units across the country. In fact, several of my clients…
DetailsThere is currently a favorable environment with price support for multifamily properties because of the following: There are fewer apartment buildings in better areas being offered for sale Investor interest remains although many are more cautious There is loan availability with record low rates
Details9 Tips on Screening and Your Gut Feelings By Jim Straub Let’s have an honest conversation about screening. By now, we’re all aware of Fair Housing laws and how they apply to screening potential tenants. We all have written screening requirements and we stick to them. Sometimes, though, we just have that feeling in our…
DetailsI recently received a phone call from one of our members who was questioning if she could withhold money from a deposit that was given to her to hold an apartment. At the last minute, the tenants backed out of the lease to rent a different apartment. I asked her to explain the situation to…
DetailsWhen it Comes to Managing Your Rental Property, There’s No Substitute for Knowledge By Ted Loewenberg A friend of mine, Betty, rented an illegal unit for 23 years and established a close friendship with the owner, Joanne. During those many years, Betty spread out her belongings into places that were off limits to her, but…
DetailsHow to Attract Generation Y Residents for Your Rental Properties By Justin Allen Believe it or not, there are up to 80 million people between the ages of 16 and 29 who will be filling your vacancies in the year ahead. They are often called Generation Y, also known as the Echo Boomers. They are…
DetailsThe 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…
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