I have no idea who wrote this but it sure is powerful! Thank God for his perfect gift! In 1979, I was managing a Wendy’s in Port Richey, Florida. Unlike today, staffing was never a real problem, but I was searching for someone to work three hours a day only at lunch. I went through…
DetailsChristmas is again different this year – circumstances may have affected some landlord/tenant relationships. Some tenants may owe you months of rent due to job loss or sickness. Some may be dishonestly taking advantage of the laws allowing them to “defer” rental payments. Also, circumstances may have changed with YOU, the landlord. Having gone without…
DetailsOverview: The slave, Bridget Mason, emancipated herself by court petition a few years after her owners moved to California, a free state. She found employment, lived within her means and in 1866, at the age of 48, became a Los Angeles landowner. Her first purchase cost $250. She bought land the rest of her life.…
DetailsPhoto by Sora Shimazaki from Pexels Below are questions asked by rental property owners regarding California Rent Control Law followed by answers provided by San Diego landlord/tenant law attorney Franco Simone for the November issue of the AOA Magazine. Q: I own an apartment building in Lemon Grove and one of my tenants notified me that the…
DetailsCalifornia’s SB 9 new legislation is designed to increase the housing supply. For the past 50 years, California has experienced an extended and growing housing shortage. In fact, according to a study released in 2018, California ranked 49th of all states in housing units per resident. In raw numbers, that translates to a shortage of…
DetailsPhoto by Sora Shimazaki from Pexels Below are questions asked by rental property owners regarding California rent control laws followed by answers provided by eviction attorney Dennis Block in the November issue of the AOA Magazine. Question One: I have a Section 8 tenant in Carson, California. The tenant has occupied the premises for the last five…
DetailsPhoto by Karolina Grabowska from Pexels Federal Legislation governing rent assistance presented states with three options: State Rental Assistance Program, the Block Grant Option, or having part of the state allocation distributed through local jurisdictions. California chose to run the program in smaller jurisdictions, but offered larger jurisdictions the ability to elect to run their own programs.…
DetailsHello everybody. It has been many years since I have written about the methods to prevent a neighbor from acquiring a prescriptive easement on an owner’s property. Because a prescriptive easement can permanently deprive an owner of his or her property rights, the methods to prevent that are worth reviewing. For purposes of this article,…
DetailsIf you own highly appreciated investment property and have considered performing a 1031 Exchange, then you have likely heard about Delaware Statutory Trust (DST) replacement property – you may even have friends that have invested in DSTs. DSTs have been around since 2004; however, they have become increasingly popular with landlords ready to retire from…
DetailsPhoto by Brett Jordan from Pexels When I was in college, I competed at chess tournaments. I quickly realized that more games were lost by blunders than won by brilliances. Now, my day job involves helping remarkably successful people prevail outside their specialty. This article has the gleanings of thousands of interactions with millionaires. Here are 11…
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