Legal Q & A Spotting Fraud in Rental Listings – By Franco Simone, Attorney
What are the warning signs of fraud in renting? [i]
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Tenant’s Guest Sues Landlord for $920,000 Over Trip and Fall! – By Kevin Knight
This article will examine a trip and fall on stairs that caused potentially catastrophic injuries and medical expenses for the Plaintiff and possibly for the landlord.
Apartment Rent Growth Levels Hit New Highs For Both New Leases and Renewals – By Jay Parsons
The U.S. apartment industry continues to exceed performance expectations, with real rent growth levels in April 2015 surpassing the cycle’s previous peak set back in 2011. New highs in rent growth were seen for both new resident leases and for renewal leases.
How is Housing Supposed to be Provided? – By Albert Sukoff
There was a review of Barney Frank’s memoir in the Sunday Chronicle. The reviewer gave Frank credit for not shying away from the liberal label by using progressive instead. I would never equate the two. In a previous editorial, I delineated what I see as the difference between liberals and progressives.
Four Tips for Leveraging Property Maintenance to Improve Resident Retention – By Jen Piccotti
In the 2012 SatisFacts Research-published ebook, Getting Inside the Head of the Online Renter, it was revealed that the highest ranking factor for an apartment resident’s lease renewal decision was “Quality of Maintenance Service Provided.”
Letters to the editor
Dear AOA: Thought we would share what a Commissioner in the San Diego Superior Court Small Claims Court said about your rental agreement at our hearing on Tuesday, February 3rd. The Rental Agreement is too far reaching as it seems to cover any possible problem you could encounter. Informed him we used the AOA agreement…
Fed Chair Janet Yellen Warns of “Secular Stagnation” – By Gary D. Halbert
In her speech on March 27 at the Federal Reserve Bank in San Francisco, Ms. Yellen repeated her usual points about the Fed needing to begin normalizing the Fed Funds rate this year. She noted that the economy continues to recover; however, she did acknowledge that growth in the first quarter slowed somewhat, mainly due…
39 Money-Saving “Short Cuts” for Rental Housing Providers – by Bob Ruda
To spruce up old, dirty and tired wall switches and plugs without replacing them, use spray paint made for plastic. Two quick coats and they will now match your new switch covers and look like you replaced them.
Brown is the New Green – How to Enforce Tenant Water Reduction – By Zachary Lawrence JD
As we all know, Governor Brown (no pun intended) imposed mandatory water restrictions for the first time on residents, businesses and farms, ordering cities and towns in our drought-ravaged state to reduce usage by 25%.
13 Warren Buffett Quotes for Real Estate Investors – By Doug Smith
If you follow the news, it’s likely that you’ve become concerned about the state of today’s housing market. And it’s no wonder. Just open up the real estate section of any paper, and you’ll see nothing but negative headlines.