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  Hello everybody.  As AOA members know, apartment buildings are frequently owned by two or more persons as tenants-in-common, joint tenants, or partnerships.  Upon acquisition, the parties typically have harmonious ideas for the investment.  Over time, however,

 Can politicians force you to operate a business or compel you to be a landlord?  Can they block you from occupying half of your own home, forcing you to rent space to lodgers who can stay there as long as they like – at below-market, government-controlled rental rates?

  Trade Show a Huge Success! Our Million Dollar Trade Show and Landlording Conference last month was a huge success!  You should have been there!  Our members were more educated, motivated and stimulated by some very knowledgeable speakers who helped give them that one idea that would help them make and keep more money than…

 Pacific Legal Foundation (PLF), a national property rights organization, today stepped in to lead a legal fight against Oakland’s unfair — and illegal — treatment of rental property owners who try to challenge arbitrary fees and liens.

 The first part of this article will define the terms. The second part will review the use of capitalization rates, a critical element of mortgage carry calculations. The third section will address the

Q:  What is the difference between a tenant and a lodger?

Question 1: A tenant in my Oakland duplex is late on rent. I am sending the 3 days to pay or quit notice but I wonder if I can write the $50.00 late fee into that notice. How am I to let my tenant know that he is responsible to pay the late fee per…

Question One:  I served my tenant with a 60 day notice to vacate which will expire on October 16, 2014. The tenant has sent me the full rent for October and states that he will not be vacating. What are my options?

Hello everybody.   My discussion this month deals with the topic of whether an apartment owner or management company must pay the cell phone bill of its resident manager who uses a personal cell phone for work-related matters. 

Today I had a tenant in tears – but not because she was sad. A couple with a young child has been renting from me for a year during a low-paid graduate internship for the wife. They will be moving back home at the end of July. This morning I had some appointments scheduled to see…