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The below letter was sent to the Honorable Ben Allen, Henry Stern and Scott Wiener. Friends: Awhile back, I was invited by the Los Angeles County Jewish Federation to monitor and audit an online seminar.  Senator Ben Allen participated.

Landlords are always concerned about safety issues in their investment property. But there is no better time than during the holidays to remind your  tenants of some basic steps they can take to keep themselves and the property they live in safe. Holiday decorations present many “opportunities” for landlords to encounter additional liability.

Continued . . . Recession of 1970: Duration: 11 mos.  GDP Decline: 0.6%.  Peak Unemployment: 6.1%.  10yr T-Note Beg 7.65% / End 6.84%. The Fed’s inflation battle worked for the first half of the 1960s. From 1960 to 1965 America’s annual inflation rate averaged 1.32%. Then Congress began to pay down the deficit accrued during…

My grandma taught me everything about Christmas.  I was just a kid.  I remember tearing across town on my bike to visit her on the day my big sister dropped the bomb – “There is no Santa Claus,” jeered my sister.  “Even dummies know that!”

Lawsuits across the country are fighting an unjust war on landlords. The pandemic has brought an onslaught of lawsuits challenging an array of COVID-19 laws, from business shutdowns to prohibitions on church gatherings. While many of these harsh measures have begun to lift, governments at the local, state, and federal levels continue to extend bans…

The COVID-19 pandemic forced property management companies to adapt on the fly like never before. The industry has implemented new processes and protocols to protect associates and residents alike, and adjusted operations to provide necessary support at the property level. 

This is a mostly true story – (of course, the names have been changed). But do not expect a “happily ever after” ending, which would defeat the point I hope to bring across.  Once upon a time, Mrs. Smith (I know – so original!) bought a 36-unit apartment building and hired a woman, Laila, to…

Everybody knows by now that, [recently], the Bureau of Economic Analysis released its Gross Domestic Product (the annualized rate of growth) for the third quarter (July, August & September) at 33.1%. Yes, that’s an historic high figure! But don’t get too excited just yet. That’s not the real story. Here’s why. First, the headline number…