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Mayor Ed Lee and Supervisors David Chiu and Jane Kim recently introduced legislation meant to simplify and provide standards for residential tenant hardship

With the housing market collapse, many investors who have been fortunate enough to preserve their cash or maintain access to credit are snapping up incredible deals on residential properties to

Economy Gaining Ground or Treading Water? Recent economic reports continue to be mixed overall, which argues that this lackluster recovery will continue to disappoint. However, some forecasters are feeling a little more upbeat in the last few weeks. Here are a couple of reasons why. First, there are hopeful signs that consumer spending could improve…

Question 1: We just received a judgment against our former tenants as a result of an Unlawful Detainer.  How do we get this information recorded on their credit report? Answer 1: Judgments are generally

Attention All Multifamily Property Owners:  The San Francisco Board of Supervisors recently amended the San Francisco Health Code by

Dear AOA: We are suing to stop Plan Bay Area, the nine county 101 city land use and transportation plan which is a violation of our constitutional rights and a shocking

Question One: We have a tenant that has a medical marijuana license to smoke marijuana. We had all of our tenants sign a “Smoke Free Addendum” that allows smoking outside of their units only. This tenant is smoking inside his unit and we are getting complaints from other residents. How should I handle this? Answer…

Can employee reviews really be positive and profitable?  You bet!  Follow the steps in this article and the changes in your property management company will be felt immediately!  How you and your company handle each employee review is a

Single family home prices have not collapsed because the banks, the guys who had to dump all those foreclosed homes, sold them in bulk to investors like American Homes 4 Rent (bought 20,000 homes or Blackstone Group who

Show Up Early Many of the landlord tips I suggest are really common sense, but yet they aren’t done by landlords. This one regards meeting tenants for potential viewings. When you have a tenant viewing booked, do you show up just moments before the tenants do? Or worse yet – after they do? Showing up…