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Want to know the secret for keeping your residents forever?  And what if you could keep your properties full and plus have a waiting list, because your residents loved the way you appreciated them?  In this article, you will learn how easy it is to develop a powerful resident appreciation program.  Once in place, an…

Having rehabbed over 820 properties in the last 18 years and collected over 7,400 apartment units I’m often asked, how can I become wealthier faster investing in real estate? While most investors concentrate on some aspect of single-family houses, I was always interested in

Mark your calendars for Thursday, September 26th for AOA’s “Million Dollar Trade Show and Landlording Conference” in Los Angeles. You will meet

Managing tenants by mail is a totally different concept for most rental property owners.  In fact, even professional property managers will tell you it’s not likely to work very well because

Dear Mr. Faller: We hope this Email finds you well and ending a wonderful week. It is not often that we send complimentary letters, however, we thought it important to let you know the excellent advice and customer service we received this morning from Rebecca in yourSan Fernando Valleyoffice.  Not only was Rebecca knowledgeable but she…

Can I Change the Locks? The tenant from #3 called, and she was very concerned.  She said that her co-tenant had moved out, but she was worried that he might return, un-announced.  She said that she had no particular reason to fear him, but just did not like the idea that he still had a…

One of the biggest points of contention in the last election was whether the rich pay their fair share of taxes. Polls show the majority of voters don’t believe they do. Of course, this raises the questions: Who is “rich” and what is “fair”? Answers are largely a matter of opinion. But here is a…

The eviction landscape has changed over the past two to three years. Due in large part to an increased number of tenant attorneys, jury trial demands, court closures and staff layoffs, evictions are costing landlords more money and taking longer than usual to resolve. Tenants and their attorneys attempt to force

Oxford Dictionary defines the word discrimination as ..”The unjust or prejudicial treatment of different categories of people or things, especially on the grounds of race, age or sex.” If you are a prospective tenant in California, your rights are covered by

A recent front page story in the Los Angeles Times raised the curtain on a dirty little secret that local school officials don’t want the public to know. Many school boards throughout California have indulged in a process that can best be described as “bribery and money laundering” which grossly inflates the cost of