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Multi-Family Dwelling Owners to Benefit the Most! For the first time in history, solar hot water systems (SHW) will pay for themselves in one to three years! This is due to simultaneous incentives now being offered by the state of California and the Federal government. This “perfect storm” of incentives has aligned to make this…

In a bunker somewhere in Sacramento, a secret committee meeting of state power brokers is taking place. Let’s listen in as the chairman addresses the members: “Welcome to this week’s meeting of the ‘Don’t Leave Them With

The IRS is on the warpath against real estate investors. Perfect. You’ve taken money out of the failing stock market, or prudently decided to put it in real estate before the stock market even sniffed apocalypse. You have your rental properties in Los Angeles County, or your rental homes leased out in South Orange County. …

According to the RealFacts, LLC’s most recent survey conducted in June, 2013 rents are up across the board in every market across the country.  Of the 41 markets published, rents were up in 39 of them and remained flat in

On a daily basis we train our staff.  This training focuses not just on renting units, dealing with tenant turns and handling maintenance and emergencies, but focuses most on how to effectively communicate and respond to tenants.  This helps us head off potential litigation. Customer Care Yes, tenants are our customers. Not that landlords did not…

One of the most popular questions of the week at www.mrlandlord.com was “What tip offs do you all use to spot those “probably impossible” types before they get into your units?” Your own experiences must have given you quite a few tell tale tip offs that there will most likely be trouble and it is always…

Mortgage interest rates are rising in spite of a sluggish U.S. economy. The 30-year fixed rate recently increased the most in one week since mid-April 1987. Freddie Mac reported that the average national Fixed Rate Mortgage (FRM) reached near 4.5% as compared with 3.93% in the previous week in mid-June 2013. Why would interest rates…

Score another huge win for the nation’s property owners!  The Supreme Court rules for Pacific Legal Foundation’s (PLF) property rights case inFlorida. The U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling Tuesday

Sell If the purchase was made for the right reasons, there are few truly compelling reasons to sell. You’re moving toMissouri? Can’t you hire a Certified Property Manager to handle your local properties? Disagreeable tenants? If you sell, the current tenant problem

This month’s article will cover some of the common flaws made by landlords in drafting and serving a three day notice to pay rent or quit in residential tenancies.  Getting your three day notice right is crucial to