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Congratulations on your rental property purchase and welcome to the housing providing business in Los Angeles! This article serves as a guide for rental property owners in the city of Los Angeles and its purpose is to make your job easier, more profitable and to keep you out of courts or paying unnecessary fines. By…

Dear AOA: [The below letter was sent to Supervisor Antonovich.] Dear Mr. Antonovich: Landlords need your help!  This letter is to inform you that BASTA, INC. [a non-profit organization that specializes in tenants’ rights] is intimidating, unethical and disrespectful of the court and their actions must not be allowed by the court.

Once a living trust is signed, many people believe they will automatically receive all benefits afforded by the trust.  Unfortunately this mistaken belief is all too common.

The Big Show You will want to mark your calendars for the FREE “Million Dollar Trade Show and Landlording Conference” next month where we’ll be giving away iPads and 5-day cruise

Would you like an easy way to track the performance of your property management SuperStars?  Will a large on-site activity board really make a difference?  You bet!  This article will give you three easy ways to improve the performance of the properties you manage because

On Wednesday, the 6th of June, the Western democracies commemorated the Normandy invasion that marked the beginning of the end of Fascist tyranny in Europe. On the same date, Californians will

As many landlords already know, the single biggest source of litigation between landlords and tenants is the security deposit. It’s no surprise, really. Tenants consistently feel they are entitled to a refund of the entire deposit because, they say, they

An investor at one of my recent seminars asked several important and pertinent questions, the answers to which I’d like to focus on in this article. Question: You’re a financial advisor, why so much focus in real estate?

The question comes up a lot – does a property have to grant a tenant’s request for a companion animal the same way that it has to consider a request for a service dog or an assistive animal? The answer is pretty clear.  Regardless of what the animal is called, service animal, assistive animal, therapeutic…

Businesses are entering an era of increased risk, rising insurance premiums, and for some, reduced availability of coverage. While these trends vary by industry, type of coverage and geography, it is becoming increasingly clear that managing the cost