Water leaks at your property not only affect your water bill but impact the availability of water where you live. There are water shortages all over the country. You can take an active part in saving water and reduce your water bill at your investment properties. It’s a win win. Remember, municipalities use your water…
It’s been a tough first half of the year for the global economy, with the MSCI All Country World Index down by 21.7% and the Bloomberg Global Treasury benchmark losing about 9% as of mid-year. Markets have faced a laundry list of concerns including new COVID-19 lockdowns, the Russia/Ukraine war, an economic slowdown in China, surging inflation and central…
You have a choice, watch others make a small fortune with small amounts of cash while you stand on the sidelines or you can take action and learn more. A father and son from Ventura using funds from an IRA retirement account purchased five acres and quickly resold for an impressive profit of $125,000. A…
The house-buying craze, [especially in Los Angeles], has lost momentum, in some cases forcing sellers to lower list prices, forget about bidding wars and multiple offers, and in certain scenarios, heaven forbid, cut commissions. Shouldered by the pandemic, the housing market was seeing homes sold at record prices, sometimes tens of thousands of dollars over…
What a difference $1 billion makes. An estimated 3,800 more college students will soon have affordable campus housing after state lawmakers and Gov. Gavin Newsom agreed to pump a portion of California’s $300 billion budget into a student program to ease a residential crisis gripping the state’s public universities and community colleges. All told, $1.4…
The Bureau of Labor Statistics has announced the 12-month adjustment (April 1, 2021 – April 1, 2022) in the Consumer Price Index (CPI) for the Los Angeles, Long Beach and Anaheim (Orange County) region has been set at 7.9%. This comes as no surprise as consumers have seen prices go up sharply for home sales,…
To many of us, the apocalyptic summers of 2020 and 2021 feel like just yesterday — rolling power outages, orange skies and choking, smoky air. Unfortunately, it may be a preview of what’s to come this summer. After the driest winter on record in California, fire officials are worried. They are bracing for a tough wildfire season. Quick temperature…
As I have recently indicated, I don’t really understand why the media has turned so bearish on the U.S. economy lately, and why so many forecasters are predicting we’re either just about to enter a potentially nasty recession or we’re already in one. But they are, and they’ve done a darned good job of convincing…
For 40 years my wife and I have owned rental property. For 35 years I have been a San Diego apartment broker. I learned a lot, too much the hard way. Some of what I learned is summarized below. I’ve been blessed to spend my brokerage career in a supply-constrained market. Supply-constrained markets make apartment…
The below article was written by Daniel Sharabai of Livable. Livable is a full-service residential & commercial real estate billing partner. Focusing on bulk amenity/utility billing, our mission is to promote savings and conservation through education. Our suite of cloud services and end-to-end solutions helps to reduce monthly consumption, overall expenses and adds more money…