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Hello everybody.  In my article last month for AOA readers, I concluded with certain “Breaking News,” namely that on July 30, 2013, the California Court of Appeal allowed an apartment building’s owner to sue a former tenant for

 The following commentary by Joel Fox appeared on the Fox & Hounds website on July 9, 2013 – Mr. Fox discusses how vitally important the two-thirds vote is to protecting homeowners.

Trade Show a Huge Success! Our Million Dollar Trade Show and Landlording Conference last month was a huge success! You should have been there! Our members were more educated, motivated and stimulated by some very knowledgeable speakers who helped give them that one idea that would help them make and keep more money than ever!…

In spite of a tough job market, rising consumer goods prices, challenging mortgage loan underwriting guidelines, and numerous trillion dollar bailouts, home prices have been improving quite well across the nation. What happens if and when mortgage loan underwriting guidelines ease up and become much more flexible for borrowers? What happens when more private, non-governmental entities begin…

A recent epidemic of civil ligation has begun to emerge in several states over bedbugs.  Most notably is the $800,000 verdict awarded to an Annapolis, Maryland woman. Ms. Faika Shaaban sued her landlord, Mr. Cornelius J. Barrett, upon her discovery that the landlord had

WASHINGTON, D.C.—While demand for apartment homes remained strong, rising interest rates exerted negative pressure on the industry’s ability to secure debt financing according to the

Even as the economy appears to be gaining traction thanks to the flood of low-cost stimulus money that has flowed through U.S.capital markets, commercial real estate executives and economists vacillate between wonder and

Every once in a while it’s appropriate to devote a column to young people trying to get started. An adult grandchild reading this might be willing to engage in a conversation that needs

I believe that one of my tenant’s children broke a staircase railing at my apartment building.  Another tenant complained that the railing is dangerous and if it is not repaired it could lead to someone falling on the staircase.  I asked the tenant

There is an old adage, “Every dog gets one free bite.”  While that is not true as to the liability of the canine’s owner, generally it is true for the owner of an apartment building whose tenant’s pet