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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

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…