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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

Question 1:  I have a two-year lease with my tenant in San Francisco. The renter told me he lost his job and would move out of the unit and apply the deposit money towards his rent. He has six more months left on his lease. Can I apply the deposit to his rent as he…

Question One: Can I serve both a Three-Day to Pay the Rent and a Notice to Perform Covenant or Quit at the same time? Answer One: This is certainly permissible. If a tenant owes rent and also has failed to pay a portion of the security deposit, this would be an example when both notices…

Caller: The one bedroom, one bath was on the third floor? Housing Provider:  Yes. Caller:  Okay. And what is the deposit? Housing Provider:  It’s a $250 deposit, plus there’s a $100 non-refundable administration fee and the application fee is $45. Caller:  Okay.  Now, I do have a service animal. Housing Provider:  You do have a…

Joyce was the on-site manager at the Green Pineapple Apartments inOregon City,Oregon. Her mission was to turn the units from move-out to new move- in, in less than seven days.  To manage that quick turn, she had to

COLLECTING ON BAD CHECKS A resident of a landlord moved out during the middle of the lease and put a stop payment on his last rental check. When the landlord asked him to make good on the check, he refused, so the landlord

An organized landlord is a more profitable landlord.  I have reviewed many thousands of tenant debtor files and one thing is certain – by looking at a tenant file after the tenant moves out, I can usually tell you fairly accurately how the property is being managed.  A well-organized landlord who documents everything has