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I recently received the following request from a multifamily investor: “Can you please send me a marketing plan post purchase for an apartment building I am buying (my bank wants this)”?

Hello Mayor Garcetti: My name is Robin and I own a RENT CONTROL apartment building in Los Angeles.

You Snooze You Lose! A landlord name David, shared how he had lost out on a possible good resident even though he had attempted to get back with him within two hours after receiving an emailed application. The applicant had already “found something!”

ATTENTION ALL LANDLORDS – EPA NEWS RELEASE  SAN FRANCISCO – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recently fined G.D. Friend, Inc. (operating as Everlast Home Energy Solutions) $28,564 for failing to comply with the federal Renovation, Repair and Painting (RRP) Rule while performing renovation work at two residential properties in Southern California. This rule seeks to…

Being a landlord inevitably includes dealing with tenant complaints.  Managing those complaints promptly and effectively is essential for your relationships with the tenants, the security of your property and last but not least – for your landlord’s reputation.

In general, you can deter scammers by following proper protocol. Your best defense is utilizing solid guidelines and practices. It also helps to know some of the common scams being used and be on alert. Below is a list of fifteen frequently used tricks many swindlers try that you need to beware of.

Pop icon Gloria Estefan recorded a song called “Seal Our Fate”. The lyrics remind us that we ” Seal our fate with the choices we make”. As a landlord and property manager, I can tell you that selecting a qualified (or unqualified) tenant is indeed a choice that has far reaching ramifications.

AOA 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 will help them make and keep more money than…

In Iraq and Afghanistan, US military officers routinely handed bundles of cash to local residents to buy influence and undermine resistance to the American occupation.  Such payments came in especially handy after US troops inadvertently killed innocent civilians or sheep.  Billions of dollars were shoveled out with little or no oversight as part of the…

The last seven articles have focused in various ways on the four (4) items that a thoughtful investor should consider before writing that first deposit check. Although certainly not touching on everything a new investor might confront during his or her investment career, these items are: