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Dear Patriotic Americans for Secure Borders:  Taxpayer Revolution is very grateful to each of you for your assistance.  Thank you very much to all of our patriotic donors who ensure our work continues to end sanctuary cities.

[AOA: Are you a housing provider in the city of Hesperia?  If so, you have our sympathy.  A new law was passed and became effective on January 1st of this year. The program and your requirements are listed below.]  Effective January 1st, 2016, any rental property within the city limits of Hesperia is required to…

As most readers of this magazine know, several Bay Area cities have existing rent and eviction control laws, commonly referred to as “rent control.” Beginning with Berkeley, then San Francisco, then Oakland, these ordinances all share the same basic features of a rent control provision and an eviction control provision. 

Apartments can no longer ignore social media – this we know.  But how can you best leverage social media platforms?  Residents are now turning to social media for recommendations, leasing info and customer service and this trend will only continue as a younger, social-media savvy generation comes of age for multifamily properties.

Dear Dan: When you hire a lawyer and you ask for an idea of what it will cost, BEWARE.  Any price quote you get in an email, as I did for an eviction, means nothing, because if you want to complain about the final fees, the State Bar will ONLY go by the contract you…

With rents in Alameda seeing dramatic increases over the past several years due to a tight rental market, politicians in this historically more affordable Bay Area community have been under intense pressure from tenant advocates to impose rent control measures in order to stabilize rents and deter evictions.

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…