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Question 1: I recently heard that tenants’ children can inherit their rent controlled apartment. Is that true?

We were successful in the campaign to stop Prop. G, the so-called “anti-speculation tax” on last November’s ballot.  Had it passed, the ordinance would have added an exorbitant surtax onto the existing transfer tax.  But the tenant groups

Okay everyone, we got them on video.  It is about to go wild.

Hello Everybody.  All Apartment Owner Association members know the general rule:  It is unlawful for a landlord to discriminate against children, or to discriminate against tenants on account of their minors.  The California Supreme Court first imposed the prohibition of discriminating against families with children in 1982, relying on the

I often say that my experience as a mom has helped me in my career as a property manager.  I sometimes feel as though I am responsible for parenting more than 800 unruly teenagers and in my experience, educating residents about being good tenants and neighbors regularly becomes part of my job as a landlord…

Do you begin each year with a list of New Year’s resolutions? We are all so busy that it is difficult to find the time to reflect on what we do and how we do it. So, even if you have never followed up on New Year’s resolutions before, this year, it’s time!

As owners of investment property we continuously look for ways to cover our expenses. As the cost of maintenance, utilities and taxes rise, we need to find ways to offset those increases. 

No matter how high taxes are increased it’s never enough for public officials and bureaucrats who live off taxpayer funded paychecks.  According to these people, there is always one more dollar that is needed to make government “whole” … and being made “whole” in California means maintaining the highest paid government employees in all 50…

The following tip is shared by a regular contributor to LandlordingAdvice.com. Thanks Roy(AL)!

Whether you have several vacancies and upcoming notices to lease or you are down to that last “net to rent”, you must still qualify your prospects in order to ultimately secure the rental.  How you remember and record needs and preferences of your callers and visitors is just as important as obtaining the information