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The related costs of apartment turnover are often included in discussions of the impact of turnover on an apartment community.  Expenses include: 

In the 4½ years since the Great Recession ended, millions of Americans who have gone without jobs or raises in this slow growth economy are asking Is this as good as

As the almanac predicts; the summer of 2014 will be the driest summer in over 100 years expected to break records from 1947 and 1953. If your central air conditioner is not working properly, than you can bet your units will not be cool and your tenants

You’ve heard the saying, “To win big you’ve got to bet big?” That pretty much incorporates the essence of Risk right there: there are two sides to it. “Risk” is not the

Q:  I own an old house that is in need of many repairs.  I don’t have the money to fix up the house so I rent it out “as is.”  Now my tenants are claiming that the house

Will an old law that threatened private property and encouraged fiscal irresponsibility be returning toCalifornia? A new statewide initiative seeks to resurrect aCalifornia law that enabled unelected governmental agencies to use

Question 1: I recently asked a tenant to vacate our duplex in Cupertino. We had to do significant termite work, including fumigation, and in addition, they always had many people staying over, causing undue wear and tear

It has been said that there will always be resident turnover at some point.  Well, this got me thinking – what would be the steps to approach zero resident turnover?  Obviously, zero resident turnover is

Question One: I recently initiated an unlawful detainer against a tenant who had failed to pay his rent. The tenant engaged the services of free public counsel and they have requested a jury. In my lease agreement, it specifically prohibits

Hello everybody.  First a bit of trivia:  The California Department of Real Estate no longer exists.  The DRE has been taken over by the California Department of Consumer Affairs and Consumer Affairs then changed the DRE’s name to the Bureau of Real Estate.  Cost savings is the reason