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It is time that we acknowledged that Bay Area housing regulations and development have failed to create housing for most people, whether that housing is for rental or home ownership.  The discussion on who is responsible for the overpriced market never acknowledges that everyone involved needs to accept some of the responsibility.  Whether it be

Along with the ever-changing and newly adopted laws, AOA advisors encounter landlord situations that are overlooked, can be confusing, are sometimes neglected and have become very costly to many property owners.

Perhaps the most important pre-cursor to signing a lease agreement is the proper completion of a property condition checklist PRIOR to your tenant’s move-in.  Use this form to document the property’s condition prior to locking a tenant into a lease and collecting a deposit from them.

For a few moments we should look back at 2014 and give ourselves a little pat on the back. We defeated Prop. G – a heinous attack on property owners that sought to punish people for buying and selling property. Yes, our opponents are licking their wounds and whining that they were outspent, but spending…

According to the Society of Human Resource Management {SHRM} over 50 percent of the information presented on a resume by a job candidate may be false or misleading.  These are alarming statistics, and as the executive of your property management company, it continues to be increasingly important to understand the mindset of the job candidates…

Gasoline prices have plunged almost 90 cents a gallon since April 2014, and Americans are thrilled to be paying almost 25% less to fill up their tanks. Yet many in the mainstream media seem downright unhappy over this energy price windfall.

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Banking Being a banker is a difficult post. If you lend out all your deposits there is no money left in the vault to honor normal withdrawal requests. If you don’t lend at all there is no income to provide for the bank’s operating expenses. The working solution is fractional banking, whereby the bank lends…

“The staff has not been trained in customer service— only in sales. Once you sign a lease, they are unresponsive and indifferent to their customers.” – Comment from anonymous resident.

Q:  My tenant is suing me in small claims court over her security deposit. What are some common reasons why tenants sue Landlords over the security deposit? Some of the more common reasons a tenant may sue a landlord include: