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Rent Control Issue Looms for Residents, Landlords and City Council  Culver City natives Kim and Jose Garcia lived at 4047 Duquesne Ave. for 19 years until 2013, when a new landlord doubled their rent from $975 to $1,900.

If you’re a landlord who owns rental property in the County of Los Angeles, you should know about those who are seeking to be elected as the Los Angeles County Assessor and what they stand for. It could affect how much you pay in real estate taxes. I interviewed front-runner John Wong at Tommy’s restaurant…

Virtually every landlord has experienced a problem tenant. Whether the tenant has failed to pay the rent, failed to vacate, becomes a nuisance or is committing waste, etc., the ultimate remedy lies within a court action called

Mark your calendars for Thursday, May 15th for AOA’s “Million Dollar Trade Show and Landlording Conference” in Long Beach. You will meet just about every

Life is full of interruptions.  Yet we must find a way to strike a balance so that all the URGENT things coming at us do not pull us away from the most important tasks at hand. In the property management industry

Unfortunately, thePacific Northwestis a great environment ripe with all the components necessary to allow mold growth to be a very common problem – lots of mold spores, moisture, correct temperature range

I’m going to bet that you probably haven’t heard many people say that they love being a landlord.  If anything, you’ve heard the cons, hatred and horrific stories of doing

A statewide survey commissioned by the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association shows Californians continue to support Proposition 13 and the two-thirds vote requirement to boost taxes on

How do landlords screen tenants? The US Census Bureau’s Property Owners and Managers Survey shed some interesting light on screening methods. Many do it by breaking Rule Number 7.

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