Finding a Great Tenant in 2023: What’s Changed and What Hasn’t

How has tenant screening in California changed in 2023? For starters, the maximum allowable rental application fee that a housing provider can charge is now up to $59.67, thanks to inflation related to the CPI.  The mystery shoppers are back out on the job, looking for landlords who might discriminate against applicants with Section 8…

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Exclusive Video Content Now Available and Upgrades to Membership

Exclusive Member-Only Video Content We are thrilled to announce that four new videos have been added to your AOA member account, featuring expert presentations on California building code violations and habitability issues. You will find an excellent habitability seminar presented by landlord / tenant attorney Michael Brennan inside your AOA account.  In addition, we’re excited…

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AB 2559: The Reusable Tenant Screening Report Becomes Law – By Peter Reitz, SPOSF/SPOSFI Executive Director

On September 13, Governor Newsom signed into law AB 2559, a bill sponsored by Assemblyman Chris Ward, “to standardize reusable screening reports (RTSR) for rental applicants that can be used multiple times within a 30-day window.” Their purpose is to reduce a tenant’s cumulative financial burden of rental application screening fees, which may be as…

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6 Trigger Words and Questions Every Landlord Should Listen For – By the Editors of the Rental Housing Journal

You can hardly turn on a television or read a newsfeed where you don’t encounter the term “trigger words.”  While there are some universally accepted trigger words, like racial or ethnic slurs, most people or groups have their own unique lexicon of words that send them immediately into orbit.  Our industry is no different, and…

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AB 2527 Would Prohibit Rental Property Owners from Using Credit Reports!

Photo by Andrea Piacquadio from Pexels A newly introduced bill, in February, would prohibit landlords from using credit reports while screening prospective tenants. AB 2527 by Assemblywoman Sharon Quirk-Silva, D-Fullerton, would also ban property owners from asking about anything that would be included in a report, such as payment history or evictions. This bill would,…

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