In what must have been one of the low points of her day, a young woman recently knocked on my door to tell me that she was from the San Francisco Tenants Union and wanted to invite me to a “Town Hall” to listen to Dean Preston, a supervisorial candidate talk to tenants about how…
Apartment Owners, Business Owners and Community Leaders Are Fighting Back to Protect Your Rights and Your Wallets! In 2014 the Los Angeles City Council and Mayor, working with Labor Based Organizations passed an Ordinance impacting all commercial business, including apartment owners, in Los Angeles. While the city picks up trash from residential and some smaller…
As I advised AOA members in this column five years ago, the biggest pitfall in any arbitration or litigation, including unlawful detainers, brought or defended by a family living trust is the failure of the pleadings to properly identify the trustees of the trust as parties to the proceeding.
As real estate investors retire, many choose to reposition their assets out of management-intensive investments (such as apartments, office buildings, storage, and mobile home parks) and into lower maintenance single-tenant NNN investments.
5 Tips for Attracting Great (Better) Residents Good residents come to you not by accident, but by design. There are good residents in every price range and in every neighborhood. A professional landlord will attract quality residents. An unprofessional landlord will attract troublesome residents. Your rental property is only as secure as the residents who…
Q: My tenants informed me that they plan on running a small day care business out of their apartment. However, my rental agreement strictly prohibits operating a business out of the apartment and the area in which the apartment building is situated is not zoned for commercial businesses. Can I prohibit my tenants from starting…
We manage properties for homeowners with many unique circumstances but inheritance is one of the most common reasons why people choose to rent out a home. This is the story of a typical case.
The best way to look forward to 2016 is to look back at 2015. In January 2015, these important charts were flashing “price boom” signals in the single-family residential market.
This article continues some of the things a budding investor-in-training should consider before being trusted with a checkbook. Part 1 discussed what an investment is, what an investor does, and the 4% Rule. The concept of learning to invest through stocks was introduced. This was to accustom the new investor to (a) saving regularly for…