By simply searching the Internet, one can find a variety of websites selling fake pay stub templates. All the purchaser has to do is download the template and simply “fill in the blanks” entering in any information they desire. Some sites even offer a choice of different template styles and colors along with options to…
There’s a state-wide tenant organization called “Tenants Together” and they’re at it again. One of their beliefs is that housing is a human right, not a commodity and they have a genuine dislike coupled with misplaced anger for all landlords.
A previous article warns us of imposed fines for not following the EPA’s Lead Renovation, Repair and Painting (RRP) rule. Two companies were just fined over $42,000!If your property was built before 1978, lead based paint was most likely used in its original construction. As an owner, hopefully, you are well aware of the dangers…
Hopefully, if you own apartments in the City of Los Angeles and are under the L.A. Rent Stabilization Ordinance, you have already paid your building’s registration fee which was due by February 29, 2020. The city raised the fee per unit from 24.50 to 38.75 per unit for 2020. They have also changed how you…
Having a written criteria list for your rental applicants is pertinent in your rental business and serves several purposes. By attaching a copy of your rental criteria to each blank application form, you are informing your applicant of a list of conditions that must be met for them to be considered as a future tenant…
It appears that the state of California believes that the housing shortage should be placed on the shoulders of housing providers and the politicians continue to burden them with new laws in an attempt to solve the problem. They chisel away at private property rights and place more and more restrictive laws on the people…
To avoid lawsuits for discrimination, every landlord should have a list of written rental criteria that describes your minimum acceptable rental qualifications. This list may or may not be shared with your rental applicants when you give them an application. However, by giving a prospective renter this list, it may save you time in processing…
Hopefully, if you own apartments in the City of Los Angeles and are under the L.A. Rent Stabilization Ordinance, you have already paid your building’s registration fees of $24.51 per unit, which was due by February 29, 2019. Serving a timely notice, you may collect one- half of those fees from your tenants.