I was working with a client this week about issuing a 60-day notice and timing the notice to expire at the end of March. I turned to my Date Ranger App on my iPhone to calculate the days. I thought January 30th would be my last day to serve a 60-day notice that would expire [...]
Over the Christmas holiday, I started thinking about our family’s real estate investments and other families in similar situations. As I mentioned in my personal bio, I grew up in the real estate investment business by working with my dad in his rental homes, gutting them, painting walls, and the like. My parents have several [...]
So you’re thinking about renting out the spare bedroom in your house. After all, you have an extra room and could use the rental income the room can generate, and you could have a roommate to keep you company. While it could be the greatest thing you do and you could perhaps find a new [...]
A relatively recent trend in the California rental scene is the rise of more and more tenants complaining about mold issues in rental units. Here is a typical scenario: A relatively minor mold problem appears in a unit; tenant tells no one about the issue, let’s the problem grow, and then comes back to the [...]
Are you a rental owner? If you ever end up in the unfortunate position of having to evict someone, you will see that time is literally money. During the eviction process, you will be unable to rent your property to a great tenant who would pay the rent on time. I want to share a [...]
As part of our “Eight Things You Are Doing That Are Killing Off Your Rental Property Revenues” series, I want to warn you about a problem I come across often. Landlords are using outdated rental agreements or ones they get free online, as they don’t want to spend money on a rental agreement. After all, [...]
Probably the number-one problem in landlord-tenant cases is a problem tenant. Usually, the problems begin with tenants who are either late with their rental payments or stop paying rent after the first few months of the rental relationship. Other times, tenants may move in problematic “guests,” which leads to complaints from neighbors. A majority of [...]
In celebration of our new website look, we wanted to bring back our weekly blog posts. Today’s topic is one that many of us think about from time to time. However, it’s something that we put off working on, and as you can guess, it’s about estate planning. In this latest series of posts, I [...]
https://youtu.be/l8M6j4Ytdo8 A video advisory for landlords and property managers to be on the lookout for fraudulent rental paystubs.
Myth #1. Unlawful detainers are informal hearings just like small claims cases I see on TV or at my local courthouse. This is far from the truth. Small claims court does have procedures designed to let everyday people resolve disputes quickly without the hassle of costly litigation. But unlawful detainer cases in California are like [...]
