I’ve never understood why landlords go to their tenants’ residences to collect rent. The responses I get vary from “I won’t be the first to get paid if I don’t go” to “My tenants always claim their checks get lost in the mail.” But here’s the bottom line—unless you particularly love going to see your [...]
Probably one of the biggest complaints I’ve been getting recently from landlords is that their tenants are running their electricity and gas all day and all night, and the landlord is getting a crazy PG&E bill. The typical question I get is how to force a tenant to pay the bill. Even worse, some landlords [...]
I have come across this question a lot from landlords and property managers who have provisions in their rental agreements to conduct an annual inspection or twice yearly inspections. The main reason for wanting an inspection is to make sure a rental unit does not fall into disrepair. But some landlords want to use inspections [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
