By Colin McCarthy, J.D., Robinson & Wood, San Jose, CA In my last entry, we discussed how it was possible in this great country of ours that a burglar could sue a property owner for injuries he sustained while robbing that same property owner. In my next entry, we will discusswhy it is in the f
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06/22/2011
By Salvatore J. Friscia, San Diego Premier Property Management, San Diego, CA Every property owner should require tenants to issue a refundable security deposit which is held on file to insure against non-performance of the lease agreement. Non-performance may be, but is not limited to, anything
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06/20/2011
By Peter Lamandre, Better by Design Realty, Scranton, PA What to do when a tenant doesn’t pay or skips? I don’t mean hop-scotch I mean what do you do when the tenant leaves the rental prior to the termination of their lease? The process can vary and depends upon the terms of the lease (if there
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06/17/2011
By Jo-Anne Oliveri, ireviloution intelligence, Brisbane, Australia Business by design. This is a term I conceived several years ago when I realized that the agencies I was consulting for seemed to run their business operations by default. There seemed to be no real planning and they were mostly
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06/14/2011
By Jo-Anne Oliveri, ireviloution intelligence, Brisbane, Australia Property management… just mentioning those two words usually sets off a plethora of comments, memories and grunts. Most of them are bad memories and grunts of frustration, annoyance and mild to wild anger. Yep, this sector of the
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06/07/2011
By Salvatore J. Friscia, San Diego Premier Property Management, San Diego, CA If you own multi-family rental property in the southwestern United States you should know about RUBS (Ratio Utility Billing System). A large majority of multi-family rental properties in California, Arizona, Nevada, an
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06/02/2011