Legal Do’s & Don’ts

I am not an attorney but there are some basic laws that you need to know and follow to be a successful property manager. Notices, rent increases, move-out’s, property inspections, security deposit return and so much more all require legal action on an Owner’s part. Learn the Do’s & Don’ts here.

Successful Landlording Cabrillo College Testimonials

March 14, 2010

Last Saturday I co-taught the Successful Landlording Class at Cabrillo College in Aptos, CA.  This class is taught 2 times a year.  It is a class packed with basic info on How to be a Successful Landlord.  This class touches on the things one needs to know to stay within the law, get a great [...]

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Property Management from A-Z: N

March 10, 2010

Notices:  3 day, 30 day, 60 day, 90 day, 24 hour People often get confused over a variety of notices and when to use.  I will outline the ones mentioned above. 3-Day to Pay Rent or Quit This notice is used if you haven’t received the rent by the due date.  You post a 3 [...]

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Successful Landlording Cabrillo College Class

March 7, 2010

Successful Landlording Twice a year I co-teach this class with Karen Calcagno, Linda Murphy and this year with Paige White through the Cabrillo College Community Extension program. Yesterday, March 6th, was a full day with 15 attendees.  I am so pleased to find investment property owners willing to educate themselves about the process, and their [...]

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Property Management from A-Z: L

February 26, 2010

Law, Lease & Listen Law – bottomline follow it.  There are lots of books out there and professional associations here are some links: California Apt Assoc. Become a member.  This is a great organization.  They regularly have classes on legal matters, Fair Housing Law, Leases and Addendums to download etc. www.caanet.org Institute for Real Estate [...]

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Property Management from A-Z: K

February 24, 2010

Keys – I am often amazed at how many property owners don’t want to rekey between tenants.  Here is my argument for doing so. You have no idea how many keys are floating around or who has them You are assuming a huge liability if anything were to happen to new tenant Tenant can’t get [...]

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Property Management from A-Z: J

February 22, 2010

Jaded, Job & Judge Jaded – I see long time property owners who get to a point where they are jaded about tenants and being a property manager.  This ultimately comes about because they, the owners, don’t have procedures in place so every interaction with their tenants is a new and taxing experience.  This is [...]

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Property Management from A-Z: I

February 21, 2010

Inspections & Insurance Inspections – How often and how detailed.  You should always do a detailed inspection with photos prior to tenant move in. Drive-by’s through out the year are fine.  If the yard is looking shabby you might want to schedule an inside inspection or send the tenant a quick note that the yard [...]

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Evictions on the Rise

February 5, 2010

Jennifer Squires of the Santa Cruz Sentinel, dated 1/29/2010 wrote an article titled, Deputies Serving More Evictions, to summarize the article the Sheriff of Santa Cruz County serves the eviction notice and the numbers are increasing with the foreclosure problems.  Most people are staying in their properties longer either not wanting to face the fact they [...]

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