Property Management News
By Nate Bernstein, Esq., Managing Counsel, LA Real Estate Law Group Every property manager, owner, or general partner has had the nightmare tenant- that calamity Jane or that Pig in the Parlor- the tenant is a real nuisance and a pain in the rear. You have fielded and experienced complaints from tenant neighbors, that may include arguments near the elevators, late night parties, late night phone calls, police visits, fights in the units or common areas, drug dealing, criminal threats, loud cars, too many cars parked at the complex, and causing excessive noise and disruption. Other examples include but are not limited to running a used car lot or auto repair shop at the apartment complex,... Read more
Librarian Miki Goral has lived in the massive Westside residential complex Barrington Plaza for more than three decades. She swims in the large heated pool nearly every...
When Luz Romero heard about a rental property for sale a few years ago, she jumped at the opportunity to be a landlord. She and her husband renovated the Niagara Falls,...
In rapidly gentrifying Jersey City, lawmakers may soon pass a Right to Counsel bill that’s among the strongest in the country. Will it learn from New York City’s...
Property manager Vasona Management, Inc., a (Manager) recently attempted to impose blanket prohibitions on children’s activities at nearly 50 California apartment...
A bill to shore up eviction protections for tenants survived the California Senate Wednesday, but only after real estate interests forced the removal of several significant provisions. The measure, from Sen. María Elena Durazo, D-Los Angeles, advanced to the Assembly on a 21-12 vote, the minimum majority required for passage. It moved forward despite fierce opposition from the California Apartment Association, realtors and mortgage bankers. Durazo authored the measure to strengthen the state’s existing system of renter rights laws, passed in 2019 with Assembly Bill 1482. It established a framework of “just cause” eviction rules governing when and how landlords can legally... Read more
Eviction. Not anyone’s favorite word, and certainly not a word that resonates positively with renters. It is, however, a necessary part of operating rental...
A Florida landlord is speaking out and raising awareness about a squatter problem in the state after several squatters moved into her Jacksonville property and caused...
“Cash for keys” is a term used to describe a situation where a landlord offers a tenant a sum of money to vacate the rental property voluntarily. If done properly,...
Residential rental property is the way to make money, or so some people claim. On the surface, it seems likes a surefire bet; in reality, it’s usually more of a...
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