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Zero Tolerance Late Rent Policy in California

10/25/2019 By Patti Widget

Almost all independent rental owners try to work with a tenant that it slow to pay or gets behind in the rent. Don’t get me wrong, I totally understand why. Its costly to flip a unit to rent ready condition, vacant units is expensive and the legal fees to complete an Unlawful Detainer action can

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What is California Assembly Bill 1482 & How Does it Impact Landlords?

10/02/2019 By H.G. Long Attorney at Law

California Assembly Bill 1482 which takes effect January 2020 places a limit on how much rent can be increased in a year and places certain restrictions on tenant evictions. Rent is limited to a 5% annual increase plus inflation, with the combined total not exceeding 10% a year. The Bill also requires a landlord to

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Los Angeles Landlords Cost Recovery and Rent Adjustment Programs

07/02/2019 By H.G. Long Attorney at Law

Los Angeles has six programs administered by the housing authority HCIDLA that enables landlords to recover the cost of improvements to the property from their tenants. When approved by HCIDLA, these temporary rent surcharges  and permanent increases can be applied to a tenant’s rent are in addition to and above the rent increases normally allowable

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LARSO: What Rent Increases May Be Made?

09/30/2018 By H.G. Long Attorney at Law

Before a Los Angeles landlord can raise rent on an annual basis under the Los Angeles Rent Stabilization Ordinance or LARSO the landlord must serve at least a 30-day Notice of the change of terms of tenancy. Generally, under the 2018 LARSO published guidelines the landlord may increase the rent by three percent (3%) to

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How to Prorate Rent

02/21/2018 By Uri

To determine how to prorate rent, courts uses a 30 day month no matter how many days are in the month so always calculate based on a 30 day month. For this example of how to prorate rent, we will use the rent rate of $1000.00 per month.

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6 Ways To Increase Rent Without Losing the Tenant

01/09/2018 By Uri

Believe it or not, raising the rent is an art, just like a majority of other aspects of property management. One needs to consider a number of issues prior to raising the rent and unfortunately most of them are human elements. For example, there is always the fear of losing the tenant or causing a

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Learn How to Price Your Rental Correctly

08/07/2017 By Uri

Correctly pricing your rental unit can be crucial in attracting tenants. However, It is difficult to decide the accurate amount because of the natural urge to make as much income as possible. However, the trick is to create a fair balance so that the asked for rent doesn’t seem too high than the current market

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California Landlord’s Guide to Raising Rent

02/22/2017 By M

Raising rent isn’t an easy task for landlords because it requires a combination of effective business skills, cordial relations with the tenants, marketing research to evaluate the current, true value of your rental unit, and doing the rent increase in full compliance with California Landlord-Tenant laws regarding rent increases. It doesn’t matter if you are

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Late Rent Fees in California: How Much Can Landlords Charge?

11/22/2016 By M

Let’s discuss a few points that are very important to have in a solid rental agreement to avoid “confused” or “forgetful” tenants. Although we would all love to have every tenant pay their rent on the first of the month time after time, we must speak about the elephant in the room. How much can

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4 Tips for Preventing Tenants from Falling Behind in Rent

08/23/2016 By M

One of the most crucial challenges that landlords have to go through each month is the collection of rent. Often tenants fall behind on their rent citing some excuse or another. It is important for a landlord to make sure that his tenants pay their rent on time or lose out on their rental income.

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