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Reviewing the 2020 Election Results

A look into statewide ballot initiatives and local measures and how the results will impact landlords and property owners. Statewide...

Webinar: From Tenant Mold to Habitability Claims

Asset Protection Expert Brad Barth and Steve Williams discuss topics for income property owners including tenant mold and habitability claim

Court Talk: A Mail Mandate

Normally, a payment is not “made” until the creditor receives it; however, if the creditor directs payment by mail, the payment is “made” wh

Q&A Regarding Notifying Tenants About Building Sale

It is your right to sell your building whenever you want. You do not have an obligation to disclose this information to your tenants. There

Costa-Hawkins State Assembly Hearing

The defeat of AB 1506 is a major victory for residential landlords in California. The Act was passed in 1995 to protect property owners from

Hearing for AB 1506 to Repeal the Costa-Hawkins Rental Housing Act

Last month we let you know about Assembly Bill 1506. If passed, this bill would repeal the Costa-Hawkins Rental Housing Act. Costa-Hawkins e

Q&A Regarding Mural Paintings

A: You may have heard the news story about a famous but illegal Banksy painting on a private London building being removed and sold at aucti

Illegal Units (Oakland)

Oakland’s Just Cause for Eviction Ordinance defines a “rental unit” as any unit in any real property, regardless of zoning status, that is r

Q&A Regarding Retrofitting

A: landlord is entitled to recover possession of a rental unit in order to temporarily remove the unit in order to be able to carry out reha

Buying Real Property (Oakland)

When a new owner purchases a residential rental property in Oakland, he or she steps into the shoes of the prior owner. In other words, the

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