Property Management News
Property managers make judgment calls every day. Most can be handled through established policies, training, and good documentation. But fair housing has a way of turning an ordinary operational question into something much more complicated. A resident asks for an unusual accommodation. A new HUD announcement appears to change a familiar practice. Corporate guidance conflicts with something staff heard at a conference. A complaint is threatened, and suddenly everyone has a different opinion about what should happen next. The goal is not for property managers to become fair housing lawyers. It is to know when a decision has moved beyond routine operations and into territory where legal... Read more
A new federal housing law is putting limits on some of the country’s largest buyers of single-family homes. But for the typical independent landlord, the story is...
By Taylor Avakian, Principal Broker & Founder of The Group CRE A couple of years ago I toured a fourplex on one of the hill streets above Sunset, a few blocks up...
By Nate Bernstein, Managing Attorney of LA Real Estate Law Group. Read Part 1 Here #8. Avoid Sweeping Limitation of Liability Clauses Property managers will often try to...
About the Author: Rajni Kapur is CEO of All Solutions Insurance Agency in Moreno Valley, California, one of the largest independent insurance agencies in the state. Some...
We tell residents they should feel at home in their community. We tell employees they’re a core part of that community. But do our day-to-day operations actually make either group feel seen, heard, or valued? It’s no secret that the landlord-tenant relationship has historically carried an adversarial tension. Landlords protect their property; tenants protect the place they call home, and those interests have not always felt aligned. That rift can exist in both residential and commercial property relationships. But what if a better relationship model could help create the sense of community we are all seeking? What if hospitality offers a way out of that inherited adversarial... Read more
A resident has been violating a community rule for months. There has been thorough documentation, staff has issued reminders, and management is finally ready to...
By Nate Bernstein, Managing Attorney of LA Real Estate Law Group. Hiring a property management company can relieve an owner of many of the day-to-day responsibilities...
The tenant screening market is competitive with numerous tenant screeners (aka consumer reporting agencies or CRAs) battling for business from property managers and...
A Portland-based landlord accused of wrongly evicting a Vancouver renter and her ill mother has agreed to pay $725,000 in what tenant attorneys say is Washington’s...
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