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Tenant retention and maintenance go hand in hand, and landlords need to understand and respond to that connection in order to avoid vacancies and protect the condition of their investments.

Your residents are entitled to the peaceful and quiet enjoyment of their home, and they’re also entitled to their privacy.

The tenant you choose for your San Francisco rental property will be a major factor in whether or not you have a positive and profitable investment experience. Landlords have little to worry about when their tenants are respectful, pay rent on time, and help take care of the property. With a bad tenant, however, there are constant conflicts, frequent disputes, late or unpaid rent, and sometimes even property damage.

Professional property management allows you to increase what you earn and decrease what you spend on your rental property. This might seem counter-intuitive; after all, you have to pay a property management company a fee, wouldn’t it be cheaper to manage the home on your own?

Today we’re talking about rent control properties in the city and county of San Francisco. Specifically, when we talk about rent control we are talking about rent increases and whether they are permitted. We get a lot of phone calls from property owners who are unclear about whether their property falls under the local rent…

When a tenant gives you notice and moves out of your rental property, it’s a good idea to have a proactive move out process in place. If you follow certain procedures every time someone moves out, you’ll be able to prepare for the next tenant and keep yourself from losing money. When a process is…

Today we are talking about what you should do with your parents’ home, and this is a topic that comes up frequently. We often get calls from adult children with parents who are getting older and looking to downsize, move into an assisted care facility or choose another type of living situation. Unless a family…

One of the most important things you will do as a landlord is set the rental price for your property. The amount of flexibility you have depends on whether you own a rent controlled unit. This is an important consideration when you are deciding on a price, so make sure you know the rent control…