Fact or fantasy? An artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm can do a better job of picking tenants than you can. A recent lawsuit shows that AI screening tools need a lot of improvement. Blindly following their suggestions may not only result in you missing out on a perfectly good tenant, but…
Klosed Properties of New York has a tenant that no landlord would want. Thanks to New York law, he can stay in what Klosed plans to be a 52-unit apartment building (it operated as an illegal hotel before Klosed bought it for $15.5 million in 2021) in Manhattan. Sixty-four-year-old Eric…
You don’t often see landlords sentenced to that kind of jail time for crimes related to their business, but this story is proof it can happen. Fifty-nine-year-old David Merryman may not walk away from the federal prison system until he’s 76, assuming he lives that long. Landlord Accused of a…
Property titles differ. With each comes rights and responsibilities. Which one is right for you and your family depends on your goals and the challenges you face. Explore your options if you’re buying property or think a change might benefit your current property. What is Real Estate? It’s land and…
MV Realty, a Florida-based real estate brokerage, no longer does business in California and other states after allegations of fraud and illegal tactics. The company filed for bankruptcy last year and faces legal actions nationwide. The company promised cash in exchange for an agreement that homeowners would use their services…
Tenants facing eviction now have ten days to respond to a complaint, not five. The change, signed into law in September, was not opposed by the state’s central landlord lobby, the California Apartment Association. However, landlords could go another five days with unpaid rent or another situation that led to…
For decades, residential tenants in California have had many legal protections. Thanks to a bill signed into law in September, some commercial tenants will join them. The new law isn’t a “game changer” in the commercial tenant-landlord relationship, but it adds some protections for tenants and hassle and work for…
If landlords think ahead and prepare, they can avoid expensive legal and practical problems or reduce their impact. We represent property owners, and over the years, we have seen recurring themes and issues that can set landlords back. Learn from your mistakes and the mistakes of others to save yourself…
What you must repair and how quickly depends on the situation. The key issues are whether the broken item makes the unit uninhabitable and the effort you’re using to try to get it fixed. If the unit is furnished, you may want to fix something that may endanger the health…
Your ability to enter an occupied unit is restricted. Tenants not only pay for a right to occupy a space but, within limits, to enjoy it. That includes the ability to be left alone. Their rights to the unit conflict with your rights to protect and maintain it, and state…
