05 Jun June 2019
“Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish.” — John Quincy Adams Every week a new tale is published in newspapers across the state about the affordability crisis plaguing the housing stock in California. We know the problem is comprehensive: combining...
05 Jun Legislative Rabbit Holes
“ If I had an hour to solve a problem, I’d spend 55 minutes thinking about the problem and 5 minutes thinking about solutions. ” — Albert Einstein As solutions to the housing shortage are proposed by almost every legislator in California, it is easy to see...
05 Jun Bees, Sink, & Xeriscape
Dear Maintenance Men: My pest control company has removed a beehive from my property. However, the bees have not left and the tenants are complaining about bees inside their units. I have sealed every hole, crevasse and crack I can find. Yet, the bees still find...
05 Jun Satellite Dish, Identity Theft & Valid SSN
Q: I drove by my apartment building the other day and noticed that one of my tenants put up a satellite dish antenna - not just one, but three. I just put a new roof on about a year ago. This tenant had the nerve...
23 May 2019 Trade Show
[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_single_image image="3379" img_size="full" alignment="center" qode_css_animation=""][vc_empty_space][vc_text_separator title="Trade Show Countdown" css_animation="fadeIn" border="no"][countdown year="2019" month="9" day="18" hour="9" minute="0" show_separator="hide_separator"][vc_empty_space height="75px"][vc_column_text] We are pleased to invite you to join us for the Apartment Association – California Southern Cities (AACSC) 51st Annual Trade Show...
10 May May 2019
On April 3rd of this year, members from our organization convened in Sacramento to meet with Legislators and their staff about the approximately 200 bills related to housing being discussed by the California State Legislature. As you may have heard, many of these bills relate...
10 May Runaway Trains and the People Who Stop Them
A mere six months ago, November 2018, Californians all across the State soundly rejected Proposition 10. Proposition 10 would have functionally repealed the Costa-Hawkins Rental Housing Act and expanded local government’s authority to enact pricing restrictions on all rental housing single-family homes and new construction....
10 May Caulk, Lawns and Contractors
Dear Maintenance Men: One of my maintenance chores I do is caulking and sealing shower/tub fixture flanges and shower walls. My problem is getting the caulking to dry before a resident uses the shower. Any Suggestions? David Dear David: A lot of people will say: “Just tell the resident...
10 May Pets
Q: Help! Seems like everyone wants a pet or two, and they’ll say anything to get one! I had a prospective tenant with two cats apply and when told of our no-pet policy, she said she’d leave them with her mom and then signed our...