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Today, I want to give you a little information about San Francisco’s new residential parking tax. This is a tax on apartment building owners who rent out parking spaces to non-building residents. So, if you have an apartment building and everyone who has a parking space lives in your building, this will not affect you. [...]
Today we are talking about how to handle security deposits and other accounting when you are a landlord in San Francisco. There are no special rules in San Francisco regarding how you hold a security deposit. In California, you do not have to keep your security deposit in any special escrow account. You can mingle [...]
The best advice I can give you about property inspections in San Francisco is this: Do them. Do them every year. You need to walk through the property on an annual basis and inspect every nook and cranny. You should check every unit, every bathroom and every closet. The purpose is to see what’s going [...]
If you are looking for an investment property to buy in San Francisco, what do you look for? Obviously, a good real estate sales agent will be able to help you with the property details that you desire. But there are unique things to consider when you are buying an occupied apartment building or property [...]
Today, we are talking about whether you should remodel your San Francisco property prior to renting it out. The answer is: it depends. If the house is looking tired and you have a really old kitchen and really old bathrooms and you can afford to remodel, then yes, you absolutely should remodel it. Today’s tenants [...]
The question we’re debating today is whether you should sell or rent out your home when you are leaving San Francisco. As you consider that question, please take a look at the blog I wrote in February of 2012, which is called “Thinking about Renting out Your Home in San Francisco?” There is a lot [...]
In San Francisco, we face a unique set of rules and regulations for a San Francisco rental agreement when it comes to renting out property. While I am not a lawyer and I cannot give out legal advice, I’m happy to help San Francisco landlords by sharing what I’ve learned over the years. There are [...]
As someone who has been in the San Francisco residential rental market for 25 years, I have seen the rental market go up and go down, but overall the trend has been upward – with asking rents rising on vacant units. Right now the San Francisco rental market is up, with asking rents for available [...]
I have been asked to talk about how to price your rental if you are a landlord in San Francisco in today’s market. My 25 years of residential property management experience in San Francisco will hopefully help you determine how to successfully price your rental. Right now, the rental market in San Francisco is kind [...]
People who invest in residential properties in San Francisco often wonder why they might need a property management company in San Francisco. The main reason is that real estate is an active investment. No matter where you are buying real estate for investment purposes, you cannot afford to be passive. Investing in real estate is [...]