by Dennis Beaver | attorney fees, investment, landlord/tenant, real estate
August 17, 2018 • By Dennis Beaver “We are high school teachers and will retire next year. Our accountant warned, “As California’s pension obligations are badly underfunded, consider an additional revenue source, such as becoming landlords and buying a small, single...
by Dennis Beaver | air conditioning, landlord/tenant
August 9, 2018 • By Dennis Beaver It’s March. You have just moved into a cute little rental house in California’s Central Valley, where summer temperatures are routinely – dangerously – well over 100 degrees. Within days the air conditioner fails, and a frustrated...
by Dennis Beaver | homeowner's insurance, housing, insurance, landlord/tenant, renter insurance
July 6, 2018 • By Dennis Beaver Returning to her apartment from a night out with friends, Chicago reader, “Joan,” opened the door and walked straight into a nightmare, discovering “The curtains were open when I left, but now were all closed. The back door was wide...
by Dennis Beaver | animal control, complaint, landlord/tenant
September 1, 2017 • By Dennis Beaver “About a month ago new tenants moved into a house in our cul-de-sac and it has been a nightmare ever since. The couple who own the rental–both in their late 70’s and suddenly in ill health–admitted to not doing any...
by Dennis Beaver | contracts, landlord/tenant
August 18, 2017 • By Dennis Beaver “Mr. Beaver, my parents are in their 70’s and inherited over half a million dollars they want to use to acquire rental homes. Our town has a rental shortage, therefore high rents can be charged, which is what they intend to...
by Dennis Beaver | air conditioning, housing, landlord/tenant
July 9, 2016 • By Dennis Beaver Today’s story will be of special interest to both tenants and landlords — anyone considering the purchase of rental property — wanting to increase income, “which took off like a 4th of July skyrocket following the stock market crash of...
