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...
by Dennis Beaver | ADA, business, government, landlord/tenant
March 1, 2019 • By Dennis Beaver “I inherited a commercial rental property recently that was built in the 1940’s. I understand that the Americans with Disability Act requires accessibility, but all the doorways to these shops are too narrow to allow someone in a...
by Dennis Beaver | housing, landlord/tenant
April 20, 2013 • By Dennis Beaver We’ve all heard the expression “My home is my castle,” but have you ever wondered where it comes from or how old is it? Dating from the time of William Shakespeare — around 400 years ago — it stands for the proposition that no one may...
by Dennis Beaver | landlord/tenant, lawyers
April 28, 2012(Original publish date) • By Dennis Beaver Owning and managing rental property is never a piece of cake. Even when experienced landlords use a property manager and have excellent legal representation, there will be an occasional problem. Those landlords...
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 | fraud, landlord/tenant
June 18, 2011 (Original publish date) • By Dennis Beaver When you discover that your landlord is pocketing your rent money and not paying the mortgage, you’ve got a real problem. There are a lot of crooked landlords doing just that, as Cesar and his wife...