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Taipei 101 Rises Above the Clouds
Taipei 101 rises above the clouds. Upon completion in 2004, it became the world’s first skyscraper to exceed half a kilometer (1,667 feet), with 101 floors above ground and five basement levels. It was the world’s tallest building for six years, from March 2004 to...
San Diego Market Watch: Rental Unit Pipeline Steady, Stable Rents and Vacancy Rates
Joshua Ohl, CoStar's director of market analytics, recently published insightful data on San Diego’s apartment pipeline. The growth of new units in San Diego remains steady and stable in sharp contrast to the national trend, which saw a 40% year-over-year reduction....
AB-2801 Increases Landlord Requirements April 1, 2025
AB-2801 significantly increases the documentation required to deduct costs from security deposits. Beginning in April 2025, the law mandates the use of photographic evidence to document the condition of rental units before a tenant moves in and after they move out....
San Diego Apartment Investing Overview
Real Estate: Why We Invest in Income Property Investing in income property is one of the most reliable ways to build long-term wealth, offering a combination of cash flow, tax benefits, and appreciation that few other asset types can match. In San Diego, where a...
A Landlord’s Nightmare
I was searching Netflix for an old film. I wasn’t sure if I remembered how it ended or not when I came across a movie I had not thought about in a while from 1990: Pacific Heights. In 1990, I had been in the business of property management in California for three...
Property Owners Perspective: What I Learned Managing My Properties
I thought it would be easy. Invest in a property and improve my return by managing it myself. Simple, right? Well… not exactly. It didn’t take long to realize the breadth and depth of knowledge required to manage my own property well. Overnight, I became a compliance...
City of San Diego’s Residential Tenant Protection Ordinance and Guide
California’s Tenants Protection Act of 2019 (AB 1482), provides statewide protections for residential tenants. In June of 2023, the City of San Diego Residential Tenant Protections Ordinance (No. O-21647) went into effect, providing further local protections for San...
Short-Term or Long-Term Rentals: Which One is Better?
San Diego is a unique rental market. While long-term leases are almost always the best option for investors, this is a tourist-friendly area with a lot of vacationers coming and going for a period of days, weeks, or months. Plenty of property owners are finding that...
The Skyscraper Index
Are you familiar with the Skyscraper Index? There are some rather tall buildings in and around southern California, specifically San Diego, but we don’t have the skyscrapers that a lot of other cities have. We think there’s something interesting about what the...
How Property Management Pays for Itself
Hiring a professional property manager to lease, manage, and maintain your investment properties might seem like an extra expense that’s only going to cut into your rental income and your long-term ROI. While it’s true you will pay a property management fee every...
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