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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...