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What Does a Property Manager Do? The Half of the Job Owners Never See
Owners hire a manager for rent collection and late-night calls. That's the visible half. Here's the rest of the job, and why it's where the risk sits.
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Advice for rental owners
What we’d tell you on the phone, written down. No filler, and no advice we wouldn’t give an owner whose property we manage.
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Tenant Screening Criteria: What California Fair Housing Law Allows
Most fair housing trouble starts with a rule that sounded reasonable, applied to one applicant and not the next. Here's what California actually allows.
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The 21-Day Deposit Clock: What You Owe the Tenant, and When
The tenant's out and the keys are on the counter. You have 21 calendar days to send an itemized statement and whatever is left of the deposit.
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California's Security Deposit Limit, and What Actually Counts Toward It
California caps your security deposit at one month's rent. Here's what counts toward that number, who still gets two, and where owners slip up.
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How We Screen Tenants — and Why the Standard Is Written Down First
What our tenant screening actually checks, why the standard is written before a property is listed, and what that protects an owner from.
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Should You Hire a Property Manager or Self-Manage?
An honest look at when self-managing a rental works, when it stops working, and what a manager actually has to earn to be worth the fee.
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What Should I Charge for Rent?
How to set rent on a Southern California single-family home — what comps actually tell you, and why the listing price you see online is the wrong number.
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What should your rental be earning?
Start with the address. We’ll come back with a real range, the reasoning behind it, and our flat fee in writing.