By Neil Fjellestad and Chris De Marco If you’re keeping up with local real estate news you could believe that the San Diego general economy must be doing well. Home sale prices are going up while the availability of resale homes has dried up. New home subdivisions are experiencing more activity than during the last...
When Annette Kay is home, she forgets what fresh air smells like. Second hand smoke from a neighbor’s townhouse regularly drifts into her Rancho Peñasquitos property, triggering sinus infections and repeat trips to the doctor. “My landlord, not sympathetic at all,” said Kay, who’s on a fixed income and has decided to move out by...
By Neil Fjellestad and Chris De Marco Independent rental owners of homes, individual condos and apartment buildings are generally considered engaged in a trade or business. As such they enjoy key small business benefits under federal and state tax codes. It is recognized that even the owner of a single house that is offered for...
Rent Sense: CRM
January 18, 2013by melissad
By Neil Fjellestad and Chris De Marco Is your apartment community a revolving door? Some multi-housing specialists have estimated that it costs five times as much to re-rent an apartment home as it does to keep an existing resident. Multiply the cost to turn an apartment by the number of apartments in your community and...
Rent Sense: Smart Owners Avoid Mistakes
January 11, 2013by melissad
By Neil Fjellestad and Chris De Marco Some investors become independent rental owners by design as a result of well-planned financial strategy and/or the advice of a trusted CPA or CFP. These “strategic investors” usually employ recommended professional property management as well. Others are “situational investors” due to inheritance, a market condition or a personal...
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