An elaborate short-term rental scheme in Carlsbad tricked a young renter and property owner into losing thousands, according to the victims. The victims, property owner Nick Foster and renter Courtney Hulla, told NBC 7 the scammer used both Airbnb and Craigslist to...
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NAR Top 10 Outperforming Markets
Whether you move there or just buy rental properties, these are NAR's hotspots: In offering its list, NAR tracked ongoing data including domestic migration, housing affordability for new residents, consistent job growth relative to the national average, population age...
Statewide Rent Control Bill 1482
Governor Newsom signed Assembly Bill 1482 into law on October 8. Quick Summary of the law: Rent Cap Rent increases are capped at 5 percent plus inflation, or up to a hard cap of 10 percent, whichever is lower. All rent increases since March 15, 2019 will count toward...
Encinitas ADU and PRADU
For Encinitas homeowners who are considering a granny flat - or buyers who want to purchase a suitable property - this is a 7-minute primer from one of the architects who helped guide the city to their current policy (which is the most flexible in North County). He...
Business Days Only
Effective September 1, 2019, weekends and court holidays will no longer count in calculating the time periods for the following tenant notices: Notice to Pay Rent or Quit Notice to Perform Covenant (Cure) or Quit The five-day period in which a tenant has for filing an...
Rent Control on 2020 Ballot
Rob Dawg mentioned the rent-control initiative that will be on the ballot in 2020. It will be a scaled-down version of the one that got voted down last time: Amid mounting pressure for lawmakers to protect renters from the steepest of increases in a hot rental market,...
Support-Animal Fraud
Landlords and support animals - what a topic! Staff in public transportation companies and housing rental offices are increasingly finding themselves challenged to sort through which types of service or support animals must be allowed by law. According to these...
Home-Based Coworking
The lines get more blurred between home and work as we make our way back to the communes of the flower children! For those homeowners who would like some regular income but don't want people staying overnight, they may want to consider having visitors over for work...
Embezzlement Reimbursements
Hat tip to Mark for sending in this conclusion to a previous story seen here: CARLSBAD, Calif. (KGTV) - More than two and a half years after Team 10 first reported about a North County property management company accused of stealing money from clients, the victims are...
Rich Renters
Even the rich gotta rent. “Between 2007 and 2017, top-earning renters increased by 175%, while homeowners within the same income bracket exhibited a 67% growth rate,” a study from RentCafe.com revealed. “Out of the 43.3 million renters nationwide, 2.1 million are top...