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Real Estate Property Management
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Management Obligations Owed the Landlord
Covers: Conducting property management operations in compliance with the prudent investor standard; A property manager’s duties and higher standard of conduct provided to a landlord.
May an owner evict a tenant when the owner is not in compliance with notice requirements regarding a change in the name of the property management company?
Group XIII Properties LP v. Stockman
Duty of Care and an Evolving Standard of Conduct
Covers: Attributes of a successful property manager; The duty of care a property manager owes a landlord as comparable to the duty of care a broker in a real estate sales transaction owes their buyers and sellers.
California targets unlawful crime-free housing policies
Landlords who conduct criminal background checks may be guilty of housing discrimination.
Resident Managers
Covers: On-site duties of a resident manager at an apartment complex with 16 or more units; Licensed and unlicensed activities; Occupancy of a unit in the complex as part of a resident manger’s compensation; Use of the resident manager employment agreement to document the employment and expectations.
Form-of-the-Week: Property Management Agreement and Change of Owner or Property Manager — Forms 590 and 554
A broker uses RPI Form 590 when entering into a property management agreement with an owner and RPI Form 554 when a change of ownership occurs.
Letter to the Editor: What happens when a rental payment arrives late through the mail?
The failure of the postal service to deliver the check within the grace period for payment does not cause the tenant to incur a late charge when USPS received the check during the grace period.
Due-on leasing regulations
Landlords and property managers need to know what triggers and exempts the due-on clause, since mortgage holders enforce the due-on clause more frequently in times of rising interest rates.
Errata & Updates
The amount of security deposit residential landlords may charge have changed in 2024.
Read the new restrictions on residential security deposits.
06/25: The 2025 rules for buyer representation and fee-splitting avoidance are currently being edited into this e-book.