Tenant Background Check: Can You Rent to a Criminal Tenant?

By Mike Barbanica Thursday, May 19, 2022

Everyone deserves a safe place to live. As a landlord, you have a duty to your tenants to provide that. But what if someone with a criminal record is seeking to lease one of your properties? What do you do then?There are a lot of things to keep in mind when you see charges on a p...

How to Conduct a Tenant Criminal Background Check: A Guide

By Mike Barbanica Thursday, May 12, 2022

Is your worst nightmare dealing with tenants that ruin property or do illegal things while in your unit? If so, you can run a tenant criminal background check to minimize this possibility.The laws and ethics surrounding background checks are complicated and running a tenant scree...

Is a Tenant Criminal Background Check Necessary? A Closer Look

By Mike Barbanica Thursday, May 5, 2022

As a landlord or property manager, you may wonder, how necessary is doing a tenant criminal background check? It's tempting to go by your gut feelings and skip it, but if you do you'll be taking on risk. Believe it or not, around 70 million people in the U....

Top 4 Full-Service Property Management Services

By Mike Barbanica Thursday, April 28, 2022

It's a great time to be a landlord in the Bay Area. If you were lucky enough to buy an investment property this year, you've got a chance to start a strong secondary stream of income. Being a landlord isn't as easy as it looks though. If you want to get a good re...

How to Handle Lease Renewals in the California Bay Area

By Mike Barbanica Thursday, April 21, 2022

Tenant turnover can cost you from $1000 to $5000 per vacant unit. In the Bay Area, the costs are likely to be at the high end of the scale.That figure includes tenant screening, unit cleaning, and any mortgage payments. What it doesn't include is the most valuable r...

3 Tips for Effective Rental Property Accounting

By Mike Barbanica Thursday, April 14, 2022

Did you know that renters dish out around $485 billion in rent every year? Making money as a landlord is an attractive option, but accounting for those finances isn't as easy as it sounds.If you want to stay compliant as a property manager or investor, you need to do rental p...

Rental Property Management: 3 Things to Know About a 1031 Exchange

By Mike Barbanica Thursday, April 7, 2022

For rental property management professionals and real estate investors, the fact that 44.1 million American households are renters is great news. Many real estate investors buy properties with the intent of renting them out. While they might appreciate the opportunity to mak...

How To Find the Best Property Managers in the Bay Area

By Mike Barbanica Thursday, March 24, 2022

Owning rental properties is a fantastic way to create long-term success. Each rental property is not only an asset but also a source of monthly revenue.While it may take time to pay off your real estate investment, the rent should cover all of your costs and then some. Once the p...

How To Start Real Estate Investing in California

By Mike Barbanica Thursday, March 17, 2022

Real estate investing can be one of the most lucrative moves of your professional life. There are countless reasons to invest in properties, whether you're going to flip them or rent them out. You can develop a passive stream of income or make huge, one-time profits.The quest...

How to Evict Someone in California: Your Essential Guide

By Mike Barbanica Thursday, March 10, 2022

Nothing is more difficult for a landlord than eviction. 724,000 California households are $2.5 billion behind in their rent payments. Many of these families are looking at eviction. But landlords can't just lock tenants out of their apartments. In order to respect the le...