We are often asked which lease agreement a landlord in San Francisco should use for tenants moving into a rental property. The answer is clear. The San Francisco Apartment Association has written a great residential lease agreement that we highly recommend every...
Today we are answering a question we hear a lot from landlords in San Francisco: When a tenant moves out and you are ready to refund the security deposit, what can you charge them for? The first thing you need to know is that you have to return the security deposit...
Today we are explaining what and who protected tenants are. In San Francisco, tenants have a lot of rights. Protected tenants have even more rights. Those rights come into play primarily when you are trying to evict them, using either an Ellis Act eviction or an owner...
So you want to rent out your home and what you really want is for a family to move in. That’s great, families make good tenants. But, you cannot discriminate against other types of tenants. Doing so is a clear violation of federal fair housing laws. If you put your...
Managing multi-residential apartment buildings in San Francisco is complicated. The city has a lot of very unique rent control laws and tenants have a lot of rights. Landlords have rights too, and it’s important to know what you’re doing in order to protect those...
The question of how often to inspect rental property is one we get from landlords quite often. At Gordon Property Management, we inspect all of our buildings once a year. We go through each of the units in every building and take a detailed look at how they are being...
