Our topic today is the 614 Notice and whether you need to use it when you’re renting out your home in San Francisco. A 614 Notice is a legal notice that a San Francisco landlord would serve to tenants when you have a roommate situation and one of the original...
If you are a client of Gordon Property Management, you know that we require you to name us as an additional insured on your liability policy. A lot of property owners wonder what exactly that means, and today we are going to talk a little bit about that and why it’s...
Our topic today is renters insurance. The latest lease agreement written by the San Francisco Apartment Association now has a clause in it that requires tenants to obtain renters insurance. That’s the lease we use and most of the San Francisco landlords we work with...
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...