San Francisco Property Management Blog

As leaders in the San Francisco property management market, we want to make things better for landlords and tenants, vendors and partners. All of us face similar challenges, whether it’s Airbnb tempting your tenants to sublet or the recent drought, which left landlords wondering how to manage water. We share our expertise and our advice on our San Francisco property management blog. Follow along to get your most common questions answered. Learn from our experience and avoid costly mistakes.

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What To Know Before Filing a Water Damage Insurance Claim in San Francisco

Mar 25, 2022 | Owner Education, San Francisco Owner Education, San Francisco Property Management Education

Water damages in a San Francisco rental property can be extremely unsettling for you as a landlord. Many times, we have seen landlords panic when they find water damage in the property and immediately reach out to the insurance company to file a claim, even if it’s a...

San Francisco’s New “Housing Inventory” Requires Owners to Report Information about Their Units

Feb 4, 2022 | Owner Education, San Francisco Property Management Education

The San Francisco Rent Board is creating and maintaining a housing inventory of all rental units in San Francisco that are subject to the Rent Ordinance, and to assist them in this mission, owners will need to begin reporting information about their units to the Rent Board.

San Francisco’s New Legislation on Rent Board Fee Collection

Jan 7, 2022 | Owner Education, San Francisco Owner Education, San Francisco Property Management Education

If your San Francisco rental property is subject to the Rent Board Fee, there are some changes to how that fee is billed and paid. These changes are effective in the 2021 – 2022 tax year, and we want to bring them to your attention in our blog today.

Why Owners Choose to Work with Gordon Property Management

Apr 30, 2021 | Owner Education, San Francisco Owner Education, San Francisco Property Management Education

At Gordon Property Management, we have been managing San Francisco rental properties for more nearly three-and-a-half decades. Over these 30-plus years, we’ve seen a lot of market shifts and a number of new laws, trends, and requirements in the residential property management space.

What to Do if You Suspect Your Tenant is Subletting in San Francisco

Jan 16, 2019 | San Francisco Owner Education, San Francisco Property Management Education

Today, we’re talking about what to do if you suspect that your tenant has moved out of your apartment and is subletting it to someone else. If it’s a rent controlled property in San Francisco, you don’t want that to happen. If the tenant’s not living there, you want...

How to Manage a Positive Landlord Tenant Relationship in San Francisco

Dec 17, 2018 | San Francisco Owner Education, San Francisco Property Management Education

Often, the landlord tenant relationship in San Francisco is unfortunately an adversarial relationship due to San Francisco’s rent control laws. Most landlords with tenants in place who are paying below market rents really don’t care if those tenants stay, so they...

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