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Are you thinking about investing in San Diego real estate?San Diego has a hot real estate market. Before picking a focus area, it’s important to create a plan and choose your targeted group of renters. Your choice of an ideal San Diego neighborhood will depend on your plan and budget. Opinions about the best neighborhoods in Sa...

On a recent episode of the Property Management Brainstorm Podcast, North County Property Group's Bob Preston spoke with Niv Davidovich—Managing Partner at Davidovich/Stein Law Group—to discuss landlord/tenant law, eviction law, and squatters rights in the age of COVID-19.One of the main areas of risk when it comes to prope...

Showing an empty rental unit is less of a hassle than showing one with tenants in it. When your unit doesn’t have tenants, you don’t have to worry about fitting anyone else’s schedule. You also don’t have to worry about how the house will appear to prospects. You’ll be able to count on it being just as y...

In California, there are landlord rights and responsibilities to follow.In this post, we will focus on landlord responsibilities. All landlords have a lot of responsibilities when it comes to renting their investment properties, working with their tenants, and keeping the property well maintained. We've created our Top List of 8 Criti...

As a Real Estate investor and an owner of a rental property, there are two ways to go in managing the property and tenant relationship. You can manage the property yourself (self-manage), or you could consider hiring a property management company. If you are leaning toward self-managing, it is usually with the intent to save money. But do...

At North County Property Group, we provide property management services for two distinct categories of rental homes. One would type is the long-term unfurnished rental and the other is furnished vacation rental homes. When we meet with a new Real Estate investor client, they will often ask, which way should I go, long-term or vacation ren...

In the last year, there's been plenty of new legislation introduced as part of the COVID-19 Tenant Relief Act in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.  Today we will discuss new California eviction laws and landlord-tenant laws in the age of COVID-19, like the nonpayment of rent by the tenant. It’s important to have a kno...

On a recent episode of our Property Management Brainstorm podcast, Bob discussed legislative updates in 2019 and 2020 that impact California landlords with Tracey Merrell, Managing Attorney of Education, at Kimball, Tirey & St. John (KTS). Along with other updates, Tracey provided a thorough review of the Tenant Protection Act of...

Whether you are looking to relocate to San Diego full-time or looking for a beachfront vacation property, there are plenty of beach-filled areas in and around San Diego to choose from. With 70 miles of beautiful coastline, San Diego County is home to many beaches. This means there’s an almost endless array of beach communities ...

Like many homeowners, you might be curious about the potential benefits of renting out your San Diego area property. Renting out your home can help you to build equity while someone else pays your mortgage. It can also help you to keep your home while traveling or embarking on other adventures. Renting your home can help you nav...