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Landlords don’t have to conduct extensive investigations to track down tenants who go missing when facing eviction, according to a ruling Wednesday by the Sixth Appellate District Court. After receiving a brief from the California Apartment Association, the appellate court ruled in favor of the property owner, Stanford University, which tried but could not locate Christine Marie Ham to personally serve her with an eviction lawsuit. Instead, Stanford mailed the paperwork — an unlawful detainer summons and complaint – to Ham’s residence and posted it on her front door. Landlords reluctantly resort to this technique, known as “nail and mail,”… Read More

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Rental housing professionals have begun broadening their knowledge of property management via the California Apartment Association’s new webinar series. The property management courses debuted Tuesday, March 12, with the first of two 90-minute segments on “Preparing the Property & Professional Leasing Skills.” CAA broadcast the second segment Thursday, March 14. “We had several students from several remote locations, including Ukiah, Merced, Victorville, Ojai and Oxnard,” said Jim Lofgren, executive director of the Rental Housing Association of Sacramento Valley, a chapter of CAA. “This distance-learning option is reaching a new audience.” Each of the nine courses in the series is divided… Read More

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A tenant advocacy group says it’s launched a campaign to stop “security deposit theft” by California landlords. San Francisco-based Tenants Together has dubbed the initiative “It’s Your Money.” The campaign website, www.YourDeposit.org, includes information about tenants’ rights, protecting security deposits — and a platform for frustrated renters to post their stories. “Millions of dollars are being stolen from tenants every year,” Dean Preston, executive director of Tenants Together, says in a news release distributed Thursday. “It’s gotten so bad that tenants paying their security deposits don’t ever expect to see that money again. Something has got to change.” While the… Read More

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During a California Apartment Association event Thursday, a featured speaker predicted that growth  in commercial construction will bring a corresponding need for new housing in the Silicon Valley. Larry Souza of the Johnson Souza Group offered that forecast during Tri-County’s annual economic and legislative summit, which nearly 200 members attended. The Silicon Valley Business Journal covered portions of Outlook 2013, including Souza’s comments. “My projections are we’ll reach the peak of the commercial real estate and business cycle by 2017 — and then probably be back in another recession,” he said,  according to the Business Journal story. Souza’s presentation also… Read More

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