January 2004

• Apartment Sales Today
• Could We Kill the Golden Goose?
• Forecasts & Trends
• Give Your Bottom Line A Boost: Double-Check Your Operating Expenses
• Legal Questions and Answers
• Letters to Mycroft #37: Investment 501
• A New Year’s Resolution: Sign A Manager’s Agreement
• Nine Characteristics of Successful Real Estate Investors
• Property Owner Loses Over $60,000! 5 Ways to Prevent Employee Theft
• Real Estate Within 10% of the Market Top!
• Success Spotlight – Meet Rachel Gerstein
• The Good, The Bad And The Legislature
• Three Ways To Collect Rents After They Move!

• Are YOU Properly Insured?
• Court Orders Owners Of Dilapidated L.A. Apartments To Pay $3.5 Million!
• Dealing With Late Fees
• Do The Ten Commandments Prohibit Rent Control?
• Fire Insurance Tips
• Forecasts & Trends
• How To Get More Income From Your Rental Property
• It’s Money In Your Pocket! 11 Reasons to Look At Tenant In Common (TIC) properties vs. Sole Ownership Property
• Legal Questions & Answers
• Letters to Mycroft #39: Investment 701
• Lose Weight Now!
• Sellers Beware: Buyers Often Prevail In Litigation Compelling The Sale Of Property
• So When Do I Get My Money Back?!
• Success Spotlight – Meet Jimmy Mamara
• Wealthbuilding Strategies and Tactics

• 10 Ways to Save on Carpet Replacement
• A Good Resident Manager Can Boost Your Return
• Be Careful When Making a “Back Up Offer”
• Forecasts & Trends
• Four Reasons Section 8 May Be Good For You
• Identity Thieves Now Stealing Equity in Property
• Jury Orders Landlord to Pay $6 Million
• Legal Questions & Answers
• Letters to Mycroft: Investment 801
• Political Update
• Property Management Trends – Here Comes the Future
• Refusing Rent Concessions…Discrimination?
• Slow Down the Aging Process
• Success Spotlight
• Time’s Almost Up…Sell Your Cash Eating Alligators Now!

• 12 Rules for Good Tenant Relations
• All Aboard! Ride These Money Making Trends to Prosperity
• Answers to Your Nutrition Questions
• Attention! The City is Starting to Steal Your Property Rights! (San Diego)
• Dog Bites Neighbor and Landlord’s Pocketbook
• Forecasts & Trends
• Legal Questions & Answers
• Letters to Mycroft - When the Market Drops
• Risky Business – Tips for Entering the Apartment Market
• Section 8: Seeking Solutions
• Seven Secrets to Getting New Tenants
• Success Spotlight
• Yes! You Can Obtain An Easement By Having A Hardship

• Department Of Fair Employment & Housing B Revisited
• Forecasts & Trends - Interest Rates Rising?
• Landlords Get Flushed Down the Drain
• Legal Questions & Answers
• Letters to Mycroft #42- Buying High
• Register Resident Managers with the Fire Department
• Section 8 Survey
• Sell High, Buy Low – TAX FREE!
• Spices That Protect You From Cancer
• “Think ‘Metro’ Not City To Make 100% To 1000% In Real Estate!”
• Three Things to do When A Tenant Moves In
• Your Tree is an Investment Too!

• 10 Strategies for Preserving Your Wealth
• A Slip of the Tongue Can Cost You Money! (Fair Housing No-No’s)
• Apartment Sales Today
• Can You Make a Killing in Condo Conversions?
• Colon Cancer Ranks Third
• Five Things You Need To Know To Get Rich in Real Estate
• Forecasts & Trends
• Graffiti Removal and Prevention
• How to Draft an Enforceable Settlement Agreement
• Legal Questions and Answers
• Letters to Mycroft #43: Being Out of the Market
• Mold Is Gold, Lead Is Loot
• Newest Growth Area Identified
• Rent Control Takes a Bite out of the “Big Apple”
• So…Your Tenant Filed Bankruptcy
• Southern California Rents Will Rise, Casden Forecast Says
• Time Out From Money Making! How About Giving Away a Little?

• Can Someone Let Me In To Put Out the Fire?! (The Knox Box Entry System)
• Five Factors for Evaluating An Apartment Building
• Forecasts & Trends
• Legal Questions & Answers
• Letters to Mycroft #44: The Best Single Investment
• Low Carb Confusion
• Need Your Building Fixed? (Secrets to Obtaining Bids)
• Post Dated Checks
• Recovering the Landlord's Damages For Breach By the Tenant
• Reduce Taxes and Increase Cash Flow!
• Seven Signs of the Top in Housing Prices!
• Six Requirements When Selling Property
• The Biggest Mistake Made by New Landlords
• Why Good Tenants Like Good Landlords
• Why This Owner Says: “I’ll Never Take Another Section 8 Tenant!!”

• 15 Ways To Reduce Your Water Bill
• Can A Roommate Who Never Signs A Lease Get Off Scot Free?
• Economic & Political Overview
• Filling Your Vacancies - The Internet Prospect (5 Steps to Better Connect With The World Wide Web)
• First Step In Becoming An Investor - Know Thyself
• Growth Formula for Huge Capital Gains (Investing in Land!)
• Legal Questions and Answers
• Letters to Mycroft #45: Forecast: 25 Years of Higher Interest Rates
• Maintaining Your Financial Plan
• Protect Your Assets and Save Money! (Advantages of a Delaware LLC for Owners of Multiple Rental Properties)
• Success Spotlight - Meet Vidette Lobue
• Tenants Win $200,000!  (Use Caution When Restricting Child Activities)
• The Police Want My Tenant's Records - What Should I do?
• What Ronald Reagan Meant To Me
• Wholesome whole grains (Recipe!)

• A “Good Health” Quiz
• Big Million Dollar Trade Show Coming! Saturday, October 23rd at the Los Angeles Convention Center
• Changing The Location Of A Boundary Line
• Evictions Continue to Decline Statewide
• Four Easy Ways to Keep Your Tenants Happy
• It’s Here! The FREE “Million Dollar San Diego Apartment Owners Conference”
• Landlords Have Rights Too!
• Legal Questions & Answers
• Letter to the Editor… City Ordinance Unfair!
• Letters to Mycroft #46: Preparing for a Soft Market
• Property Management Company Pays Tenant $17 Million!
• Recent IRS Relief for Property Owners!
• The Benefits of 1031 Exchanges Into T.I.C. Investments & Exit Strategies
• Turning Phone Traffic Into Leases
• Will Higher Interest Rates End the Current, Hot Real Estate Market?
• 15 Ways to Reduce Your Water Bill
• Annual Residential Rent Ordinance Fee
• Apartment Owners Association News Commended for Preventing Lead Poisoning
• It's Here!  The FREE "Million Dollar Apartment Owners Conference"
• Lead: It's Hazard and Abatement
• Legal Q & A
• Letter from the Editor's Desk  "Commendation and Merger"
• Seven Top Of Market Indicators
• What Is This Private Placement Memorandum And Why Do I Have To Read It?  Pt. 1

• 5 Proven Methods to Make Money Buying Property
• Crisis Management or Active Management (It’s Your Choice and Your Bottom Line)
• Forecasts & Trends: The Economy Slows, But Not to Worry
• Legal Questions & Answers
• Letters to Mycroft #47: Why Not Pay It Off?
• Letter to the Editor… City of Los Angeles’ 3% Rent Raise Ridiculous!
• Meet Your AOA Consultants!
• NEW LAW Prohibits Landlords From Demanding Cash From Tenants
• Options: Elements And Pitfalls
• Rejecting Tenant Applications
• Revisiting 7 Key Factors Before Purchasing Apartment Investments
• San Diego “Million Dollar Apartment Owners Conference a Huge Success!
• Success Spotlight – Meet Jack Dalton
• The Big “Million Dollar” Trade Show and Educational Conference!
• The Most Important Meal of the Day
• 5 Proven Methods to Make Money Buying Property
• Can a Landlord Be Held Liable for One Tenant’s Assault on Another?
• First Step In Becoming An Investor----Know Thyself
• King Cotton & Durability
• Legal Q & A
• Letter from the Editor’s Desk
• Property Management Company Pays Tenant $17 Million!
• Rental Watch
• Responsible Applicant Screening and “Innocent Bystanders”
• Returning a Security Deposit
• Sacramento Report
• Showing Your Rental Unit
• The Big “Million Dollar” Trade Show and Educational Conference!
• Turning Phone Traffic Into Leases
• Why This Owner Says: “I’ll Never Take Another Section 8 Tenant!!”

• Bath Remodeling - The Smart Investment
• Eight Moneymaking Concepts of Predevelopment Land
• Forecasts & Trends Economic & Investment Overview
• Landlord Potentially Liable for Tenant’s Murder!
• Legal Questions & Answers
• Letters to Mycroft #48: Commodity Buildings
• Market Forecasting and Your Goals
• Mechanics’ Liens
• Seven Habits of Highly Successful Investors
• Stay Current with Future Resident Trends (Gathering Is Great…Harvesting Is Better! ©)
• Taming Tough Tenants
• The Case for Specific Performance
• Trade Show Huge Success!
• Turn Over a New Leaf
• Are You Exposing Your Investment to Losses?
• Holding Title... Life, Death and Taxes… (Part One)
• It’s Here! The FREE “Million Dollar” Santa Clara Apartment Owners Conference
• Landlord Potentially Liable for Tenant’s Murder!
• The Governor Gets Busy
• Rental Watch
• Review Your Credit Report
• Seven Habits of Highly Successful Investors
• Taming Tough Tenants
• Things to Be Thankful For
• What is a Private Placement Memorandum and Why Do I Have to Read It? (Part II)
• Winterizing Apartments

• A Real Estate Investor’s Solution in a “Seller’s” Market
• A Time to Give: Creating Income with Charitable Planning
• Apartments Are the Favorite Investment
• Avoiding Roofing Disasters
• Condo Conversions and Legal Pitfalls
• Forecasts & Trends: Economic & Investment Overview
• Happy Renters AND Safe Properties for the Holidays
• Legal Questions & Answers
• Letters to Mycroft #49: How Interest Rates Affect Value
• Prescriptive Easements: Revisited
• Review Your Credit Report
• Stop Bad Tenants Cold
• Success Spotlight: Meet Larry Rubenstein
• The Fitness Facts
• Think Twice Before Renting to a Friend, Relative or Co-worker
• Three Questions to Spot Good Real Estate Deals
• “Why Apartments Must Fall in Price Or...”
• Apartment Industry Recovery Well Underway
• Cost Effective Improvements for Rental Units
• Elated? Disappointed? Now What?
• Happy Renters AND Safe Properties for the Holidays
• Holding Title: Life, Death and Taxes (Part Two)
• How to Sell Real Estate Tax-Free, & Retire with a Lifetime Income
• Legal Q&A
• Rental Watch
• Section 8 Strikes Again!
• “Why Apartments Must Fall In Price Or...”
• Why Good Tenants Like Good Landlord