January 2005

• 10 Secrets to Become a Millionaire
• 21 Landlord New Year’s Resolutions
• A New Year: Prepare Yourself
• A New Year’s Resolution: Sign a Manager’s Agreement
• A Time to Give: Creating Income with Charitable Planning
• Apartment Managers: Wage and Hour Laws
• Beware! HUD on Hunt for Landlords!
• Hold Your Tenants Accountable!
• Insurance Market Update 2005
• Anaheim/Garden Grove and Ontario
• Laying the Foundation for a Profitable New Year in Property Management
• Legal Questions & Answers
• Letter to the Editor…Is This Happening In America?
• Letters to Mycroft #50: Apartments: The New Paradigm
• New Landlord/Tenant Laws for Rental Property Owners
• New Study Finds Dividends Up After Tax Cuts
• Parents Can Help Overweight Children
• Pass-through of Systematic Code Enforcement (SCEP) Fee
• President's Message - It’s Here! The FREE “Million Dollar Apartment Owners Conference”
• Property Management Budgeting for the 21st Century “It’s Not the Money…It’s the Money!”
• Real Estate Forecast for 2005 - “Boom or Bust”
• Six Ways to Improve Call Conversions
• The Economy – Solid Growth, But Below Expectations
• You’ve Learned How to Earn It, Now Learn How to Keep It
• 21 Landlord New Year’s Resolutions
• A New Year: Prepare Yourself
• A New Year’s Resolution: Sign a Manager’s Agreement
• Apartment Managers: Wage and Hour Laws
• Best Leasing Practices Close the Gap Between Vacancies and Signed Leases
• Beware! HUD on Hunt for Landlords!
• Debunking the Myths About Multi-Family Housing
• Hold Your Tenants Accountable!
• New Landlord/Tenant Laws for Rental Property Owners
• Rental Watch
• Ten Secrets to Become a Millionaire

• 10 Tips to Being a Better Landlord
• Anti-Terrorism Guidelines to Apartment Owners
• Best Leasing Practices:  Close the Gap Between Vacancies and Signed Leases
• Beware! HUD on Hunt for Landlords!  (Fair Housing – It’s the Law!)
• Cashing In On Your Real Estate Investments
• Forecasts & Trends: Economic & Investment Overview
• Increase Your Cash Flow with Non-Rent Revenue and Lease Options
• IRS Checks “Loan Purpose” Tax Returns
• Keeping Track of Maintenance and Repairs Important
• Landlord Defense Strategy: Can I “SLAPP” You?
• Legal Questions & Answers
• Letters to Mycroft #51: Dedicated Purchases
• Solar Energy: Big Gas Savings = Big Gains to Bottom Line
• “Speculations” Make Huge Profits!
• Success Spotlight – 2004 Year in Review.  How to Be a Winner in Today’s Real Estate Market
• To Be Small, Take the Small Size
• What Kind of Ownership?
• What You Need to Know About Sub-Tenancies
• Why Rent Control is Immoral
• You’ve Learned How to Earn It, Now Learn How to Keep It
• Increase Your Cash Flow with Non-Rent Revenue and Lease Options
• Insurance Market Update 2005
• IRS Checks “Loan Purpose” Tax Returns
• Landlord Defense Strategy: Can I “SLAPP” You?
• Letter from the Editor's Desk
• President's Message - What Kind of Ownership?
• Rental Watch
• San Francisco Department of Building Inspection - Brown Bag Lunch Talks - 2005
• Stop Bad Tenants Cold
• The Apartment Owners Office: Why and How to Tame the Paperwork Pile
• Three Questions to Spot Good Real Estate Deals
• What Is “Like Kind” For a 1031 Exchange?
• What You Need to Know About Sub-Tenancies

• Benefits of Building or Converting The Commercial Condo Building
• California Tax "Amnesty":It’s A Tricky Business
• Decrease Your Risk and Increase Your NOI with Renter’s Insurance
• Economic & Investment Overview
• Fear Not Old Age and Frailty
• Forecast 2005: Building on the Successes of 2004
• Fill Vacancies, Reduce Turnover and Increase Profits (A Property Owner’s Guide: All About Pets)
• How to Get the Best Appraisal Possible for Your Property
• Landslides ---Who Should Be Accountable? Legal Questions & Answers - Southern California
• Letter from the Editor’s Desk (Rent Control Watch: The Dramatic Saga of Alameda )
• Letters to Mycroft #52: Timing Your Refinance
• Methamphetamine Labs (Dangers to Your Building)
• Monetary Analysis and Forecasts for the Future
• New Fair Housing Guidelines ... Accommodate or Lose Your Building
• President's Message - Why Rent Control Is Immoral
• Press Release: Apartment Industry Recovery Well Underway
• Property Management Budgeting for the 21 st Century “It’s Not the Money…It’s the Money!”
• Rental Watch
• Sacramento Report: Governor Throws Down The Gauntlet
• The Nevada LLC. Is it Right for You?
• The Real Tsunami Disaster Continues!
• President's Message - Why Rent Control is Immoral
• You’ve Learned How to Earn It, Now Learn How to Keep It

• 10 Easy Ways to Spruce up Your Rental or Rehab
• Apartment Managers to Pay $450,000 in Prop.65 Settlement!
• Are You Ready For The Big One?
• Cash Flow Apartment Rental Properties: What’s Ahead (The No-Show “Housing Bubble”: Where Is It?)
• Crimes on Your Property Could Cost You Big Bucks!
• Combining a 1031 Exchange with an IRS Sec 121 Exclusion The Best of Both Worlds!
• Dangers in Older Buildings – Get the Lead Out
• Economic & Investment Overview
• Grant Deeds and Quitclaim Deeds: Their Use and Abuse
• How Do Wealthy Investors Avoid Capital Gains Taxes? (And are these methods available to you?)
• How to Fill Your Vacancies
• Is Your Apartment Building Protected From Earthquake Disaster?
• Legal Questions and Answers - Southern California
• Letter from the Editor’s Desk
• Letters to Mycroft #53: A Maiden’s Prayer
• President's Message - It’s Here! The FREE “Million Dollar Apartment Owners Conference”
• Rental Watch
• Sacramento Report
• Screen Your Tenants or Go to Jail! (Landlord Duties After 9/11)
• The Smart Way to Snack
• Where Are California Investors Putting Their Money?

• 14 Ways to Avoid Unauthorized Tenants
• Apartment Security Tips: 14 Ways to Avoid Unauthorized Tenants
• Are You Missing Tax Breaks When You Depreciate Your Property?
• California Jury Awards Family $2.7 Million in Mold Injury Case!
• Day Care in Apartments: Owners and Children at Risk
• Down and Dirty Daily Indicator Shows More Inflation Ahead
• Forcasts & Trends Economic & Investment Overview
• How to Dispute an Appraisal You Think is Incorrect
• How to Have the Sun Pay Your Electric Bill
• How To Structure Your Real Estate Ownership To Protect Yourself From Lawsuits
• “I Can’t Pay My Rent Because…” (Tenants’ Funniest Excuses for Not Paying Their Rent)
• Is Your Pool Ready?
• It’s Here! The FREE “Million Dollar Apartment Owners Conference”
• Legal Q & A - Discrimination - Religious Beliefs Revisited
• Legal Q & A - Southern California
• Letter from the Editor’s Desk; Oakland Rent Rate Increases for 2005!
• Letters to Mycroft #54: Life Management of Apartments
• Rental Watch
• Six Survival Tips for Brand New Landlords (Lessons Learned the Hard Way)
• Taming the Paperwork Pile: The Telephone Log
• The Future of Cancer Prevention
• The Housing Bubble That Won’t Happen In Santa Clara County
• The McConnell Report - Regulating the Right to Go Out of Business
• The Pace of Property Management …Does It Matter?
• The Private Annuity Trust- “A Way Out”
• The Wrongful Recordation of a Lis Pendens
• Trends & Innovations in Property Management Systems
• Tsunami Victims Need Your Help!

June 2005

• Are You Missing Tax Breaks When You Depreciate Your Property?
• Ask Dr. Ca$h flow
• Broker Commissions: Put Them In Writing!
• Can You Be Sued Because Your Tenants Smoke? (A Smokin’ Liability)
• Court Orders Landlord to Pay $75,000! (Eight Tips to Avoid Costly Mistakes)
• Day Care in Apartments: Owners and Children at Risk
• Forecasts & Trends Economic & Investment Overview
• How to Evaluate Your Apartment Building Purchase
• How to Fill Your Vacancies Faster – Part I
• How to Hold Title to Protect Yourself From Lawsuits
• Legal Questions & Answers
• Letters to Mycroft #55: Estimating Future Prices
• Letter to the Editor…
• President's Message - The Entrepreneur as American Hero
• Protect Yourself Against Costly Water Damage (It Pays to Know)
• Public Fed Up With Government Waste
• Save Money with Systematic “Spring Maintenance”
• Success Spotlight - Meet Gabriel & Rosa Gonzalez
• The McConnell Report - Legislate Update
• There is More to Maintenance than Nuts & Bolts
• Real Estate Bubble or Super-Bargain to Foreigners?
• Where Are Real Estate Prices Going In Northern California?
• Where Are Real Estate Prices Going in Orange County?
• Where Are Real Estate Prices Going in San Diego?

July 2005

• 10 Important Factors Before You Buy
• 10 Ways to Improve Property Value and Cash Flow
• 14 Costly Mistakes That Can Lose Good Tenants
• Applicant Screening and Homeland Defense?
• Are You Missing Tax Breaks When You Depreciate Your Property?
• Ask Dr. Ca$h Flow
• Four Secrets for Easy Move-Ins
• How to Fill Your Vacancies Faster – Part II
• Jury Orders Landlord to Pay $60,000! (Are Former Drug Addicts Considered Handicapped?)
• Landlord Law Report Attempts To Remedy Pest Problem Avert Quiet Enjoyment Damages On Appeal
• Legal Questions & Answers
• Letters to Mycroft #56: Interest Leverage
• New Multi-Family Recycling Program
• President's Message - How Much Tax Would You Like to Pay?
• Relax Your Mind and Body
• Resident Manager Loses at Labor Commissioner Proceeding!
• Save Time and Money on New Kitchen and Bathroom Counters
• Six Survival Tips for Brand New Landlords (Lessons Learned the Hard Way)
• Taming the Paperwork Pile: The Rental Application
• The Economy Sputters …. A Little
• Timing the Next Real Estate Cycle: Boom to Bust?
• The Sacramento Report - Anti-Condo Fever

August 2005

• Ask Dr. Ca$h Flow
• Bankruptcy Stay No Longer Automatic
• City of West Hollywood Raises Maximum Annual Allowable Increase
• Economic & Investment Overview
• Four Secrets for Easy Move-Ins
• Getting More Income from Your Rental Properties
• Got Bugs? Solutions to Pest Problems
• The Bubble in Housing Prices and the Coming Bubble in Stock Prices
• Health Department Actively Enforcing SB 460!
• How to Get Top Dollar for Your Rental
• Landlord Law Report - Landlord Liable for Fire Injuries?
• Landlords and Computers
• Legal Questions & Answers
• Letters to Mycroft #57: Tell Me Again Why I Should Refinance Now?
• Mold Is Gold
• President's Message - Thieves Go “Phishing” For Your Identity
• Property Management Statistics Are Everything…Even The Small Ones!
• Prospecting for Growth in Property Values! 22 Favored Growth Areas, Large & Midsize
• Protect Yourself Against Costly Water Damage
• Sacramento Report - Supreme Court Speaks
• The Sunshine Vitamin
• There is More to Maintenance than Nuts & Bolts
• Three Landlord Headaches to Avoid This Summer
• What YOU Must Know About Code Enforcement

September 2005

• A Good Night’s Rest for Your Weight
• An Exit Strategy Combining the 1031 Exchange and TIC Investments
• Ask Dr. Ca$h Flow
• Contractors Beware: You Must be Licensed!
• Five Big Mistakes Newbie Apartment Owners Make
• Hot Market Motivates Buyers of Cheap Rental Properties
• Landlord to Pay $11.4 Million in Accessibility Case
• LANDLORD LAW REPORT Failure to Seek New Tenant Costs Landlord Lost Rent Payment Damages
• Legal Questions and Answers
• Mitochondria Learns to Invest (#01)
• Mold Is Gold
• New Fair Housing Guidelines Residents with Disabilities – Part Two
• President's Message - Coming … Big “Million Dollar” Trade Show & Educational Conference October 18 th at the Los Angeles Convention Center!
• Reduce or Eliminate Your Estate Tax
• Service Animal Accommodation: Guidelines for Staff
• The Apartment Owner’s Hidden Money Drain
• THE SACRAMENTO REPORT Interest in Property Rights Grows

October 2005

• 10 Most Common Illegal Discriminatory Treatment of Prospective Residents
• Americans Eat Too Few Omega-3 Fats
• Ask Dr. Cash Flow
• Attention all Owners! Protect Yourself from Lawsuits
• Condomania: Will Boom Continue or Fade Then Bust?
• Damages and Liability for Misrepresentation of Lot Size
• Economic & Investment Overview U.S. Economy Looks to be Heating up Again
• Evictions: Simplifying a Daunting Task with Accuracy
• Landlord Not Liable for Repeat Attack
• Legal Questions and Answers
• Letter to the Editor: Gold Mold?? Member Shares Expensive Lessons Learned
• Mitochondria Learns to Invest #02
• New Fair Housing Guidelines Residents with Disabilities – Part III
• President's Message - It’s Here! The Big “Million Dollar” Trade Show and Educational Conference!
• Secret Shopper: Is Your Vacancy Really Ready?
• Surviving the Big, Scary ‘Mega-Bubble’
• THE SACRAMENTO REPORT A Time to Reflect

November 2005

• 10 Things to do to Select Good Tenants
• Ask Dr. Cash Flow - Tenants’ Gifts and the Holidays
• Big Investments in Small Houses
• Coming Out Swinging
• Exactly When Will Interest Rate Increases Stop?
• Five Ways That Using the Internet Can Maximize Your Building’s Potential
• Forecasts and Trends
• Landlord Law Report  - Notice to Vacate
• Legal Questions & Answers
• Letter to the Editor
• Make Sure Contractor’s Insurance Protects You
• Mitochondria Learns to Invest #03
• More on the Bubble in Housing Prices
• “Mr. Landlord” Tips on Management
• New Twist On Lis Pendens Law
• President's Message - “Million Dollar” Trade Show and Educational Conference a Huge Success! and The Politics of the Hurricane
• SACRAMENTO REPORT A Good Year
• Tea Time for Good Health
• The Private Annuity Trust – Questions and Answers
• Understanding the Limited Liability Company

December 2005

• 10 Easy Ways to Spruce up Your Rental or Rehab
• Are Your Assets Protected?
• Ask Dr. Cash Flow  - Reduce Maintenance Calls and Increase Cash Flow
• Benefits of Building or Converting The Commercial Condo Building
• Cash Out Tax Deferred and Create Steady Income - An Alternative Exit Strategy
• Dicks Carpet One & Area Rugs Leads the Way in the Fight Against Breast Cancer This Fall
• East Bay Apartment Market Update
• Forecast & Trends
• Give Your Residents a Choice of TV Providers
• Go Easy on Your Sweets
• Jump on Construction Projects Before Prices Escalate
• Landlord Liability for Criminal Activity
• Landlords Pay Over $160,000 in Discrimination Lawsuits!
• Legal Questions and Answers
• Mitochondria Learns to Invest #04
• Mold Is Gold
• Orange County Apartment Market Update
• President's Message: 60-Day Notice Fails Tests and How Government Steals Property for Their Friends!
• SACRAMENTO REPORT - Governor Keeps His Promise
• San Diego Apartment Market Update
• South Bay Apartment Market Update
• Start the New Year Right with Property Management Budgeting Basics
• The Ten Commandments of Maintenance
• Top Ten Ways to Get Sued – Guaranteed!