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May 2012 Meetings

May 10, 2012 By

May Meetings

L.A.:  L.A. City Councilmember, Paul Krekorian

S.M.: Earthquake Insurance Expert

Bed Bug Specialist Who Uses Dogs!

Attorney – Harry Floyd

Uncle Walt’s Tips

Main Office Meeting

L.A. City Councilmember, Paul Krekorian is the featured speaker, Saturday, May 12, 2012, at 10am in our Main Office, located at 621 South Westmoreland Ave in Los Angeles.

Koreatown Meeting

The Koreatown Meeting will be held on Wednesday, May 16, 2012, at 11am in our Main Office, located at 621 South Westmoreland Ave in Los Angeles.

Santa Monica Meeting

The next Santa Monica Monthly Meeting will be held on Wednesday, May 30, 2012 at 7pm. The meeting will feature Earthquake Insurance Expert, Bed Bug Specialist who uses Dogs, Attorney – Harry Floyd and Uncle Walt’s Tips.

Of course, a lucky raffle winner will receive a $300 gift certificate, generously donated by Carlson’s Appliances in Santa Monica.

The meetings are held at the Colorado Center Community Room, located at 2500 Broadway Avenue in Santa Monica. The meeting room is just across the street from Helen’s Cycle Shop.  Street and validated parking are available.

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AAGLA State Legislator Breakfast: Reception in Review

September 26, 2011 By

Dear Jim,

Congratulations, Saturday’s event was a smashing success. Not a hitch. Everything went on so smoothly, the result of a superb organization.

The speakers were for the majority really outstanding. I most liked the double negative gentleman (from Orange County?): he was to the point.

Feuer suprised me for having come: I would never have thought he was a friend of our industry, and his speech in praise of himself did not show it very much either.

Again, Congratulations

Suzanne Di Lena, AAGLA Member

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September Meetings

September 19, 2011 By

L.A.: L.A. Councilmember
Bernard Parks – 8th District
S.M. Meeting: LLCs, New Smoking Laws,
New Fees & Carbon Monoxide Detectors
Koreatown Meeting: Sept. 21, 2011

Main Office Meeting

The Main Office Meeting was held on Saturday, Sept. 10, at 10:00 a.m.  This month’s meeting featured L. A. Councilmember Bernard Parks, who discussed issues about and within the City of Los Angeles.

Santa Monica Meeting

The Santa Monica Meeting will be held on Monday, Sept. 26, 2011, at 7:00 p.m.

The meeting will feature a presentation about LLCs, by Jeff Unger; the new smoking ordinance, by the SM City Attorney’s Office; and new increased fees and carbon monoxide detectors, by the SMFD. 

Of course, a lucky raffle winner will receive a $300 gift certificate, generously donated by Carlson’s Appliances in Santa Monica.

The meetings are held at the Colorado Center Community Room, located at 2500 Broadway Avenue in Santa Monica. The meeting room is just across the street from Helen’s Cycle Shop. Both street parking and validated parking in the building are available.

Koreatown Meeting

The next Koreatown Meeting will be held on Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2011, at 11:00 a.m. at AAGLA’s Main Office, located at 621 S. Westmoreland Avenue in Los Angeles.  Please contact Jennifer Lee at 213-384-4131×303 with any questions.

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October 6th AAGLA Trade Show & Seminar Schedule – Don’t Miss It!

September 15, 2011 By
By Kevin B. Postema, Editor

Come on down to AAGLA’s 15th Annual Trade Show, at the fabulous Sportsmen’s Lodge (which is more like a luxury hotel after their remodel), located at 12833 Ventura Blvd. in Studio City. 

This year we will again conduct a drawing for a free booth for one lucky exhibitor at AAGLA’s 2012 Trade Show.  If you’re interested and haven’t booked a booth yet, there   were still a few left at this writing.  Call Angela at 213-361-4190 or email me at kevinpostema@aol.com for more information. 

The seminar schedule follows, and the Exhibit Hall is open from 10am-3pm, and it’s all free to attendees.

 INFO-PACKED SEMINARS

Automate with Web Portals – 9am David Lich, President, Back Office Specialists – Booth #36

David, who is the President of BOS, will teach you how to greatly simplify your life by using “Web Portals” to automate almost everything.  His firm provides web-based outsourced professional back office solutions for rental properties.  Get into the 21st Century at this technology-based seminar.  If you’re already using a computer to help manage your property, learn how to enhance it and let your programs “talk” to each other. 

2011 NAA Trade Show Review – Including Comments from Condoleezza Rice’s NAA Seminar – 10:30am Kari Negri, Sky Properties – Booth #38

Kari will thrill you with tales of the June National Apartment Assn. Trade Show, including comments from Condoleezza Rice at her NAA seminar there, which Kari had the fortune to attend.  Kari, the CEO of Sky Properties, has   been there and done that as a seasoned property owner, manager, and former AAGLA class instructor.  She also has lectured extensively on real estate, including marketing strategies and a host of other topics.   

New & Creative Legal Techniques – 12:30pm Dennis Block, Esq., Dennis Block & Associates – Booth #37

Dennis, the President of DB & Associates, will be on hand, as he is at virtually every  apartment Trade Show in and surrounding L.A., to update  you on new and creative legal techniques to keep tenants in line, and, when you can’t, to evict them.  Dennis has specialized in tenant evictions since 1976.   Remember to bring your questions for his ever-popular Q & A session following his remarks.

Benefits & Pitfalls of Incorporating – 1:30pm Tony Watson, Robert Hall & Associates – Booth #24

Tony will explain the benefits and pitfalls of incorporating your rental property as he has at dozens of events.  As the Top Accountant at Robert Hall & Associates, a tax consulting concern, his rise to the top has been meteoric since he joined the firm in 2005.  RH specializes in the real estate industry, small business owners and the self-employed.

All apartment owners and property managers in Southern California are invited to come to the show.  For more information, call your favorite AAGLA staff member today. See you there.

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Eviction Liability & Service of Notice Wins

July 19, 2011 By

CALIF LANDLORD/TENANT LEGAL UPDATE
By Craig Mordoh, Esq.

Munoz v. MacMillan
A landlord sued his tenant for unlawful detainer of commercial real property and won (G043402, 5/13/11 CA4/3). The judgment included a writ of possession. The landlord enforced the writ and took possession of the premises.

The tenant appealed and won. The unlawful detainer was retried and this time the judgment favored the tenant. The final judgment in the underlying action was silent with regard to possession of the premises and/or monetary restitution for the loss of the tenancy.

The tenant then instituted a new lawsuit against the landlord for breach of contract, in which she claimed the landlord breached the lease – by causing law enforcement officials to evict her in violation of the terms of the lease.

The Appellate Court ruled that a landlord can breach a lease by evicting a tenant using judicial processes when the unlawful detainer judgment relies on a writ of possession that is later reversed. The landlord is not subject to liability for damages by merely prosecuting an unlawful detainer action to judgment. Allowing such a claim without proof of malice and lack of probable cause contravenes the law of malicious prosecution. Nevertheless, the court said the landlord can be liable for breaching the lease, and, possibly, be required to provide restitution.

Palm Property Investments, LLC v. Yadegar
In an unlawful detainer action, a judgment in favor of the defendant tenants was reversed by the Appellate Court (Case No. B224040, CA2, Div. 2). It ruled that the trial court erred in ruling that the plaintiff failed to meet its burden to prove that it satisfied the service requirements of Code of Civil Procedure section 1162, service of the 3-Day Notice to Pay or Quit.

The Appellate Court found that the trial court improperly refused to admit a proof of service from a registered process server into evidence. It disagreed with the Trial Court, which thought the document was hearsay. But, because the 3-day notice was served by a registered process server, the proof of service should not have been excluded. And the provisions of Evidence Code section 647 should have been applied to establish a presumption that the facts set forth in the proof of service were true.

Mordoh is Senior Attorney of the California Apartment Law Information Foundation (CALIF). Since its inception, CALIF has pursued its dual goals of providing an informational base for landlords and tenants on the workings of landlord-tenant law in California and challenging state and local municipalities when they take actions that infringe upon the constitutionally guaranteed property and civil rights of California residents. CALIF is qualified to receive tax-deductible contributions under IRC Section 501(c)(3).

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