by kramoltz@hotmail.com | Mar 26, 2020 | Home Buying, Renters and Renting
Metro Phoenix area apartment rent increases lead the nation, rising 7.4% over the past year. Almost every Valley of the Sun city beat the national 3% increase, with the city of Surprise leading the way with a remarkable 16% rent hike. Luxury complexes are still being...
by kramoltz@hotmail.com | Dec 3, 2019 | Home Ownership, Renters and Renting
State law allows owners to rent out their homes short term, subject to certain administrative rules. So they can’t be banned by cities, and counties. But in response to “party house” type problems, state law allows cities to prohibit short-term rentals from hosting...
by kramoltz@hotmail.com | Nov 8, 2019 | Renters and Renting
In Part I of this blog (https://tinyurl.com/yxud3rpj), I discussed the limited info an HOA can request from renters. But what if those renters are short term, VRBO types. Can HOAs regulate or ban them? State laws prohibits it unless its already in the CC&Rs. The...
by kramoltz@hotmail.com | Oct 16, 2019 | Home Ownership, Renters and Renting
If your home is in an HOA and you rent, the association can ask for certain information about your tenants. It is limited to the name and contact information of all adults occupying an unit, the term of the lease, and the license plate numbers of the tenant vehicles....
by kramoltz@hotmail.com | Aug 15, 2019 | Renters and Renting
Arizona Big Media reports that apartment rent grew 5.8% in the first half of 2019, the fastest in the U.S. Figures from a Rent Café survey show that Arizona’s rent increase easily exceeded the national average of 3.2%. Back in April I tweeted about last year’s...
by kramoltz@hotmail.com | Aug 6, 2019 | Home Ownership, Renters and Renting
Part 3. The disclosure part of the lead removal rules (see part 1 and 2 for the other guidelines) requires that an EPA booklet entitled “The Lead-Safe Certified Guide to Renovate Right” be supplied. This document must be supplied before the work is done if...
