Mina Garrey - Commercial Capital Properties

I recently read an article about the state of the apartment rental market and it was interesting to see that even with all the foreclosures happening around us, the demand for apartments has not increased dramatically. It has remained pretty flat. And even though the apartment rental market is st...

If you have rental property anywhere in the country, you may have a tenant or two who either have mentioned not paying or have already been withholding part or all of the rent because something wasn't fixed in their unit. But when can a tenant actually withhold money from the rent payment? In Cal...

Quick question! How many times have you needed a plumber, an electrician, a contractor, an appraiser or any other type of business and you have looked online and in the phone book etc? The questions is, how do you know that the person or company you are calling and trusting to do the right thing ...

Just recently I was reading about the United Kingdom and their issuance of directives on how to design terror-proof buildings which are to provide protection against vehicle bomb attacks from IEDs (improvised explosive devices). According to the article, the British government is urging architect...

As all of you know, sometimes life presents us with challenges that can throw our daily lives out of control. Two of those challenges are finding out that a friend or family member is diagnosed with Breast Cancer or them being called to Military Duty to serve our country and protect us all. In ei...

As all of you know, sometimes life presents us with challenges that can throw our daily lives out of control. Two of those challenges are finding out that a friend or family member is diagnosed with Breast Cancer or them being called to Military Duty to serve our country and protect us all. In ei...

How would you like to pay a "non-refundable deposit"?  Hi Everyone,Let's talk about "non-refundable deposits" for a minute? What? Non-refundable deposits? If you are a property manager, like me, I hope your heartbeat is going up and you are ready to tell the person who said that that they are ful...

As a real estate agent/broker/manager etc you have probably heard of eminent domain. It is the power of the government to take private property for the public benefit (ex. build a hospital, school, widen a road etc). In the process, the property owner is entitled to just compensation based on fai...

If you look at the real estate market closely, you will realize that there are an unlimited number of options and paths you can choose to take to grow and expand your business. So, sometimes the question becomes, should you specialize in one area or should you provide an array of different servic...

Not too long ago, I had a real estate agent contact me with a request. Given that I am involved in Property Management, I was asked if I can lease a condo for one of her customers. Apparently, the person had bought a condo in the Los Angeles area at a price way above fair market value (awful deal...