All Forum Posts by: Daniel Selnes

Go to the SANDAG GIS page at https://sdgis.sandag.org/  Enter the address and search.  When the map displays, click the APN layer in the box on the right.  Copy the APN number.  Then go to the County Recorder at 

https://arcc-acclaim.sdcounty.ca.gov/search and use the APN number to search the property records.

Thanks all.  The property is single family 4 bedroom in Coastal San Diego.  The house is from the 70's and is in normal condition for its age.  It has a reverse floor plan (kitchen and living area on second story to take advantage of view, which is now somewhat obscured) 

Current rent is 3,450. Rentmatic sets the average for a 4 bedroom in this neighborhood at
3,933. I was thinking of raising to 3,600 which equates to 3%.  The last raise in will have been 2 years ago.  The PM is suggesting maybe raising to 3,500. (I do trust the pm -- I just do not understand why this house should be so hard to rent out)

If the tenant leaves and I need to prep and it takes 2 months to rent at 3,600, it will take almost 5 years to recoup.  Then again, I don't expect the tenant to be here in 5 years anyway.  So I will need to take that hit sooner or later anyway.  

I have one property in California rented through a property manager.  My tenant has been renting for 2 1/2 years.  I raised the rent by 3% after one year, and now asked the property manager to raise the rent again by about 3% in six months. That will be the 2 year anniversary of the last rent increase.  The property manager warns me that I might loose the tenant if I do this, and that my house is not so easy to rent out.  So I will be looking at prepping the house and loosing a few months rent.

I'm new on the forum, and don't really consider myself a landlord.  I rely on the property manager's advice.  But in this case I'd appreciate some advice from the forum on whether it is reasonable to raise rent annually by the rate of inflation.  I think that is easier than having someone in the house for a long time, ans then try raising rent by 10% after 5 years.

The tenant always pays the rent on time.

Any thoughts?