Generally speaking, I like to do whatever possible to encourage people to use modes of transportation other than cars, as the overall impact is lower.

In order to permit tenants to adjust to the possibility of unregulated rents, and to address the potential for abuse of the owner-occupancy exemption by landlords who are motivated to move into a property to gain an exemption just to increase rent and not to reside in the property, this exemption should not take effect for one year after the amendment to This chapter exempting these rental units is adopted, or one year after the landlord begins owner-occupancy, whichever is later.I'm not sure you answered my specific question, but you have brought the above paragraph to my attention which looks like it directly applies to me NOW being exempt from Oakland's rent control and the "Just Cause for Eviction Ordinance" since I moved back in and Owner occupy one of the two units.

Originally posted by @Ellis Paul:Where is a good place to search for multi family properties I would recommend any blue collar areas with close proximity to means of transportation (major highways, rail/bus lines).  

This is where you'll see the intent and further you'll see who the law applies to or who is excluded.Financial entities, security firms, etc. are regulated under other statutes and are often exempted from statutes, if the didn't they may be requiring something contrary to other provisions or loading up some USDA farm operation allocating assets from title rights in land of a co-op moving future crop productions.I learned in the early 90s that a "business broker" in Missouri was an unregulated brokerage operation, they don't sell the RE, they can get a RE broker or attorney or allow the seller do to that part alone.

Consider some of these things: you need income/savings to pay for food, insurance, transportation, utilities, retirement savings, perhaps a family some day, the list goes on and on and on.

Other than the obvious things about unhooking the building and jacking the building up onto a transport, somebody basically need to calculate the dimensions of the streets and turns all the way to the new location. 

Long commuting times on public transportation have diminished quality of life for many middle class New Yorkers as higher real estate prices have pushed them outside of the five boroughs.

Of course we're in a bad situation in TX due to our outrageous ppty tax and our high (unregulated) insurance rates!

New rental developments commonly have things like:[list]Nearby shopping or multi-use buildings w/retail on ground floor and lofts above.Nearby parking and extra storage available.Wireless Internet.Upgraded [fill in the blank]Ready access to public transportation or vouchers/subsidiesLaundry in-unit[/list:u]I have no idea what the market is like in your area and it does seem tough right now all around, but it might be worth looking at what you have (or have not) done with your rentals and see if you are still offering something competitive.With the explosive growth in RE investments, many by newbies who spent far too much money upgrading rentals, there are both more rentals on the market and they're in better average condition than before.

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