Los Angeles Property Management Blog

By Bell Properties, Inc. - Thursday, October 23, 2025

Navigating HUD Properties: Why Professional Management Matters

As most local and out-of-state investors know, owning rental property in California comes with both opportunity and complexity. There’s a lot of potential for profit, both in the short term and the long term. At the same time, there are legal regulations and tenant protecti...

By Bell Properties, Inc. - Thursday, October 16, 2025

The Headaches of DIY Property Management: Why It’s More Hassle Than It’s Worth

As professional property managers in California, we understand the tendency for some landlords to self-manage. But we are never surprised when they eventually turn up, looking for professional help after dealing with a tenant who stopped paying rent or stumbling over a fair housi...

By Bell Properties, Inc. - Monday, October 13, 2025

How to Get Up to $3,000 Toward an Earthquake Retrofit in California

If you own a home in California with a raised foundation, the California Earthquake Brace + Bolt (EBB) program can help you pay for seismic retrofitting. This program, backed by the California Earthquake Authority, is designed to strengthen older homes before the next big earthqu...

By Bell Properties, Inc. - Thursday, October 2, 2025

Understanding Eviction Moratoriums and Tenant Rights in California

Most real estate investors and even landlords renting out a single home will agree that California's rental landscape is one of the most complex in the nation. The rental markets here are shaped by a combination of statewide laws, local ordinances, and evolving tenant protect...

By Bell Properties, Inc. - Thursday, September 18, 2025

What Investors Need to Know About Fair Housing Laws

Fair housing laws in California start with the federal Fair Housing Act. But our state laws go even further. Anyone investing in California rental real estate needs to have a detailed understanding of fair housing laws, which are in place to protect tenants and applicants against...

By Bell Properties, Inc. - Thursday, September 4, 2025

Landlord’s Guide to Preparing for Natural Disasters and Insurance Claims

Protecting your California investment property and your tenants from potential disasters isn’t always easy. Especially here, where natural disasters range from earthquakes to fires to droughts to floods. It’s hard to keep up with the long list of things that might go ...

By Bell Properties, Inc. - Thursday, August 21, 2025

The Role of Cap Rates in Real Estate Investment Decisions

There’s a pretty strong relationship between the capitalization rate, or "cap rate" for short and property valuation. Investors who are looking for ways to maximize what their investment properties are worth need to focus on their cap rates and how to make them wo...

By Bell Properties, Inc. - Thursday, August 7, 2025

The Impact of Interest Rates on Real Estate Investments

Investors who nervously watch interest rates rise and fall before making a move are missing a lot of potential opportunities. That’s because rates change all the time, and it does not serve anyone’s portfolio to get distracted by how rates used to be or to agonize ove...

By Bell Properties, Inc. - Thursday, July 24, 2025

Scaling Your Investment: Strategies for Going from Single-Family to Multifamily Properties

Diversifying a real estate portfolio is a necessary move for many reasons. It spreads risk across many different investment types, for example. It also gives investors an opportunity to scale their portfolios. Investing in the same asset class and only that asset class can lead t...

By Bell Properties, Inc. - Thursday, July 10, 2025

Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) vs. Direct Ownership: Pros and Cons for Investors

A Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) provides an opportunity for individual investors to invest in real estate without having to own or manage their own physical properties. Direct real estate ownership is when an investor has a tangible asset that can be bought, sold, and ...