Q: I am a unit owner in a midsize condominium association and a recently elected condo board has initiated a rather aggressive agenda of changes. One of the changes involved removing decorative ivy ...

Ari Chazanas is the founder and CEO of Lotus West Properties, a property management and investment firm based in West Los Angeles. Tenant improvement (TI) and common area maintenance (CAM) are just as ...

The typical condominium project consists of three categories of property: the “separate interest” (normally called the “unit”), the “common area,” and a subset of the common area called “exclusive use ...

Garbage left in basement common areas can attract rats and create fire hazards. But getting landlords to respond isn’t always easy. By Jill Terreri Ramos Q: We are tenants in a market-rate rental ...

CONTROVERSIAL FEES THAT were added on to renters’ bills by charging them for use of the common areas of their buildings have been dropped in more than 50 apartments by the country’s largest private ...