Work campers have been around as long as RV parks have existed, and exchanging labor for goods or services in RV parks and campgrounds has increased in popularity as millions of RVers are living on the road fulltime. Unfortunately, trading a site in your park for...
Year: 2021
What does at-will employment mean for your business?
Employees and employers alike often do not fully understand at-will employment laws. This can lead to confusion and confrontations, both of which are best avoided by each side. The biggest thing to know about at-will employment is that it means both sides can end the...
What are the advantages of an LLC?
If you’re thinking of starting a business, one of the most common business structures is a limited liability company (LLC). You may also have started running your business on the side, under your own name, and now that it has grown, you want to turn it into an...
What are your options for ending a partnership?
You and your business partner have weathered many storms together in the past decade or so. Your combined resources bought several mobile home parks and a chain of convenience stores, all of which are doing quite well. But lately, things have changed between the both...
How do you prove a tenant caused damage to your unit?
One of the biggest risks landlords take when renting out a property is the potential for their tenants to cause serious damage to the unit. Landlords often don't know about the condition of their property or the behavior of a tenant until they regain possession of the...
Getting sued for wrongful termination? Here’s what to do next
California is an at-will state. This means that, unless your employment contracts specifically state otherwise, you can fire your employees for any legal reason whatsoever, or for no reason at all. It’s an unfortunate part of running a business that sometimes you have...
Can a mobile home park keep tenants from having pets?
Animals can cause a lot of damage to rental units. Dogs may chew or scratch, especially if their owners leave them alone at home for a long amount of time. Cats can also scratch and may urinate on furniture or flooring, leaving behind an unpleasant ammonia smell....
Is it best to work with a collections attorney or debt collection agency?
There are a lot of benefits that come with owning your own company. There are a few downsides to doing so. One of these is having to collect debts when a customer fails to pay what they owe. If you have a customer with a delinquent account, you've likely already...
Questions to ask when starting a new business
Starting a new business is exciting. It’s also a risk. When you work for someone else, you know that paycheck is coming. When you start a business, you typically take on debt and hope that the business can produce an income. As such, you want to ask all of the right...
Should you form a real estate LLC?
There's been a significant uptick in people getting into the real estate industry as investors in recent years. Some investors have done so to fix and flip properties, whereas others have opted to build their portfolio of rental properties. California requires...