{"id":4499,"date":"2016-12-24T01:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-12-24T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rentpost.com\/blog\/?p=4499"},"modified":"2023-01-11T22:56:11","modified_gmt":"2023-01-12T03:56:11","slug":"twirp-december-24th-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rentpost.com\/blog\/realestate-news\/twirp-december-24th-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"TWiRP &#8211; December 24th, 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sanluisobispo.com\/news\/local\/article121674672.html\"><strong>SLO Rental Inspections Under Fire<\/strong><\/a><\/h2>\n<p>The newly elected City Council in San Luis Obispo, California, are throwing darts at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sanluisobispo.com\/news\/local\/article121674672.html\">rental housing inspection ordinance<\/a>, in which rental homes are subject to routine city inspections on a three-year cycle to ensure they conform to health and safety codes. The policy was created because of concerns about dilapidated rentals, particularly in neighborhoods with a high concentration of student tenants; however, the ordinance applies citywide. The ordinance is facing a lot of scrutiny due to privacy concerns. Signatures for a repeal and replacement are being gathered.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sanluisobispo.com\/news\/local\/article121674672.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4500\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/assets.blog.rentpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/all_it_takes_is_a_little_pixie_dust_by_nmsmith-d6ac69p.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/assets.blog.rentpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/05003809\/all_it_takes_is_a_little_pixie_dust_by_nmsmith-d6ac69p.jpg 960w, https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/assets.blog.rentpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/05003809\/all_it_takes_is_a_little_pixie_dust_by_nmsmith-d6ac69p-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/assets.blog.rentpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/05003809\/all_it_takes_is_a_little_pixie_dust_by_nmsmith-d6ac69p-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/assets.blog.rentpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/05003809\/all_it_takes_is_a_little_pixie_dust_by_nmsmith-d6ac69p-720x540.jpg 720w, https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/assets.blog.rentpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/05003809\/all_it_takes_is_a_little_pixie_dust_by_nmsmith-d6ac69p-580x435.jpg 580w, https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/assets.blog.rentpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/05003809\/all_it_takes_is_a_little_pixie_dust_by_nmsmith-d6ac69p-320x240.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mansionglobal.com\/articles\/48509-celebrities-shun-5-star-hotels-in-favor-of-luxe-rentals\">Celebrities Choosing Rental Properties Over 5-Star Hotels<\/a><\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Celebrities like Justin Bieber, Tim Burton and James Harris are now <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mansionglobal.com\/articles\/48509-celebrities-shun-5-star-hotels-in-favor-of-luxe-rentals\">choosing luxury rental properties over five-star hotels<\/a>. They like the combination of luxury living&nbsp;<em>and&nbsp;<\/em>privacy, as well as spacious amenities for their support crews and families. Luxico, a company started by a husband and wife, now owns over 200 properties for this purpose and is very successful.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mansionglobal.com\/articles\/48509-celebrities-shun-5-star-hotels-in-favor-of-luxe-rentals\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4501\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/assets.blog.rentpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Kinross-House-6.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"854\" srcset=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/assets.blog.rentpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/05003810\/Kinross-House-6.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/assets.blog.rentpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/05003810\/Kinross-House-6-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/assets.blog.rentpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/05003810\/Kinross-House-6-768x547.jpg 768w, https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/assets.blog.rentpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/05003810\/Kinross-House-6-1024x729.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/assets.blog.rentpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/05003810\/Kinross-House-6-720x512.jpg 720w, https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/assets.blog.rentpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/05003810\/Kinross-House-6-580x413.jpg 580w, https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/assets.blog.rentpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/05003810\/Kinross-House-6-320x228.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cheatsheet.com\/money-career\/buying-a-fixer-upper-warning-signs-its-a-bad-idea.html\/?a=viewall\"><strong>Tips on Buying a Fixer Upper<\/strong><\/a><\/h2>\n<p>Nikelle Murphy <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cheatsheet.com\/money-career\/buying-a-fixer-upper-warning-signs-its-a-bad-idea.html\/?a=viewall\">shares some signs<\/a> that may help you purchase the right &#8220;fixer-upper&#8221; property for you. Flipping houses and turning them into rental properties can be a very rewarding endeavor, but making sure you see the red flags is a must.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cheatsheet.com\/money-career\/buying-a-fixer-upper-warning-signs-its-a-bad-idea.html\/?a=viewall\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-4502\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/assets.blog.rentpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Darien-Derelict-768x510.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1059\" height=\"703\" srcset=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/assets.blog.rentpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/05003811\/Darien-Derelict-768x510.jpg 768w, https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/assets.blog.rentpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/05003811\/Darien-Derelict-768x510-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/assets.blog.rentpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/05003811\/Darien-Derelict-768x510-720x478.jpg 720w, https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/assets.blog.rentpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/05003811\/Darien-Derelict-768x510-580x385.jpg 580w, https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/assets.blog.rentpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/05003811\/Darien-Derelict-768x510-320x213.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1059px) 100vw, 1059px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/www.quickenloans.com\/blog\/furnishing-first-home-cheap\"><strong>Furnishing Your Rental Property<\/strong><\/a><\/h2>\n<p>Do you currently own or are you looking to purchase a property in a college town? Furnishing your property is a great way to draw in and convenience potential student renters. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.quickenloans.com\/blog\/furnishing-first-home-cheap\">Here are some great tips<\/a> on furnishing your property for cheap.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.quickenloans.com\/blog\/furnishing-first-home-cheap\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-4503\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/assets.blog.rentpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Furniture-Store-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1059\" height=\"705\" srcset=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/assets.blog.rentpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/05003812\/Furniture-Store-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/assets.blog.rentpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/05003812\/Furniture-Store-1024x682-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/assets.blog.rentpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/05003812\/Furniture-Store-1024x682-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/assets.blog.rentpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/05003812\/Furniture-Store-1024x682-720x480.jpg 720w, https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/assets.blog.rentpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/05003812\/Furniture-Store-1024x682-580x386.jpg 580w, https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/assets.blog.rentpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/05003812\/Furniture-Store-1024x682-320x213.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1059px) 100vw, 1059px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><a href=\"http:\/\/www.housingwire.com\/articles\/36651-new-report-shows-best-and-worst-markets-for-buying-rental-properties\"><strong>New Report Shows Best and Worst Rental Property Markets<\/strong><\/a><\/h2>\n<p>RealtyTrac looks at 448 counties with populations over 100,000 and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.housingwire.com\/articles\/36651-new-report-shows-best-and-worst-markets-for-buying-rental-properties\">gives a report<\/a> on the best and worst markets for rental properties.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.housingwire.com\/articles\/36651-new-report-shows-best-and-worst-markets-for-buying-rental-properties\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-4504\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/assets.blog.rentpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/neighbor_street.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1059\" height=\"449\" srcset=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/assets.blog.rentpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/05003813\/neighbor_street.jpg 1010w, https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/assets.blog.rentpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/05003813\/neighbor_street-300x127.jpg 300w, https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/assets.blog.rentpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/05003813\/neighbor_street-768x325.jpg 768w, https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/assets.blog.rentpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/05003813\/neighbor_street-720x305.jpg 720w, https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/assets.blog.rentpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/05003813\/neighbor_street-580x246.jpg 580w, https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/assets.blog.rentpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/05003813\/neighbor_street-320x136.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1059px) 100vw, 1059px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SLO Rental Inspections Under Fire The newly elected City Council in San Luis Obispo, California, are throwing darts at the rental housing inspection ordinance, in which rental homes are subject to routine city inspections on a three-year cycle to ensure they conform to health and safety codes. The policy was created because of concerns about [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":79,"featured_media":4508,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[5,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4499","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-realestate-news","category-twirp"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/assets.blog.rentpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/05003814\/twirp_logo_1600x1600-1.png","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4cqZp-1az","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rentpost.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4499","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rentpost.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rentpost.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rentpost.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/79"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rentpost.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4499"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/rentpost.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4499\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5024,"href":"https:\/\/rentpost.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4499\/revisions\/5024"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rentpost.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4508"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rentpost.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4499"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rentpost.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4499"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rentpost.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4499"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}