Storm-Proof Your San Diego Rental: A Winter Readiness Guide for Owners
By the Three Palms Property Management team, San Diego property management experts · Updated August 2026 San Diego does not get hurricanes, but a single winter atmospheric river can dump weeks of rain in a day, and owners who assume “it never floods here” are the ones scrambling for sandbags at midnight. Recent winters have […]
Fall Maintenance Checklist for San Diego Rental Owners
By the Three Palms Property Management team, San Diego property management experts · Updated August 2026 San Diego’s mild weather fools a lot of owners into skipping seasonal maintenance, and then the first real rain of winter finds every gap they ignored. A clogged gutter, a tired roof, or a cracked seal that would cost […]
Lease Renewal Season: How San Diego Landlords Keep Good Tenants and Protect Rent
By the Three Palms Property Management team, San Diego property management experts · Updated August 2026 Losing a good tenant is one of the most expensive things a San Diego landlord can do, and lease renewal season is where it either happens or gets avoided. A turnover means marketing costs, cleaning and repairs, and weeks […]
Year-End Tax Prep for San Diego Landlords: Your 2026 Checklist
By the Three Palms Property Management team, San Diego property management experts · Updated August 2026 Every deduction a San Diego landlord will claim for 2026 is won or lost before December 31. The receipts you filed, the repairs you finished in time, and the 1099s you are ready to send all get decided in […]
Off-Season Rent Pricing: How San Diego Landlords Should Price in Fall and Winter
By the Three Palms Property Management team, San Diego property management experts · Updated August 2026 A San Diego rental listed at a full summer price in late November tends to do one thing: sit. Fewer people move in the fall and winter, so the same unit that drew five applications in July can draw […]
1031 Exchanges for San Diego Rental Investors: A 2026 Guide
By the Three Palms Property Management team, San Diego property management experts · Updated August 2026 Sell an appreciated San Diego rental outright and the tax bill can take a brutal bite: federal capital gains, depreciation recapture, the net investment income tax, and California state income tax that can reach into the double digits. A […]
San Diego Rental Market Fall 2026: What Owners Need to Know
By the Three Palms Property Management team, San Diego property management experts · Updated August 2026 San Diego’s apartment vacancy rate has climbed to roughly 6%, its highest in years, after sitting near 2.6% in 2021. Average asking rents have flattened around $2,450 a month, and some landlords are now offering four to eight weeks […]
Just Cause Eviction in California 2026: What San Diego Landlords Can and Cannot Do
By the Three Palms Property Management team, San Diego property management experts · Updated August 2026 Get a no-fault eviction wrong in 2026 and the bill is not just a lost month of rent. Under current California law, a landlord who removes a tenant for a no-fault reason and then re-rents the unit too soon […]
New California Rental Laws in 2026: A San Diego Owner’s Prep Guide
By the Three Palms Property Management team, San Diego property management experts · Updated August 2026 A single overlooked lease clause can now cost a San Diego owner a habitability claim, a returned deposit dispute, or a rent deduction they never approved. The new California rental laws 2026 package that takes effect on January 1 […]
Furnished vs. Unfurnished in San Diego: Which One Actually Nets You More?
Furnished rentals advertise higher rents, sometimes dramatically higher, which makes the choice look obvious. It isn’t. The rent number on the listing is not the money in your pocket, and once you account for the costs, the turnover, and the tenant type, the “obvious” winner often loses. So which one actually nets you more in […]