Prepping for and Dealing with City of L.A. SCEP Inspectors
WEBINAR ON-DEMAND
Presented by Scott Properties Group
Both the City of Los Angeles and the County of Los Angeles (for unincorporated areas) require regular inspections of rental properties. The newly created County of Los Angeles inspection program known as “Los Angeles County’s Rental Housing Habitability Program (RHHP)” and the City of Los Angeles’ Systematic Code Enforcement Program (“SCEP”) were devised to ensure rental housing stock is safe and habitable. In effect, the programs have basically been created as an anti-slum lord programs.
However, when speaking to most housing provides about SCEP, which has been around since 1988, many multi-family property owners are upset by SCEP because Los Angeles Housing Department (LAHD) inspectors routinely write citations for minor cosmetic issues and misquote building codes that they do not understand. LAHD inspectors are not the Los Angeles Department of Building & Safety inspectors– and they usually do not have a construction background.
Our latest panel of “Property Management Masterminds” have somehow figured out how to handle some of the most difficult inspection situations and have learned how to best prepare for that “Inspection Day” when it arrives. Our expert panel will once again be sharing some important insights gained only from years of experience, success and mistakes along the way in our rapidly evolving property management business, and will always enlighten you with some of the solutions they have devised and real-life stories they have experienced over the years, These experts thrive on the front-line in today’s over regulated housing business, constantly dealing with the three-T’s (tenants, toilets and trash) and will share some expert advice you need to thrive in the rental housing business.
WEBINAR DISCUSSION TOPICS INCLUDE:
- Ensuring proper maintenance and sanitary conditions at your property before inspection day – the “pre-inspection, inspection” and what to look out for.
- What do inspectors look for and what things do they write up? Fair or unfair?
- How to act and what to do when the inspector visits your property? Should you be there?
- Good and bad inspectors – experience with both kinds.
- What can you do when you disagree with an inspection report?
- Worst case scenario: How bad can it be? How much can all these repairs cost me?
- What if tenants do not wish to cooperate? Should you allow tenants to speak with the inspector or steer completely clear of that situation?
- Illegal Units, and unpermitted construction…what if?
- What lessons professional managers can bestow on smaller, “mom and pop” owners
- And much more – your questions submitted during the webinar will drive the discussion
GUEST PANELISTS INCLUDE:
Kari Negri, Chief Executive Officer, SKY Properties
Kari Negri is the Chief Executive Officer of SKY Properties in Toluca Lake. Throughout her career, Kari has been at the forefront fighting for the rights of rental property owners. Founded by Kari in 1997, SKY Properties offers hands-on, boutique-level property management at a competitive price for multi-tenant property owners. She serves on the Board of Directors of the Apartment Association of Greater Los Angeles (AAGLA) and is a regular contributor to AAGLA’s “Apartment Age” magazine. She also serves as the Co-Chair of AAGLA’s State Committee and is AAGLA’s delegate to the National Apartment Association.
Matt Williams, Principal, Williams Real Estate Advisors
Matt Williams is the Principal of Williams Real Estate Advisors, Inc., a full-service property management company that has approximately $150,000,000 of multifamily assets under management throughout Southern California. While in college he was hired by Capmark Financial Group as an analyst. During the year he was there he analyzed $350,000,000 (7,500 apartment units) worth of multi-family loan requests on property financials for lenders such as Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and Life Companies. In 2008 he was promoted to an Assistant Vice-President and transitioned out of commercial mortgage banking to apartment brokerage as Real Estate Investment Advisor with the Kitty Wallace Team at Sperry Van Ness. From 2009-2011 he did free-lance consulting work for a local developer. And, then he started his current Williams Real Estate Advisors, Inc. which today currently manages nearly 150 properties. His office is in Santa Monica. In 2021, Matt joined the Board of Directors of the Apartment Association of Greater Los Angeles.
Joel Rodstein, President, North Oak Property Management, Inc.
Since joining the company in 2005 he has successfully assisted in the implementation of lease up programs for many multifamily projects. He has also leased and re-signed over 100,000 square feet of commercial real estate which included Retail, Office, and Light industrial spaces. Mr. Rodstein is a licensed Real Estate Broker in the state of California and is a CPM® candidate. He has also obtained his RRP (Repairs, Renovation, and Paint) designation from the EPA which is necessary for all pre 1978 multifamily properties. Joel graduated from the University of California, Santa Cruz with a degree in Business Management with emphasis in accounting.
Paul Tennen, President at Linder & Associates Property Management
Paul Tennen is the President of Linder & Associates, a real estate management and maintenance firm based in Los Angeles. Upon graduation from the University of Southern California, he worked as investment specialist for Total Investment Real Estate Brokerage, and was later recruited as senior advisor for Sperry Van Ness, a nationwide real estate brokerage, specializing in the acquisition, management, and sale of multifamily and retail properties. In 2012, Paul purchased Linder & Associates, a property management and maintenance company.