Sam Brown, Private Investigator

Nowadays, Sam prefers a desk job and no longer enjoys the adventure of sitting in a surveillance van catching drug dealers in the act of peddling dope in rental properties.

He’s still our go-to private eye to unearth information on tenants when there is a lot of money on the line.

Paul Taylor, Executive Director of the Rental Housing Association of Southern Alameda County

Under new leadership, the Alameda County Board of Supervisors will preside over a host of proposals floated by tenant and landlord groups alike.

What will the future hold for housing providers in Alameda County? For the answer to that question, we turn to an insider.

Jude Winterhalter, Founder at Jackson Square Insurance

Insurance companies are fleeing California in droves, leaving rental property owners high and dry.

In a two-part series, we turned to Jude to explain the lay of the land and how landlords can insure their properties as carriers flee California amid disasters, rising construction costs, and overregulation.