San Francisco Rent Control/Residential Landlord-Tenant
San Francisco Rent Board – sfgov.org/rentboard/
San Francisco Apartment Association – www.sfaa.org
Small Property Owners of San Francisco – smallprop.org
San Francisco Tenants Union – sftu.org
For and About Brokers/Agents
California Bureau of Real Estate – dre.ca.gov
California Association of Realtors – car.org
California Association of Business Brokers – cabb.org
Other San Francisco Laws & Regulations
San Francisco Assessor/Recorder – sfassessor.org
San Francisco Department of Building Inspection – sfdbi.org
Public Records
Links to public records in United States – www.brbpub.com
Public records, including RP databases – KnowX.com
Real Estate Data/Market Evaluations
Valuations of residential property – experian.com
Zillow – zillow.com
Trulia – trulia.com
Property Listings/Sales
Multi-unit, commercial listings – www.loopnet.com
NAR listings – realtor.com
Home and Land Magazine – homes.com
Move.com home listings, loans – move.com
Insurance
Department of Insurance (jurisdiction over title companies) – www.insurance.ca.gov
Contractors and Improvements
San Francisco Department of Building Inspection – www.ci.sf.ca.us/dbi/
State Contractors Board – cslb.ca.gov
Know Your Rights
To look up a California law – www.leginfo.ca.gov/index.html
To look up a California statute – www.leginfo.ca.gov/calaw.html
The California Tenants: A guide to Residential Tenants and Landlords’ Rights and Responsibilities – dca.ca.gov
Loans/Financing
Interpretations of Regulation Z/Truth in Lending Act, Home Mortgage Disclosure Act – www.federalreserve.gov
Non-Governmental Organizations
San Francisco Apartment Association – www.sfaa.org
California Apartment Owners Association – caanet.org
Intern. Counsel, Shopping Centers – icsc.org
American Society of Home Inspectors – ashi.com
Urban Land Institute – uli.org
Real Estate News
IPG Commercial Real Estate News – ipgdirect.com
Inman Real Estate News – inman.com
Real Estate Forms
Professional Publishing Co. – profpub.com
Rentals
Tax
IRS – irs.gov
California Franchise Tax Board – ftb.ca.gov
Environmental
Pest Control Operators of California (PCOC) – pcoc.org
EPA Indoor Air Quality – epa.gov/iaq/index.html
Other Government Agencies
Office of Thrift Supervision (Jurisdiction over federally chartered and state chartered savings institutions for the Equal Credit Opportunity Act, Fair Credit Reporting Act, Fair Debt Collections Act, Fair Housing Act, Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (RESPA) and Truth In Lending Act – www.ots.treas.gov
The California Structural Pest Control Board – pestboard.ca.gov
Office of Real Estate Appraisers: consumer info and license verification – www.orea.ca.gov
Department of Corporations: (enforcement of residential mortgage lenders, finance lenders, escrows – dbo.ca.gov
U.S. Housing and Urban Development – hud.gov
Miscellaneous
National Association of RE Investment Trusts – nareit.com
San Francisco Chronicle/Examiner – sfgate.com