Blog Author: Elly Johnson

After the holidays everyone feels those winter blues. From the time change, to the sun setting earlier than normal, to being around family (we love) but can be a little hectic at times. It’s almost like we have to play catch up with a daily routine and getting back into the groove of things. We’ve spent countless hours making sure we had the right …

written by Carol Night | Aug 3, 2016 If you’re a girl like me, countless summer days were spent playing with Barbies. My favorite was Skipper, Barbie’s younger sister, followed closely by Francie with “growin’ pretty hair.”  I shared the ‘70s groovy rainbow adorned Barbie camper with my sister but more often than not, we zipped around our Barbie in the best mode of transportation …

by: Utopia Management Accounting Department It is Thanksgiving Day and you are scrambling to prepare all the food, and get the table ready for your big family dinner. The turkey is already in the oven and the majority of the sides are complete. Everything is coming together just as you planned, and you are ahead of schedule. You start to feel hungry, and you …

By: Aaron Read of Utopia Management Most of us at one point in our life have received a joint check. As an accountant I often get asked can’t you just make the check payable to just one of us. As much as we hate to have multiple names on a check that we just want to deposit into our account and be done with …

Since 1994 Utopia Management has prided ourselves at providing top-notch property management services to our customers. Today we manage over 1,000 properties throughout Southern California. So how does an established, reputable company end up with such an alarmingly low Yelp rating? The answer, while unfortunate, is quite simple. Yelp has been accused of extorting thousands of businesses like ours in an attempt to drive their “premium …

As a child, getting older bears so many prospects, so many adventures worth having, and adult things to do. As an adult, we regret wishing our time away when the only things to really look forward to included working more than you sleep, spending more on bills than you make, and dealing with adult-type problems that, honestly, nobody has time for. One of the …

If you are a current renter in San Diego County I am sure you have noticed the annual Inflation increasing rapidly. A recent article by SDCAA (San Diego County Apartment Association) reported that the nation average vacancy rate is 4% and San Diego County is much lower at only 2.7%. This not only makes it hard to find a San Diego rental, but it …

Coachella Valley is now a great year round place to live, invest and retire. Palm Springs continues to get national attention in world renowned magazines such as Architectural Digest and also the latest issue of Veranda magazine. Even in the summer heat new restaurants such as Eight4Nine has recently opened to a packed customer base. It is no longer just the playground for the …

Labor Day 2015 is in the books and Fall is upon us! Fall is the best time of year for some of us because it means football season is here! At our house, we LOVE all things football, especially the yummy food that we enjoy while cheering our team to victory! In preparation, I’m sharing some of our favorite football (or any sport really!) …

Spurred by a 1965 Grand Jury Report which stressed the “overcrowding of our parks, beaches and harbors,” the County of Orange has continuously sought to acquire more public/recreational areas. The Niguel Beach region, previously known as Salt Creek, has always been a popular surfing and swimming location. However, the land on the island side of Salt Creek was purchased by the Laguna Niguel Corporation, …