Lease enforcement is the ongoing practice of ensuring tenants comply with lease terms — rent payment, unit condition, occupancy limits, pet policies, etc. Consistent enforcement supports sale-time valuation.
Effective lease enforcement: timely notice for breaches, documented responses, consistent application across tenants. Selective or inconsistent enforcement creates legal risk (discrimination claims) and operational drift (tenants not held to standards).
LA multifamily sellers with weak lease enforcement histories often have inflated rent rolls (below-market long-tenured tenants, unauthorized occupants, informal arrangements) that buyers discount. Clean enforcement records support higher sale-time valuation.
From the Sterman LA Multifamily Glossary — defined the way a broker with $1.41 billion across 254 closed transactions actually uses these terms.
Michael Sterman, Senior Managing Director Investments, Marcus & Millichap.
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