The Talpins
The Taplins are associated with at least 555 Oakland evictions under numerous LLCs. Albert Russell Taplin is an inactive attorney who was placed on probation by the CA State Bar in in 1995. His son Riaz joined him in the real estate business while in high school, and as he reports on the website for Riaz, Inc., his original focus was the “ultra-luxury San Francisco real estate market.” Later Riaz “set forth to transform the dilapidated buildings” of Oakland, and now manage over 800 apartments in the east bay, with a “core competency in multi-family re-positioning.” In addition to the eviction mill, the Taplins are launching large market rate development projects in east Oakland.
