California’s landmark Assembly Bill 1482 that’s about to take effect Jan 1, 2020 has caused many cities to enact stopgap urgency ordinances to prevent landlords from evicting tenants without cause before the new law takes effect.  These laws are aimed at preventing evictions without “Just cause” until Assembly Bill 1482 is implemented that regulates annual ..Read More

Almost all independent rental owners try to work with a tenant that it slow to pay or gets behind in the rent. Don’t get me wrong, I totally understand why. Its costly to flip a unit to rent ready condition, vacant units is expensive and the legal fees to complete an Unlawful Detainer action can ..Read More

Craigslist is Still #1 Of all the sites that landlords can publish available housing, Craigslist continues to be the top go to site for rentals in most of the country. It offers landlords a very simple and user-friendly interface where you can create an ad in minutes that reaches millions of users – all for ..Read More

Updated 04/19/24 In California, an eviction process can culminate in a sheriff’s lockout, which is a critical and final step in the eviction process. Here’s an overview of how the eviction process leads to a sheriff’s lockout and what it involves. This step comes after you have won at trial and the judge has granted ..Read More

In the face of an overflow crowd that formed outside the Westminster City Hall in Orange County, the City Council rejected proposals to adopt rent control.  This came after an August 14, 2019 meeting that featured eight hours of testimony from over 100 speakers. The Council received a report from its staff which highlighted the ..Read More

The Sacramento City Council has approved a rent control and tenant protection measure, and has accelerated the implementation of the new ordinance to prevent landlords from evicting tenants before it takes effect. The measure effects tenant who rent on a month-month basis or longer in the city’s approximately 42,000 apartments and duplexes, mobile home parks ..Read More

The San Jose City Council has passed a new ordinance that would prohibit the blanket rejection of potential tenants based upon payment with Section 8 housing vouchers. The new law makes it illegal to deny tenancy solely on the basis of paying rent with vouchers. The law which goes into effect September 26, 2019 will ..Read More

It happens more often than people think.  A commercial tenant who is behind in rent suddenly abandons the property without any notice to the landlord, leaving personal property behind. There may be a history of conflict between the tenant and landlord, or bad communication.  But for whatever reason, the tenant believes this is the only ..Read More

Updated 4/22/24 Dealing with noisy tenants is one of the most common complaints a landlord has to deal with from tenants. Every renter deserves peace and quiet. The “Right to Quiet Enjoyment” which is the right to the undisturbed use and enjoyment of the property they are renting is implicit in every rental contract in California and all fifty states – whether ..Read More

California Assembly Bill 1482 which takes effect January 2020 places a limit on how much rent can be increased in a year and places certain restrictions on tenant evictions. Rent is limited to a 5% annual increase plus inflation, with the combined total not exceeding 10% a year. The Bill also requires a landlord to ..Read More