Retain a client and earn a fee as an exclusive agent whether the client acquires a leasehold or fee interest.
Form-of-the-Week: Buyer and Tenant Representation Agreements — Forms 103.1, 103.2, 105.1 and 105.2
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Is a landlord liable for injuries to a motorist on an adjacent roadway caused by a tenant’s livestock known to the landlord to be fenced in on the property?
Estate of St. John v. Schaeffler
Form-of-the-Week: The Right of First Refusal to Buy — Form 579
A landlord and tenant may agree to grant the tenant a right of first refusal in an addendum to the lease agreement using RPI Form 579.
Form-of-the-Week: Tenant Representation Agreements and Renewals — Forms 105.1, 105.2, 105.1A and 105.2A
The tenant representation agreement employing a broker to acquire a leasehold interest in a property is the leasing equivalent to the buyer representation agreement to acquire a fee interest.
Reading the legal tea leaves — the parallel need to conform tenant representation to new buyer representation rules for commercial transactions
The new buyer representation rules have an application which may surprise some brokers – the negotiated, written representation of commercial tenant clients.
Changes to application screening fees charged by residential landlords
Landlords now need to actually have a unit readily available for a prospective tenant to occupy when they demand a screening fee for reviewing an application for approval or denial.
Mandated landlord credit-reporting offer to improve tenant credit scores
Residential landlords are now obligated to offer to report a tenant’s positive rental payment information to at least one nationwide consumer reporting agency.
New law takes aim at “junk fees” from California landlords
Landlords may no longer charge fees for posting or serving eviction notices or notices to vacate to residential tenants or for accepting rent or security deposit payments by check. Security deposits charged a military service member renting as a residential tenant, when higher than the security deposit charged others, require specific steps.
Is a residential landlord liable for injuries caused by a tenant’s dogs when the landlord is unaware the dogs are potentially violent?
In re: Fraser v. Farvid Facts: A landlord rents a single family residence (SFR) to a tenant. The tenant acquires dogs without notifying the landlord. A neighbor advises the landlord about the “guard dogs” though the landlord has no personal experience with the dogs....
Errata & Updates
The amount of security deposit residential landlords may charge have changed in 2024.
Read the new restrictions on residential security deposits.
06/25: The 2025 rules for buyer representation and fee-splitting avoidance are currently being edited into this e-book.