When converting homes to rentals, first calculate the basis for tax gain or loss.
Brokerage Reminder: Know the basis when converting homes to rentals
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Landlords, Tenants and Property Management
Discover the legal aspects of residential and commercial landlord-tenant relationships.
Stay current on the latest news, videos, forms, and updates for Landlords, Tenants and Property Management.
Recent updates to the course e-book
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.
09/25: Updated that the three-day notice to pay rent or quit excludes weekends and court holidays.
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Santa Ana became the first city in Orange County to adopt its own rent control ordinance.
Can a residential landlord evict a tenant when a certificate of occupancy has not been issued for the unit?
Yanez v. Vasquez
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A leasing agent uses RPI Form 555 to understand a commercial tenant’s reasons for relocating and RPI Form 556 to prepare an offer which becomes binding when accepted by the landlord of the commercial property.
Small landlords less likely to receive rent
Renters living in larger multifamily buildings were more likely to pay their rent during the pandemic than renters living in smaller units owned by mom-and-pop landlords.
A third of mom-and-pop landlords grapple with lost rent revenue
2020’s reduced revenues were on top of the slim-to-negative margins most mom-and-pop landlords already experience.
How and when residential evictions will resume in California
During the recovery window from COVID-19 rent debt, landlords are required to use an additional notice when seeking to evict tenants for nonpayment of rent.
More California renters, homebuyers are cost burdened than ever before
It’s a bird! It’s a plane! No, it’s just the high cost of your rent going up. The typical U.S. renter is expected to be cost burdened by the end of 2021, according to a recent Zillow analysis. Cost burdened is defined as the need to spend more than 30% of monthly...