2020 was a rough year for everyone, with renters and landlords often bearing the brunt of the recession.
California renters moved out in 2020
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Landlords, Tenants and Property Management
Discover the legal aspects of residential and commercial landlord-tenant relationships.
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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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Letter to the editor: When a landlord is foreclosed upon, what happens to the tenant’s lease, security deposit and any prepaid rents?
Residential tenants have several protections when their rented residence is sold at a foreclosure sale to a new owner.
Apartment conversions add to rental inventory
2020’s shifting property demands make apartment conversions attractive options for landlords of vacant commercial space.
Over one-half of renters, one-third of homeowners aren’t sure they can pay next month’s housing payment
Homeowners and renters are deeply insecure about their financial situations in 2020.
Commercial investors are betting the remote work trend will continue
Commercial property owners will need to get creative as the market adapts to the harsh realities of 2020.
Law gives tenants in assisted housing more chances to improve their credit scores
With the passage of SB 1157, tenants in buildings receiving government assistance will have a new way to add to their credit histories.
May a landlord recover a dollar penalty from a tenant which is unrelated to the landlord’s losses?
Graylee v Castro
May a tenant be forced to arbitrate habitability disputes under an arbitration provision in a lease agreement?
Williams v. 3620 W. 42nd Street, Inc.