An owner or buyer of historic property in need of TLC can reduce their property tax by entering into a restoration and property tax agreement, called a Mills Act subsidy.
Buy an historic home, get a Mills Act subsidy
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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.
Newly published related content
Form-of-the-Week: Commercial Lease Agreements — Net variety — Forms 552-2 and 552-3
A landlord, tenant, leasing agent or property manager uses a Commercial Lease Agreement of the net variety for a single-user tenant to document the terms of the tenancy negotiated when the payment of most or all property operating expenses including property taxes, insurance and maintenance incurred during the tenancy is shifted to the tenant.
DRE to host property management webinar
The DRE is partnering with the California Civil Rights Department to provide a free webinar series for property managers.
Form-of-the-Week: Commercial Lease Agreement — Form 552 series
A landlord or property manager uses a Commercial Lease Agreement – Gross – Single Tenant to lease commercial property to a tenant for a fixed term.
Form-of-the-Week: Buyer and Tenant Representation Agreements — Forms 103.1, 103.2, 105.1 and 105.2
Retain a client and earn a fee as an exclusive agent whether the client acquires a leasehold or fee interest.
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.