The U.S. annual rent growth rate in April was the slowest since the end of 2017.
Residential rent growth slows dramatically
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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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Letter to the editor: When can a residential landlord keep the tenant’s security deposit?
The landlord may make reasonable deductions from the tenant’s security deposit, which need to be accounted for.
Suspended foreclosures, evictions due to COVID-19 impacts
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Letter to the editor: Who performs the maintenance and repairs: the tenant, or the landlord?
Landlords need to keep their units in safe and sanitary conditions, and tenants need to notify landlords of needed repairs.
Landlords screen out housing voucher tenants
A recent study shows landlords’ bias against tenants with housing vouchers runs deep.
Letter to the Editor: When is it okay for a landlord to enter a tenant’s unit without permission?
There are only a few instances when a landlord may enter their tenant’s unit without prior permission.
Higher density is the cure to California’s housing shortage
For every four new Los Angeles residents, just one construction unit was started during the 2010’s.
2019 California legislative round-up
This article digests the bills relevant to real estate that passed and were signed into law in California during 2019.