Residential landlords are now obligated to offer to report a tenant’s positive rental payment information to at least one nationwide consumer reporting agency.
Mandated landlord credit-reporting offer to improve tenant credit scores
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Landlords, Tenants and Property Management
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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.
Newly published related content
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....
Is a tenant in a subsidized low-income housing development entitled to money losses when a landlord serves an improper notice to terminate the tenancy?
Campbell v. FPI Management, Inc. Facts: A residential landlord rents a unit in a federally subsidized housing project to a tenant on a month-to-month tenancy. As part of the subsidy program, the landlord agrees to give the tenant at least 30 days’ notice prior to...
Tenants with disabilities may move to accessible units within the property
Calif. Civil Code §1954.53
Amended to add subsection 4(A) by AB 1620
Effective date: January 1, 2024
Calculating TPA rent caps for existing residential tenants
This article examines how a landlord of property controlled by the TPA calculates the maximum lawful annual rent increase chargeable to existing tenants, called rent caps.
Is a landlord liable for a tenant’s injuries from a dangerous condition which is obvious?
Nicoletti v. Kest
Letter to the Editor: When may a landlord evict a properly performing tenant?
Landlords evicting a residential tenant who is not in default are limited to specific circumstances, called “just cause.”
New law limits HOA assessment increases for new CIDs
HOA’s will soon be further restricted in how much they can increase their regular assessments.