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California renters face one-two punch in undeclared recession
Rising interest rates have forced homebuyers back into the rental market.
New California law requires landlords of low-income rental housing to allow pets
New California law allows pets in low-income housing.
Form-of-the-Week: Pet and Waterbed Addendums — Forms 563 and 564
A landlord or property manager uses RPI Forms 563 and 564 when permitting pets and waterbeds upon negotiating a rental or lease agreement.
Wildfires spark price gouging of rents
Wildfires have led to unlawful price gouging of rents
Form-of-the-Week: Abandonment and Right to Reclaim Personal Property — Forms 581, 583 and 584
A landlord or property manager uses RPI Forms 581, 583 and 584 when a tenant abandons their property and leaves personal property behind.
Is a commercial tenant liable for all rents owed under a lease agreement when they breach a settlement agreement calling for payment of a lesser amount?
Creditors Adjustment Bureau, Inc. v. Imani
Self-help evictions: the new forbidden fruit for California landlords
After two years of twiddling their thumbs over nonpaying tenants, California landlords are getting carried away with evictions — and the consequences are high.
Is a landlord liable when a tenant is injured in a fall from the accessible roof of the leased property?
Montes v. Young Men’s Christian Association of Glendale, California
Errata & Updates
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.