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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.
The new buyer representation rules have an application which may surprise some brokers – the negotiated, written representation of commercial tenant clients.
Landlords now need to actually have a unit readily available for a prospective tenant to occupy when they demand a screening fee for reviewing an application for approval or denial.
Residential landlords are now obligated to offer to report a tenant’s positive rental payment information to at least one nationwide consumer reporting agency.
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.
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....
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...
Calif. Civil Code §1954.53
Amended to add subsection 4(A) by AB 1620
Effective date: January 1, 2024
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.
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