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Real Estate 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.
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Letter to the editor: How does a landlord enforce a Section 8 contract?
Question: How does a landlord in California enforce a Section 8 contract? Answer: Landlords accepting Section 8 housing vouchers generally follow the same procedures as with non-housing voucher tenants, with a few extra steps. First some background: What is Section 8...
Does the Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA) preempt a city ordinance providing Section 8 tenants broader protections against housing discrimination?
City and County of San Francisco v. Post Facts: A city’s ordinance prohibits landlords from discriminating against Section 8 tenants. Meanwhile, Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA) protections are expanded to include a tenant’s source of income, which does not...
HUD steps back from its fair housing goals
HUD proposes big changes to its mission.
Lack of affordable rental housing is becoming an emergency in California
California’s renter households exceed available housing.
Does a landlord who leases space to a health club operator need to ensure maintenance of an Automated External Defibrillator (AED) on the premises?
Day v. Lupo Vine Street, L.P. Facts: A commercial landlord leases space to a tenant operating a health club. The tenant does not maintain an AED on the premises. A client of the health club suffers a fatal cardiac arrest while exercising on the premises. Claim: The...
New bill seeks to incentivize more student housing
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Letter to the editor: What do I need to do to become a landlord in California?
California’s legislature is considering a bill which would introduce stricter landlord certification requirements.