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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
DRE Hot Seat: Broker frauds his landlord client and tenant
This article is part of an ongoing series covering violations of real estate law. Here, the Department of Real Estate (DRE) revoked the California real estate license of a broker acting as a property manager who charged the tenant a greater amount than was paid to the landlord.
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.