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...
Read Moreby Robin Jennings | Jul 16, 2024 | Property Management, Recent Case Decisions | 0
In re: Fraser v. Farvid Facts: A landlord rents a single family residence (SFR) to a tenant. The...
Read Moreby Branden Ekas | Jun 20, 2024 | Laws and Regulations, Property Management, Recent Case Decisions | 0
Campbell v. FPI Management, Inc. Facts: A residential landlord rents a unit in a federally...
Read Moreby David Swistock | Feb 9, 2024 | Laws and Regulations, New Laws, Property Management, Real Estate | 0
Calif. Civil Code §1954.53
Amended to add subsection 4(A) by AB 1620
Effective date: January 1, 2024
by David Swistock | Jan 15, 2024 | Laws and Regulations, Real Estate, Recent Case Decisions | 0
Castaic Studios LLC v. Wonderland Studios LLC
Read Moreby David Swistock | Jan 8, 2024 | Laws and Regulations, Property Management, Real Estate, Recent Case Decisions | 0
Nicoletti v. Kest
Read Moreby Carrie B. Reyes | Jan 5, 2024 | Feature Articles, Letters to the Editor, Property Management, Real Estate | 0
Landlords evicting a residential tenant who is not in default are limited to specific circumstances, called “just cause.”
Read Moreby Carrie B. Reyes | Nov 29, 2023 | New Laws, Property Management, Real Estate | 0
Security deposit rules are tightening for California residential landlords in 2024.
Read Moreby Amy Platero | Nov 24, 2023 | Forms, Property Management, Real Estate | 0
A landlord or property manager uses RPI Forms 567-2 and 567-3 to notify the tenant of the hour and date of a pre-expiration inspection, and provide the tenant an itemized list of repairs and cleaning the tenant needs to remedy or eliminate to avoid a deduction of costs from the security deposit
Read Moreby David Swistock | Nov 20, 2023 | Bay Area, Laws and Regulations, Property Management, Real Estate, Recent Case Decisions | 0
640 Octavia, LLC. v. Karl Heinz Pieper
Read Moreby Carrie B. Reyes | Oct 15, 2023 | Economics, Property Management, Real Estate, Recessions | 0
The rent is still too darn high — but not as high as it was yesterday here in California.
Read Moreby David Swistock | Sep 26, 2023 | Commercial, Real Estate, Recent Case Decisions | 0
65283 Two Bunch Palms Building LLC v. Coastal Harvest II, LLC
Read Moreby Amy Platero | Jul 24, 2023 | Forms, Property Management, Real Estate | 0
A landlord uses RPI Form 565 to extend or renew a lease and a tenant uses RPI Form 566 to request the lease extension or renewal.
Read Moreby Carrie B. Reyes | Jul 7, 2023 | Fair Housing, Laws and Regulations, Property Management, Real Estate | 0
California’s Attorney General is meeting resistance from landlords reluctant to follow — or simply unaware of — the rules.
Read Moreby David Swistock | Jun 1, 2023 | Commercial, Laws and Regulations, Real Estate, Recent Case Decisions | 0
Ramirez v. PK I Plaza 580 SC LP
Read Moreby Carrie B. Reyes | May 24, 2023 | Fair Housing, Property Management, Real Estate | 1
Landlords who conduct criminal background checks may be guilty of housing discrimination.
Read Moreby ft Editorial Staff | Apr 24, 2023 | Letters to the Editor, Property Management, Real Estate | 0
The failure of the postal service to deliver the check within the grace period for payment does not cause the tenant to incur a late charge when USPS received the check during the grace period.
Read Moreby Amy Platero | Feb 3, 2023 | Laws and Regulations, Property Management, Real Estate | 0
In response to earthquakes and storms, the California Attorney General reminds landlords to be mindful of rent gouging.
Read Moreby Amy Platero | Jan 19, 2023 | Forms, Investment, Property Management, Real Estate | 0
An agent representing an owner of tenant-occupied property uses RPI Forms 352 and 598 to induce buyers or lenders to purchase the property and assure no competing claims exist from tenants.
Read Moreby Amy Platero | Jan 13, 2023 | Property Management, Real Estate, Recessions | 1
When a tenant commits a material breach of the lease agreement, possession may terminate. However, the landlord’s right to collect rents throughout the term of the lease remains.
Read Moreby Ashley Collins | Dec 19, 2022 | Property Management, Real Estate | 0
Dear landlords, no need to be the bad egg — that is, when you stay away from unjust evictions.
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