May an owner evict a tenant when the owner is not in compliance with notice requirements regarding a change in the name of the property management company?
Group XIII Properties LP v. Stockman
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Category: Property Management
Duty of Care and an Evolving Standard of Conduct
Covers: Attributes of a successful property manager; The duty of care a property manager owes a landlord as comparable to the duty of care a broker in a real estate sales transaction owes their buyers and sellers.
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California targets unlawful crime-free housing policies
Landlords who conduct criminal background checks may be guilty of housing discrimination.
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Resident Managers
Covers: On-site duties of a resident manager at an apartment complex with 16 or more units; Licensed and unlicensed activities; Occupancy of a unit in the complex as part of a resident manger’s compensation; Use of the resident manager employment agreement to document the employment and expectations.
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Form-of-the-Week: Property Management Agreement and Change of Owner or Property Manager — Forms 590 and 554
A broker uses RPI Form 590 when entering into a property management agreement with an owner and RPI Form 554 when a change of ownership occurs.
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Letter to the Editor: What happens when a rental payment arrives late through the mail?
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.
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Due-on leasing regulations
Landlords and property managers need to know what triggers and exempts the due-on clause, since mortgage holders enforce the due-on clause more frequently in times of rising interest rates.
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Form-of-the-Week: Three-Day Notice to Pay Rent or Quit Variations — Forms 575, 575-1, 575-2 and 575-3
A landlord uses RPI Forms 575, 575-1, 575-2 and 575-3 depending upon whether they are subject to just cause eviction requirements and the type of breach the tenant committed.
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Surrender cancels the lease agreement
When a tenant materially breaches a lease agreement, the landlord may complete a surrender, in which the landlords accepts a return of possession from the tenant in exchange for cancelling the lease agreement.
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No price gouging of rental housing following earthquakes and storms
In response to earthquakes and storms, the California Attorney General reminds landlords to be mindful of rent gouging.
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Form-of-the-Week: Mold informational booklet and non-smoking addendum — Forms 564-1, 564-2 and 563-1
Residential landlords use RPI Forms 564-1 and 564-2 to educate the tenant on mold and its hazards and RPI Form 563-1 to prohibit smoking on the property.
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Property Management 101
Read on for a summary of California property management laws and best practices.
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Form-of-the-Week: Annual Property Operating Data Sheet (APOD) and Tenant Estoppel Certificate (TEC) — Forms 352 and 598
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.
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Rent collectible under a lease agreement
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.
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California continues to crack down on landlords pursuing unjust evictions
Dear landlords, no need to be the bad egg — that is, when you stay away from unjust evictions.
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Accept partial rent, retain a tenant
How a landlord may deal with delinquent rent in recessionary times.
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California renters face one-two punch in undeclared recession
Rising interest rates have forced homebuyers back into the rental market.
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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.
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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.
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Wildfires spark price gouging of rents
Wildfires have led to unlawful price gouging of rents
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