Recent content by Greg G

Thanks to all that replied and for confirming what I thought. I will continue to ignore this guy as I have been. Invoking my 5th amendment rights sounds like a great idea.

Three years ago, I made a contract with a client to store his car while he went back to his home country to get his visa renewed. He is still there. After a year, he quit paying the monthly rent. Over the next 18 months I notified him via email of his delinquent rent a total of 12 times and...

** After many attempts to get the owner to pay, I already applied to the California DMV and have received approval to conduct a lien sale to recover what is owed. I'm just wondering if the owner or an agent of theirs shows up before the sale and demands the car, am I obligated to surrender it...

I have a written contract to store someone's car while they are overseas, although our property is not officially zoned as a vehicle storage yard. I'm in unincorporated area of our county. Irrespective of what issue I might have with the county planning people, is my contact with the owner of...

zddoodah is correct that I'm interested in whether there is California law that grants the same protection as FHA sec 804 but doesn't mention the exemption for small landlords such that in California those protections DO apply to single family residential rental properties owned by persons who...

I know that in California, service dogs are not treated as pets, and "no pets" policies do not apply. I've read that a landlord has to accept tenants with service dogs that address a particular disability. In the Federal Fair Housing Amendments Act (FHAA), there is a clause that says there is...

I have a rental application from a foreign family that wants to have an adult and 3 children lease our house for 1 year while they study English. They have $100K in a bank account to cover the expenses for the year and income of $200K per year. In the event that they tried to leave before the...

Reply: Thanks! Excellent information.

As a landlord, if I'm delivering a 30-day notice of termination of tenancy for a month-to-month rental (or 60-day if it's a tenancy over 1 year), can I certify service using the post-and-mail process if I can't deliver it personally to the tenant?

Thank you. That was what we found.

Do you know the code section for "The CA landlord tenant statute allows you to charge the tenant for damage caused by the tenant (either by commission or omission) during his tenancy."?

We had a tenant allow water to puddle outside of a tub and a shower (2 different bathrooms) and not report it. They say they didn't see it. This ongoing water leakage caused damage to baseboards, grout, and fixtures. Should the tenant be responsible for the cost of repairing the damage because...

Is there a California code that deal with a tenant's responsibility to immediately notify Landlord of any defects or dangerous conditions in and about the premises of which they become aware? For example, if the tenant sees water leaking from the shower, is there a code that requires them to...