Can u review my lease im a tenant in commercial building

This is an easy one to answer: yes, I can review your lease. Give me a call or an email. Initial consultations are always...

Security Deposit refund in CA

Difficult though it may sound in this "proactive" day and age, my best advice to you would be to wait and see. Where a landowner has, within...

What you're talking about is a "Ratio Utility Billing System," commonly known as RUBS. Personally, I agree with you that this is unfair and should...

Renters claim loss of wages and want to break lease

Landlords who have suffered damages for lost rent (and other expenses) can take tenants who break the lease to court for Breach of Contract. ...

My mother was served a 3 day notice for failure to pay rent can she stay there past the 3 days and wait to be served unlawful

Absent some critical problem with the "habitability" of the house, Tenants generally have to pay rent for every day that they is in the house. So,...

Generally speaking, there is no rule that says that your landlord must give you advance notice before doing construction to common areas, or to...

In a month to month lease for a rm, if another rm in the house is unable to be paid can the landlord raise my rent to pay it off

The answer to these questions is often "it depends on what the lease says," and that goes doubly so here. Is there a separate lease for each room?...

The California Department of Consumer Affairs puts out a terrifically useful booklet which can be found free...