Can I get my name taken off of a lease?

Once your lease changed to a month-to-month agreement, you can give 30-day notice, but if the landlord accepts this, then you both will probably...

I want to cash my security deposit check but I am still going to dispute some of the deductions. I live in San Francisco, CA.

Before you cash the check, I would write a letter, certified and tell the landlord that you are going to cash the check and dispute the amount. I...

How to extend an eviction time constraint

With all due respect to my colleague, too many people are using the law of service dogs or companion dogs to get around the no pets policy. You...

How much time should I be allowed to fix an item once I have moved out?

The landlord did her best to inform you to fix that bad area. At this point, if the amount isn't that much, I would just go with it, but since...

I agreed to take over a rental agreement by txt message, is this binding? Seeing mixed answers.

In general, most contracts for real estate, including leases, must be in writing. In today's world, texting may or may not be a "writing". It can...

I have a lease agreement with a tenant that state He will be the Only tenant. My intentions was to have a single person rent

The lease should specify exactly who can live there. If the tenant signed a lease that states only one person would live there, you are within...

Am I obligated to return deposit when tenant owes back rent?

The security deposit may be used first to pay unpaid rent, and if any left over, to pay for damages caused by the tenant. In your case, the...

You are paying pretty high rent, so I am assuming that if anything was wrong or had to be fixed you may have brought that up at the time you moved...

Can my landlord close off a stairway he originally built to give me separate access to the 2d floor where I live if the city

I don't think so. He built that as a better way for you to get to your unit, but you knew in advance that he built this for you. Unless it is...

After a verbal qarning of 2 weeks of eviction and no actual contract in writing for them to live here is the person evicted stil

I am not sure that I understand the facts here. But here is some advice. There should be a reason for eviction, either not paying rent, or...