What are the ramifications a landlord can use against a commercial tenant who deducted their security deposit from final rent?

Yes, tenant wrongfully applied deposit amount to the rent. It is a lease breach. Now ask yourself how much trouble and expense you want to generate...

If agreed upon in rental contract is prohibiting overnight guests legal in California?

It is clear this tenant has only begun to take advantage of you. There is more trouble ahead. You should review everything with an attorney,...

If the lease grants you exclusive use of the yard, you must consent to signs.

If LL communicated via email with the tenant that he's waiting for repair invoice within 21 days, can renter sue for full SD$?

Yes, he does, as email communications are not legal notices. Negotiate a compromise and chalk this up to experience. In future, follow the...

Bought a house and need to break a lease. Landlord's agent is uncooperative. What can we do?

More facts would be helpful. It sounds like agent is not meeting landlord's legal duties, causing problems for landlord and licensed...

Landlord lives on same lot as I. Have seen leaving my place without consent and one of them walks naked on the lot.

First, keep in mind you are in rural Santa Cruz. People move there because this kind of phenomena still exists, no matter how quaint it sounds to...

Is my rent being illegally stated?

There is more than one thing going on in your question. First thing you should understand is that there is not such thing as a grace period - pay...

How can I tell my brother to leave/evict my house?

In order to avoid the unpleasantly destructive process of evicting a family member who resides with you, try a negotiated approach guided by an...

When purchasing a FSBO property what documents are necessary and can we do escrow without a Realtor?

You need to invest in some process to make sure you get what your paying for. If you and neighbor agree on a sales price, ask a local real estate...

Since the only painter that will come out will have to do the wall can I remove that from tenant security deposit?

What you describe sounds like normal wear and tear. If it were me, since tenant sounds cooperative, I'd propose to charge 25-50% of reprinting...