Cutting off utilities for tenants who don't pay

You're right that you can't legally cut off utilities from him. However, you can file the unlawful detainer to evict him for nonpayment. I don't...

What is the code that says a landlord must have an office?

I don't believe a landlord needs to have an office. There's no law that requires that.

I have a house in Stockton, and signed a one year lease to a lady on November 7th. But she is not paying now.

There's nothing you can do legally besides filing an unlawful detainer lawsuit. But first you must serve her with a 3-day notice to pay rent or quit.

Upside down by $183,000 and can't refinance and lender will not work with me due to cash in the bank. Should I stop making pmt?

Foreclosure will affect your credit. That's a given. They are both purchase money loans. So you don't have to worry about deficiency judgment if...

Can a HOA sue me for past dues a property that I foreclosed on in September 2008?

HOA dues are personal debt. The fact that the property was foreclosed on doesn't change the nature of the debt. As personal debt, it may be...

The retaliation under CC 1942.5 don't necessarily have to relate to the lease or habitability issues. I know of at least one case where the court...

Incomplete Notice of Default?

Probably not. There are certain information that's required on the Notice of Default such as the property address, amount in default which must be...

Short Sale Question - Selling Appliances & A/V Separately

Attorneys can't give legal advice for you to commit fraud on the lender. If the lender has made it a condition on the short sale approval that you...

If you forclose on a house that you have refinanced do you have to pay additional money or do they just take the house?

The loan is a recourse loan if it is a refi. But chances are the lender will just do a trustee's sale which means they can't come after you for...

I received a notice of trustee's sale from the holder of the 2nd on my home (the HELOC), what does this mean?

When the second forecloses on your house and if the second puts in a full credit bid and no one bids higher at the auction, the second will get...