Tenant proposing to break a 1 year lease -has bought a home, needs to remodel , wants flexibility in move out date.. My options?

Well, you have several options. The tenant could "assign" the lease to another tenant and essentially take over payments until the end of the lease...

Tenants Rights Lawyer HEELLPPP

You may not be getting the responses you desire for several reasons. Either 1) The firms you have called are not interested in pro bono work 2)...

Gated community with broken locks

Not sure what your question is but I'll make my best attempt. A landlord (or property manager) has a duty to maintain common areas. A gate is...

Can I sell a customers pool table to cover past due fees he owes to my business?

This depends on your reasonable belief that the property is either lost or abandoned. Assuming it is abandoned, I refer you to CC § 2081.1 which...

Reported water pipe leak as I discovered my carpet was wet. Who would pay for my damaged personal property? Any negligence?

You may have negligence claims against both the owner and the carpet company. You should write the owner a demand letter - prove up your case and...

What is the best way of collecting a lottery winning?

As far as the lump sum/payments issue, I've always thought the lump would yield better results because of the time value of money. Even if the NPV...

Do any of these circumstances realistically provide tenant a sustainable way to defeat an eviction based their not paying rent?

You have several issues within this question. First, you have the issue of the oral agreement between you and the tenant to split the profits for...

Unlawful Detainer - tenant was served with complaint 4 days ago. What's next?

I agree with my colleague. Consider an attorney, as the Default Judgment process is not simple. Court clerks will invalidate your application even...

As I'm sure you are aware, the most common ways a landlord may evict a tenant are when a tenant fails to pay rent or when a tenant damages the...

YESTERDAY I SIGNED A LEASE WENT TO MOVE IN TODAY AND THE PLACE ID DIRTY AND HAS MOLD I HAVE INFANT TWINS AND CAN,T MOVE THEM IN

Your first question needs to be whether or not the premises is considered "uninhabitable" under Civil Code 1941.1 and California Case Law. You...