What happens when your lease agreement expires and a new one is never issued.

You would normally have no liability for future rent if there was no balance due when the lease expired (this assumes that there was nothing in the...

I live in an apartment and have a one year lease. Can a new property management company make me sign a month-to-month lease?

As Attorney Sullivan correctly states, your current lease is valid, will remain in effect until it expires, and the new management company does not...

Can I sue for damages for Bed bugs not being treated in my Apartment?

Under applicable California law, including Civil Code Section 1941.1(a)(6), the landlord is responsible for dealing with bedbugs unless the tenant...

Can I move w/o penalty from my landlord?

Since your tenancy is month-to-month, you have the right to give notice, and should have no further liability if you are paid up through your...

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Can a tenant's suit be considered as blackmail?

If you are sued, you would normally tender the defense to your insurer. (I hope you have good liability insurance in place, including for tenant...

Do I have a cause of actions against neighbors and their guests or the lease management?

If your tenancy is subject to rent control/eviction control, then losing access to the pool (if it is more than temporary) would often constitute a...

Is tenant partly responsible for mold situation if they did not report it?

Many rental agreements expressly require the tenant to promptly report any problems. If your agreement said that, then the tenants may well be...

Am i considered Month to month is my text message with the landlord enough to be considered a written agreement for another year

Under Civil Code Section 1624(a)(3), lease for a period longer than a year need to be in writing. If the renewal was for one year, and you agreed...

if the original answer was untimely, filing an amended answer would not solve that problem. The court may still go ahead with the pending motion to...

Can i be charged more by than what my roommate pays to her landlord? And can she verbally kick me out with out a 30 day notice?

If I understand your post, you are a subtenant, and recently discovered that the rent you are paying to occupy part of the unit is more than your...