If you break a lease, and decline the landlord's settlement offer, the landlord's remedies are limited to either Civil Code Section 1951.2 or...

Any notice of rent increase must comply with Civil Code Section 827. Since the increase is greater than 10%, you would be entitled to at least 60...

There are a lot of real estate transactional attorneys who handle for sale by owner transactions, and usually do so on an hourly basis. You can...

You can check with the city to see if the conversion was legal. It sounds doubtful, including because providing an adequate permanent source of...

If you have an unexpired fixed-term tenancy, the owner probably has no right to make such changes until your lease expires. If/when you are...

Civil Code Section 1954 allows entry for necessary or agreed upon repairs. If the existing windows don't leak, are code-compliant, etc., then you...

This may be a sticky situation. Because you did not go through the process to legalize the garage unit, and it does not have a separate...

If everyone signed the lease as co-tenants, then no separate agreement is necessary - you would all be jointly and severally liable for the entire...

You may be confused by what you read online (possibly on the website of the Secretary of State). Public records should show who is designated to...

I am sorry you are experiencing this. You can sue in small claims court under Civil Court Section 1950.5. You may also have viable claims for...