Caroline Noel Valentino

I found Caroline Valentino through MetLife Legal Plan. Had a phone consultation with her about how to terminate the month-to-month lease with my tenant. She told me that if the contract is month-to-month, I just needed to give proper notice to my tenant, and the tenant should move out in accordance w...ith the lease contract. She told me there was no concern that she could think of, and suggested that I be as open with my tenant as possible. She never once mentioned to me that the City of Oakland had passed a Uniform Relocation Ordinance which required the landlord to pay a relocation fee to the tenant, and the fee starts at $7,300 plus potentially another $2,500 if the tenant is disabled or elderly. I was basically blindsided by this requirement but having already given the notice to my tenant, I'm now in a bind.