Whether your guest becomes a tenant, with the legal rights of a tenant (i.e. eviction to remove them), will not be cut and dried. In CA it will...

Can the owner of a rental property legally break a lease agreement made by a landlord or person acting as his representative?

In regard to whether your rights to the property remain after your master tenant has vacated, it is going to depend on the language in your...

Are rental properties and tenants protected by the constitution?

Whether you rent or own, you are afforded the same protection from search and seizure under the constitution.

Tenant appears to have moved out after staying an extra week after lease expired and hasn't notified or returned keys.

This is a tough call to make. IF (capitalized for emphasis), your tenant has moved out then you can retake possession. The trouble is that you...

I agree with Robert's comments, that more options to focus collections on is better, however, I wouldn't worry too much about including the Nanny. ...

I think I might need help filing my response to an unlawful detainer??

In the San Jose area, try contacting PBR Legal, they are very good tenant's attorneys. http://www.pbrlegal.com/

If a tenant has stayed past the lease expiry date on move-out is the landlord required to offer move-out inspection?

In addition to the previous answer, please understand that if you serve a 3 day notice, and then actually file the UD based on it, you don't have...