Legal for a CA lease to state landlord can terminate with 30 days & payment of $1,000 but tenant CANNOT terminate lease early?

The existence of a lease precludes service of a 30 day notice. The way the statute is written, a 30 day notice is only valid for a month to month...

You can force the issue. As you correctly pointed out, under RSO a tenant may add an additional occupant that the landlord can either accept or,...

Restraining Order from 2012 valid cause for Terminating a rental agreement?

My first response would be to seek a judicial determination that the restraining order had been violated. As you correctly pointed out, the...

Tenants couple after move out into another place, only one tenant sues the landlord, can the other tenant later sue again?

To play it safe, counter sue and name both the male and female former occupants. Simpler that way. When you show up in court, do your accounting...

California Landlord Service: Can A Landlord-Spouse Serve To a Tenant a 3-Day Notice, If Both Spouses Own The Unit in Trust?

a three-day notice to pay rent or quit may properly be served by the landlord. In fact, a landlord attorney would prefer it that way as there is...

If my tenant caused damage to my property, hole in the fiberglass bath tub, can I require a professional to repair the hole?

the Reader's Digest version of your answer is yes. The explanation for that is a bit more complicated. You are entitled to return the Property to...

Do I have the right to see before pictures of a rental property if the landlord is demanding repairs be completed?

what you have a right to, in reality are often not quite the same thing. It will be up to the landlord to prove that the stains were there should...

as pointed out by the previous attorney, you are going to find yourself in the unfortunate position of having to prove a negative. The testimony...

My last landlord filed for unlawful detainer after I moved out and now I got an eviction on my record. What can I do?

As is usually the case, James is absolutely correct. This is an issue which needs to be addressed before close of business today. There is a very...

Bought a rental property with tenant in it, and they claimed the previous owner have not returned the their deposit.

You need to read civil code section 1950.5, and if memory serves me correctly subsections g & h within that statute. When purchasing a rental...