Attorney Dennis Block-Zoom Landlord-Tenant Talk Radio

Topics Discussed:

1. Accessing your tenant's unit

2. Deducting late fees from a security deposit

3. Accessing a unit when only a child is home

4. Lodger

5. Seller fails to vacate after the close of escrow

6. Owner occupancy

7. Who can enter a unit to make repairs

8. Raising rents on a single-family residence

9. Separate parking agreements

10. Renter's insurance

11. Conflicting dates in a rent increase notice

12. Change of ownership notice

13. Unauthorized occupant

14. Unsealing a court judgment

15. Tenant interfering with workmen

16. Insurance cancelled

17. Repairs should be completed immediately

18. Unsure if a security deposit exists

19. Periodic inspections

Topics Discussed:

1. Violations of the rental agreement
2. Tenant occupied foreclosed property
3. Where rent is to be paid
4. Security deposit limited to 1 month rent
5. Owner desires to occupy the unit
6. Renting to international students
7. Tenant ruins fresly poured concrete
8. Receipts required with a security deposit itemization
9. Requiring tenants to pay for utlities
10. Holding deposits
11. Having existing tenants sign a new rental agreement
12. Raising rents on a single-family residence
13. Filing a motion for summary judgment
14. Shifting the cost of utilities to your tenant
15. Storing items on a balcony
16. Towing vehicles
17. Keeping the unit clean
18. Eviction a boarder
19. Mailing a change of owner by certified mail

Topics Discussed:

1. Acquiring tenant occupied property
2. Registering your unit prior to serving a termination notice
3. Failing to comply with a stipulated judgment
4. Buying foreclosure property
5. Proof of mailing
6. Tenant failing to pay for utilities
7. Exemptions from Statewide Rent Control
8. Sending a change of ownership form
9. Mail Service is not a proper address for service of legal documents
10. Extra person moving into the unit
11. Deducting rent when tenant inconvenienced
12. Rent can be paid to a P.O. Box
13. Screening applicants
14. Renter's Insurance
15. Proper rent increase for the City of Comption
16. Adult chlid moving back into unit to establish tenant's rights
17. Suveillance cameras
18. Jury trial
19. Exterior water spigot

Topics Discussed:

1. Strategies for raising rents
2. Serving a change of ownership
3. Exemptions from Statewide Rent Control
4. Unpermitted living space
5. Unauthorized pets and alterations
6. Tenant in dispute with adjoining property owner
7. Disabled tenant want to switch units
8. Ramifications to accepting an illegal rent
9. Unpermitted dog
10. Voluntary vacate agreement
11. Sheriff taking an inordinate amount of time to perform a lockout.
12. Permanent removal of a single-family residence
13. Notice requirements to terminate a fixed term lease
14. Accessing a unit
15. 10-day notice required for rental violations in Los Angeles County
16. Landlords force to accept a Section 8 tenant
17. Filling out an eviction form
18. Tenant taking over the common areas
19. Tenant has multiple violations of rental agreement
20. Evicting only one tenant from a unit

Topics Discussed:

1. Supreme Court dealt a blow to homeless encampments
2. Laws relating to security deposits
3. The property insurance crisis
4. Responsibility to repair a washer and dryer
5. Obtaining a securty deposit in excess of the law
6. Obligation to sign a new lease
7. Will a letter be sufficient in lieu of a witness
8. The phone number of a manager should be given to the tenants
9. Removing a unit permanently from rental housing use.
10. No increase in security deposits for furnished units
11. Combining properties in a LLC to obtain a higher security deposit
12. Unauthorized occupants
13. Removing the use of a garage to build an ADU
14. Illegal Unit
15. ADU consultant
16. Proper method of serving a termination notice
17. Tenant deposits cash into landlord's account
18. Reasons to evict not required for some SFR
19. Proof of ownership
20. Security deposit does not need to be held in an escrow account
21. Interest on security deposits
22. Relocation funds required for substantial renovation
23. One tenant vacates leaving one remaining tenant
24. Co-signers
25. New owner to start an eviction for non-payment
26. Tenant refusing to relinquish unit after vacating
27. Good cause required to evict for unincorporated areas of Lo Angeles

Topics Discussed

1. Avoiding the "Tenant From Hell"
2. Evicting only one co-tenant
3. Terminating a lease that automatically renews
4. What renter's right does a person have when moving back into a unit
5. Raising rent triggers relocation
6. Change of Ownership Notice- methods of payment
7. 60 day notice to quit on a lodger
8. Substantial relocation
9. Owner occupancy for a duplex
10. Tenant assigning parking space to another tenant
11. Requiring children who became adults to sign a rental agreement
12. Establishing a rental rate without rquiring the tenant to pay this amount
13. Addendum to rental agreements
14. Unauthorized subtenants
15. Tenant establishes a day care business on your property
16. How do you do a credit check
17. Illegal unit
18. Requiring exemption language in rental agreement regarding Statewide Rent Control

Topic Discussed:

1. Increasing rents
2. Requesting a tenant to do the gardening
3. Tenant suing landlord regarding an illegal unit
4. Suing tenant in small claims court for Covid rent
5. Tenant vacates without notice
6. Raising rent and owner wants to occupy the unit
7. Family member wants to occupy an unit
8. Obtaining a security deposit from an existing tenant
9. Requesting a tenant to sign a rental agreement
10. Correcting a mistake in an eviction lawsuit
11. Renovate or owner move-in. Which one?
12. Terminating a Section 8 tenant for economic reasons
13. Rent notice is required to exceed the fair market value
14. Owner desires to occupy unit located in Glendale
15. Tenant owes rent- Start the eviction
16. 16. Late charges
17. Major repairs required and tenant will remain in possession
18. Raising rent for a Section 8 tenant
19. Tenant owes rent 20. Relocation needs to be paid where an owner wants to occupy a unit.

Topics Discussed:

1. Change of ownership or managment
2. Allowing a friend to occupy your unit
3. Holdover damages
4. Non payment of rent for a storage unit
5. Serving a second 3-Day notice to pay rent
6. Premises appear to be abandoned
7. Tenant retaliation for a rent increase
8. Cash for keys
9. Utilities charges included in a notice to pay rent or quit
10. Proving the Los Angeles cover sheet was properly filed with the city
11. Tenant cancels after signing a rental agreement
12. Serving a new change of ownership/management notice
13. Preparing a rent increase notice
14. Counting days when a 3 day notice will expire
15. Evicting your boarder
16. Illegally converted garage-relocation required to be paid
17. Storing items in the common areas
18. Landlord is sued for failing to repair the jacuzzi

Topics Discussed

1. Landlords forced to take Section 8 tenants
2. 3-Day Notice to Quit vs e-Day Notice to Perform or Quit
3. Provision in lease agreement prohibiting jury trials
4. LA single-family residence exempt from rent limitation but good cause required to evict
5. Laundry lease
6. Los Angeles County rent control does not impact incorporated cities
7. Illegal unit
8. Proper person to serve a lawsuit
9. Proposed bill to force landlords to accept pets
10. Removing a parking space to construct an ADU
11. Tenant refusing an inspection
12. Visitors creating a nuisance
13. Boarders in your house
14. Condominium not subject to rent limitations
15. Tenant wasting water
16. Tenant vacates without notice
17. No pet policy
18. Terminating a Section 8 tenant
19. Friend moving into the unit for only 30 days

Topics Discussed:

1. Enforcing a late charge provision in a lease agreement
2. Inoperable vehicles parked on the premises
3. Requiring a tenant to pay for repairs
4. Requirements of a 3 day notice to pay rent or quit
5. Renting out a room in your house
6. Dishonored check tendered on a move-in
7. Failure to maintain a jucuzzi
8. Changing the terms of a tenancy
9. Adding a person to a rental agreement
10. Suing a tenant for damage in small claims court
11. Storing items in the common areas
12. Having an existing tenant sign a new lease
13. Owner desires to evict so owner can occupy the unit
14. Filing a nuisance case or a family member move-in
15. Removing a parking space to construct an ADU
16. Amending a security deposit itemization
17. Attaching a rental agrement to an unlawful detainer complaint
18. Motion for summary judgment