Attorney Dennis Block-Zoom Landlord-Tenant Talk Radio

Topics Discussed:

Rent increases RSO properties

1. Counterfeit cashier's check

2. Items to include with a security deposit itemization

3. Gurantors

4. Rent increase for condominiums, townhomes, single-family residences

5. Strangers in your unit

6. Requirements for a 3-day notice to pay rent or quit

7. Rent Increases

8. Terminating a tenancy in Burbank

9. Collecting past due covid rent

10. Serving requirements for unincorporated areas of Los Angeles County

11. Payment plans

12. Section 8 decreasing rent

13. Suing in small claims court

14. Designating a bank for payment on a 3-day noitce

15. New security deposit law effective 7-1-2024

Topics Discussed:

1. Inoperable vehicles.
2. Deducting rent from a security deposit.
3. Proper description of property must be contained in the notice.
4. Los Angeles requires your 3 day notice to be above the threshold.
5. Questions you can ask an applicant.
6. New owner and family member want to occupy 2 units.
7. Raising rent in Pasadena under the new statute.
8. Proper payment methods to pay rent in a 3-day notice.
9. Tenant using common areas for storage of the property.
10. Tenant failing to maintain the lawn.
11. Tenant suing in small claims court for the security deposit.
12. Time to serve your rent increase for the City of Los Angeles.
13. Special Guest- Attorney Ryan Block speaking on landlords being sued.

1. Using a security deposit for an early termination of a lease.

2. Requiring "Renters Insurance".

3. Partial rent payments.

4. Tenants want to return after renovation, due to a fire.

5. Raising rents or renovating a single-family residence.

6. Allowable rent increases for RSO properties.

7. Holding a tenant responsible for a cracked bathtub.

8. Asking a tenant to vacate for a family member to move in.

9. Tenant's right to deduct rent.

10. Tenant dies in the unit, landlord taking possession.

11. Allowing rent increases for Unincorporated area of Los Angeles County.

12. Tenant occupied property acquired through a tax sale.

13. Tenant not paying rent in a condominium.

14. Landlord needs to fix a mailbox.

Items Discussed:

1. Increasing rents where additional persons join the tenancy.

2. Tenant vacates during the lease term. What are the tenants and Landlords obligations?

3. Explanation of "Unincorporated" areas of Los Angeles County.

4. How to open an escrow account to distribute relocation funds to your tenant.

5. Explanation of the ballot measure entitled, "Justice for Tenants".

6. Required notice to tenant when there is a change of ownership.

7. Charging separate for parking.

8. Forcing tenants to sign a new lease agreement.

9. Tenant buyouts Agreement to vacate.

10. Renters insurance.

11. Collecting on unpaid rent during Covid.

12. Prejudgment Claimants.

13. Tenant responsible for broken pipes broken due to tenant's negligence.

14. Illegal units, Landlord's responsible for relocation.

Items Discussed

1. Essential items to be required in a rental agreement.
2. Can you email tenants notices?
3. Investing in property out of California.
4. Pet Deposits.
5. Eviction of an Airbnb tenant.
6. Eviction for unauthorized tenants.
7. Foreclosure Evictions.
8. Require repair requests to be in writing.
9. Mold issues.
10. Change of ownership.
11. Accessing a unit.
12. Statute of limitation for collecting rent.
13. Collecting late charges and repair charges.
14. Raising rent.
15. Changing ownership from an individual to an LLC.

Topics Discussed:

1. Los Angeles City voting on allowing a rent increase to only 4%.
2. Serving rent increase notices.
3. Doing a credit check on existing tenants.
4. Who is responsible for a broken window?
5. Is the premises abandoned for a tenant who is in jail?
6. Evicting a subtenant.
7. Tenant requests to have a roommate.
8. Is my house considered a boarding house if I take in renters?
9. Are tenants eviction records sealed?
10. Evicting a tenant who brings in an additional occupant.
11. Rent increases in excess of 10% might trigger relocation
12. Using a security deposit to pay for damage while the tenant is in possession.
13. How long can a landlord wait to make a repair.
14. Serving notices that the property is exempt from Statewide Rent Control.

Topics Discussed:

Making tenant responsible for repairs.

Obligating tenant to pay for property taxes.

The right to Inspect your property.

Locating tenants to sue for past due rent.

Voluntary vacate agreements.

Removing property from rent housing use. (Ellis Act)

Rent increase notices Pros and Cons of leasing to Section 8 tenants.

Laundry company leases

Our meeting discussed:

1. Rent increases are not being allowed in the City of Los Angeles
2. Are we required to take Section 8 applicants.
3. Raising rent on single-family residences.
4. Tenants storing property in the common areas of the premises.
5. Having a guarantor on your lease agreement.
6. Voluntary vacate agreements.
7.  A tenant with a stash of guns and rifles.

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