Are you discriminating against Section 8 Tenants?
I follow a blog for real estate investors, Biggerpockets.com. Today, it had an article 8 Myths about Section 8, Corrected: Here’s the Profitable Truth. Landlords often have many questions about renting to tenants who received Section 8 subsidies. The basics of a Section 8 tenancy are that a tenant and the landlord enter into a […]
LAHD Rent Stabilization Ordinance and Systematic Code Enforcement Program
By now (January 14, 2015), all landlords who own property in City of Los Angeles should have received their annual bill from the Los Angeles Housing and Community Investment Department. The fees for all rent control units in Los Angeles are $67.83 per unit. Payments are due February 28, 2015. They must be received by […]
How to Determine the Rent Due for a Three Day Notice to Pay Rent or Quit
The Three Day Notice to Pay Rent or Quit is the first document that precedes an unlawful detainer that must be served upon a tenant. It is important to remember than when filling out a 3 Day Notice to Pay Rent or Quit that you properly fill out the amount of rent that is due. […]
New Courthouses to Hear Unlawful Detainer Cases
Los Angeles County has two additional courthouses that will start hearing unlawful detainer cases starting in 2015. Unlawful detainers can be filed in the Van Nuys Courthouse and Norwalk Courthouse starting January 5, 2015. If your case was filed in one of the hub locations prior to January 5, 2015, that courthouse will still hear […]
Renting in Los Angeles
This Curbed article isn’t a legal article; however, it provides an interesting insight into the rental market for both landlords and tenants throughout Los Angeles County. 21 Signs that 2014 Was the Year of LA’s Rental Apocalypse looks into some the things that happened in 2014 in the Los Angeles rental market. Enjoy!
Gentrification and Evictions in Los Angeles
Curbed LA has an interesting article on gentrification in Highland Park. Unfortunately, when bringing up gentrification, evictions, or unlawful detainers are part of the equation. This article highlights the differences in unlawful detainers in the City Los Angeles between rent control buildings and non-rent control buildings. In Los Angeles, an apartment where the certificate of […]
Can I use my deposit for last month’s rent?
I get asked this question a lot, and the Los Angeles Times recently posted the same question on its website. No, a tenant cannot use a security deposit for last month’s rent. If a tenant proposes to use the security deposit as last month’s rent, a landlord has the right to serve a Three Day […]
Using a Prejudgment Claim of Right to Possession
When filing an unlawful detainer , or eviction, a landlord has the option to serve a Prejudgment Claim of Right to Possession to all unknown occupants. Many landlords do not that a Prejudgment Claim of Right to Possession is an effective to prevent delays from unknown occupants making claims that they are entitled to stay […]
Is a New Condo Conversion Unit Still Regulated by the Los Angeles Rent Stabilization Ordinance?
In an interesting but limited decision, the California Court of Appeals was required to review whether an apartment building that was converted to condominiums in 2009 but still left the existing tenants in the units still fell within the Los Angeles Rent Stabilization Ordinance (“LARSO”). The Court found that even if a new certificate of […]
Use the Web for Rent Payments? Landlords Beware
In a recent Los Angeles County Appellate Division decision, the Court found that a landlord must put a physical address for a tenant to pay rent on a 3 Day Notice to Pay Rent or Quit. Foster v. Williams provides some insight into how a landlord must comply with the Code of Civil Procedure when filling out […]