Your Guide to Finding a Top Commercial Lease Attorney Los Angeles CA
Usually, business owners rely on the advice of their in-house counsel, brokers, or managers for signing a commercial lease. Although their insights are of great importance but they can never replace the expertise of a commercial lease attorney. However, finding a good commercial lease attorney Los Angeles whom you can trust and who can protect […]
Evictions Based Upon Airbnb Violations on the Rise
Although this article discusses Airbnb violations in San Francisco, the issues regarding when a tenant rents a unit on Airbnb is the same in San Francisco or in Los Angeles (or anywhere in California). The article is “Airbnb Violations Now Being Used More Often Than the Ellis Act in SF.” Most leases contain a clause […]
Attorneys’ Fees Provisions in Rental Agreements
The California Court of Appeal recently found that provisions in a residential lease that allow for attorneys’ fees may be recovered in the case of a declaratory relief and intentional interference with prospective economic advantage claim. Burien LLC v. James A. Wiley provides some insight on the recovery of attorney’s fees in accordance with rent […]
Legal Issues with Short Term Rentals
The City of Glendale has recently enacted a noise ordinance that targets properties that require police responses due to loud music and other nuisances. Glendale’s ordinance creates a series of fines after the police respond to loud music or nuisance complaints. The Glendale News Press reports that the City of Glendale has already began to […]
How many people can you allow to live in a unit?
Limits on the number of people living in a unit are very common and often depend on the number of bedrooms, bathrooms, and size of the units. However, before making a limit on the number of people living in a unit, a landlord should be aware that a low limit could make the landlord subject […]
Blackstone Sued Over Habitability of Rented Home
The L.A. Times had an article today regarding a lawsuit by a tenant of Invitation Homes, a Blackstone subsidiary. Blackstone purchased tens of thousands of homes across the United States for the purpose of renting them out and (potentially) later securitizing the rents into bonds (similar to how mortgages were packaged for investors to purchase). […]
Ensure You Understand Your Commercial Lease
Commercial leases can be complicated and filled with terms both the landlord and tenant do not fully understand. A recent unpublished opinion in the California Court of Appeal exemplifies how a little confusion over the terms of a commercial lease can lead to over payments and litigation over the terms of the commercial lease. Fresh […]
What to Include in Your Pet Policy for Your Apartment Building
This week had an interesting news story about a North Hollywood landlord who requires all of her residents to have a pet if they want to live in her apartment building. Most landlords would scoff at the idea of requiring a pet as many landlords prohibits pets outright. However, if a landlord is planning to […]
