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Mar 24, 2024

Topics Discussed

  1. Civil litigation and phone check as part of the application process
  2. Statement that property is not subject to Statewide Rent Control
  3. Reasons to deny an applicant other than credit score
  4. Unsightly items on balcony
  5. Trespassers take possession of house
  6. Service and emotional support animals
  7. Jucuzzi not working, tenant deducting rent
  8. Nuisance evictions
  9. Los Angeles Sheriff delays
  10. Threshold requirement for a notice to pay rent
  11. Serving notice to the police regarding trespassers
  12. Month to Month versus a fixed term lease
  13. Renovation Eviction
  14. Tenant responsible for the repair of applicances
  15. House title in the name of corporation
  16. Tenancy at will
Mar 17, 2024

Topics Discussed:

  1. Trade Show - October 20, 2024 at Los Angeles Convention Center
  2. Trespassers
  3. Holding deposits forms
  4. Mold issues
  5. Tenants delaying eviction actions
  6. Shared utility meter
  7. Increasing a security deposit
  8. Access notices
  9. Eviction Rent Assistance Program
  10. Raising rent on a single-family residence
  11. Deducting for cleaning from a security deposit
  12. Moving into your rental unit
  13. Renting rooms in a house
  14. Tenant accusations
  15. SB 602 Trespass
  16. Mold remediation requires quick action
  17. Nuisance behavior
  18. Unauthorized occupants remaining in possession
  19. Providing receipts for your labor for a security deposit.
Mar 10, 2024

Topics Discussed

  1. Serving a 3 day notice
  2. Counting Days
  3. Terminating a tenancy for an owner's occupancy
  4. Procedural requirements in an eviction action
  5. Substituting Tenants
  6. Partial rent payments in regard to the threshold
  7. Voluntary vacate agreements
  8. Manager agreements
  9. Demanding rent is not harassment
  10. Alterations to the premises
  11. Raising rent on a single family residence
  12. Stipulation judgments
  13. Collection on a judgment
  14. Tenant preventing access
  15. 1099c -forgiving rental debt
  16. Key deposit
  17. Collecting on commercial rent
  18. Unsealing an eviction record
  19. Rent increases
Mar 3, 2024

Topics Discussed:

  1. AOA Million Dollar Trade Show- Los Angeles Convention Center- 3-20-24
  2. Mold issues
  3. Renovating a unit to terminate a tenancy
  4. Los Angeles Rent Registration Certificate to be mailed to your tenant
  5. Renting Rooms
  6. Designating the name of the landlord on a lease
  7. Tenant vacates leaving a subtenant in possession
  8. Charging for parking
  9. Evicting for non-payment of rent
  10. Owner move-in
  11. Rent increases for the City of Los Angeles
  12. Selling a house is not grounds to evict
  13. Separate parking agreements
  14. Relocating a tenant temporarily to do required work
  15. Landlord's obligation to paint
  16. Terminating a resident manager
  17. Evicting for an unauthorized pet
  18. Rent Increases
  19. Economic displacement- City of Los Angeles
  20. Termination notices must be sent to the City of Los Angeles
Feb 25, 2024

Topics Discussed:

  1. Vote No on Proposition 20 "Justice for Renters"
  2.  Proposed law on pets
  3. Increasing rent for additional occupants
  4. Removing a parking space
  5. Residential unit connected to commercial property
  6. Propounding discovery in an eviction action
  7. Are landlords liable for temporarly relocation
  8. Determining relocation for owner occupancy
  9. Illegal units
  10. Mold issues
  11. Tenancies less than 6 months
  12. Terminating a tenancy for a single-family residence
  13. Tenant required to do the gardening
  14. Maximum occupancy laws
  15. Meeting the Sheriff for a lockout
  16. Repair requests in writing
  17. All Zoom meeting are recorded
Feb 18, 2024

Topics Discussed:

  1. Raising rent for additional occupants
  2. Evicting for owner occupancy
  3. Accepting rent from subtenants
  4. Ellis Act evictions
  5. Renter's insurance
  6. Status Conference Dates
  7. Los rental agreement
  8. Renovation evictions
  9. Section 8 "Ability to Pay"
  10. Distrubution of the security deposit after tenant dies
  11. Requirement to provide tenants with a new ownership letter
  12. Los Angeles City requirements for landlords
  13. Disturbing airbnb tenants
  14. Obtaining keys for your unit
  15. No rent limitations on single-family residents
  16. Collecting Covid rent
  17. Tenant choosing to reduce rent
  18. Tenant growing marijuana.
Feb 11, 2024

Topics Discussed:

  1. Methods upon which tenant may pay the rent
  2. Tresspasser taking possession
  3. Rent threshold for the City of Los Angeles
  4. Relocation for temporary displacement
  5. Renter's insurance
  6. Voluntary vacate agreements
  7. Rasing rent in Los Angeles City
  8. Increasing the security deposit
  9. Inspection regarding the security deposit prior to tenant vacating
  10. Selecting a management company
  11. Collection Covid rent 
  12.  Unruly pets
  13. Determining if a tenant has abandoned the unit
  14. Serving a lawsuit by an "Order to Post"
  15. Taking possession of a unit if the tenant dies
  16. Requirment to notify applicants that there has been a death in the unit
Feb 4, 2024

Topics Discussed:

  1. Eviction can proceed for Covid rent
  2. Rent increases for Section 8 Tenants
  3. Rent reduction for habitability issues
  4. Couny of LA requirement of a 30 Day Notice to Pay Rent struck down
  5. Terminating a tenant to allow for owner occupancy
  6. Advance rent payments
  7. Spanish rental agreements
  8. Selling a tenant occupied single-family residence
  9. Violating a lease by having a pet
  10. Serving a lawsuit by way of an "Order to Post"
  11. Section 8 new law, "Ability to Pay"
  12. Short term rentals
  13. Emotional Support Animals
  14. 15 day notice to pay rent
  15. Accessory dwelling units
  16. Security deposit itemization
  17. Late fees
  18. Tenancy at will
  19. Accessing a unit
Jan 28, 2024

Items Discussed

  1. LA City forcing landlords to install air conditioners
  2. Covid rent now due 
  3. Selecting the first qualified applicant
  4. LA County rent increases
  5. Storing personal property in common areas
  6. Raising rent on a Section 8 tenant
  7. Notices that need be posted on LA residential property
  8. Obtaining holdover rent damages in an unlawful detainer action
  9. Deduction for failure to return keys in a security deposit
  10. Renting rooms.
  11. Tenant filing lawsuit against their landlord
  12. Lease becomes a month to month tenancy by operation of law
  13. Tenant required to serve a 30 day notice when vacating
  14. SFR exempt from Statewide Rent Control
  15. Unlimited rent increases on a condo
  16. Terminating a Section 8 tenancy
  17. Unauthorized tenants in violation of the lease agreement
  18. Requirement to return all rent paid when the unit is illegal.
Jan 21, 2024

Topics Discussed

1.Tenant Insurance

2. Rent owed in Los Angeles from 10-21-21 through 1-31-23

3. Voluntary Vacate Agreements

4. Increasing security deposits

5. Interest on security deposits in Los Angeles

6. Renovation evictions

7. Tenant declares bankruptcy

8. Illegal rent increase

9. Renting to first qualified applicant

10. E-Bikes

11. Unusal wear and tear

12. Are landlords required to supply appliances

13. Hoarding

14. Serving rent increases

15. Illegal units

16. Jury trials

Jan 14, 2024

Items Discussed:

  1. The Initiative "Justice For Renters"
  2. Raise your rents to market level for non-rent control properties
  3. Names to be included in a 3 day notice
  4. Co-Signers
  5. Paying rent by Zelle
  6. Partial rent payments
  7. Tenants asking for a jury trial
  8. Filing a demurre
  9. Personal property stored in a parking space
  10. Charging existing tenants for water
  11. Remodeling RSO propertise
  12. Ellis Act Evictions
  13. Nuisance Tenants 
  14. Landlord refuses to fix the Jucuzzi
  15. Tenant fails to give landlord the Rent Relief Funds.
Jan 7, 2024

Topics Discussed:

  1. Cannot use a credit check for Section 8 applicants
  2. Lease all units on a month-to-month tenancy only
  3. Removing a tenant from an illegal unit
  4. How to terminate an expiring lease
  5. Obligation of a landlord when a tenant is locked out
  6. Raising rent for townhouses, condominiums, and single-family residences
  7. A tenant's obligation to pay rent when forced to temporary relocate
  8. Evicting unauthorized tenants
  9. Bad legal advice
  10. Terminating a tenancy to allow your grandfather to move in
  11. Duty to inspect for lead and abestos
  12. Afraid to take legal action due to a threat of a jury trial
  13. Determining if a tenant has abandoned the premies.
Dec 31, 2023

Topics Discussed:

 1. Rent owed must exceed the Fair Marke Value

 2. Surveillance cameras

3. Increasing the security deposit

4. Receipts required to be attached to a security deposit itemization

 5. Evicting tenants when a property is to be sold

6. Paying rent with a wire transfer

7. Applying overpayment of rent to a late charge

8. Taking possession of your unit

9. Relocation required for a family member move-in

10. Raising rent on a condominium

11. Requiring tenants to carry Renter's Insurance

12. Raising rent when additional tenants are occupying the unit.

13. AirBnb rentals 

14. Colllection rent after the service of a termination notice.

15. Accessing a unit 

16. Pet deposits

17. Service of a lawsuit

18 Collecting Covid rent

Dec 24, 2023

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

Dec 3, 2023

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.
Nov 26, 2023

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.

Nov 19, 2023

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.

Nov 12, 2023

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.
Nov 5, 2023

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.
Oct 29, 2023

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

Oct 22, 2023

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.
Oct 15, 2023

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Oct 8, 2023

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Aug 20, 2023

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Apr 2, 2023

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