by Schorr Law | Jan 9, 2018 | Leases
Three common landlord schemes to watch out for. There are two types of landlords. Nice ones, and not so nice ones. If you’re lucky enough, you’ll end up dealing with a nice landlord. If you’re not, chances are you can end up with a scammer of a...
by Schorr Law | Nov 7, 2017 | Leases
Whenever a tenant assigns its rights under a lease to another tenant, it befits the landlord that the assignee tenant executes an express assumption of the lease. A recent case, BRE DDR BR Whittwood CA LLC v. Farmers & Merchants Bank of Long Beach (“BRE”), serves...
by Schorr Law | Sep 28, 2017 | Leases
It is not uncommon that at some point during a residential lease, a landlord needs to enter the premises for some purpose or another. For example, a landlord might need to perform an inspection, a repair, or show the premises to a future renter/purchaser. But what...
by atak_dev | Jul 8, 2017 | Leases
Many of us have been renters at one point in our adult lives, so most of us are familiar with security deposits. A security deposit is there to protect the landlord for the risk they undertake in allowing what is usually a relative stranger to take possession of...
by atak_dev | Jun 12, 2017 | Leases
On February 21, 2017, the Beverly Hills City Council (“City Council”) voted unanimously to amend its rent control laws. Specifically, the City Council adopted the Amended Rent Stabilization and Urgency Ordinance (“Amended Ordinance”) to Chapters 5 & 6, of Title 4,...
by atak_dev | Jun 11, 2017 | Leases, Litigation
C.C.P. section 425.16 allows for a special motion to strike “a cause of action against a person arising from any act of that person in furtherance of the person’s right of petition or free speech under the United States Constitution or the California Constitution in...