Increased Security Deposit for New Renters

[Brian Anderson]

I have a home in Orange County, CA that I am going to rent out. The had to evict the last tenants and lost out on 5 months of rent do to the evictions being frozen.  I wanted to ask for 2 months security deposit  to help protect against something like this happening again and was wondering what other residential landlords are doing in California given the laws favoring the tenant.