All Forum Posts by: Carlos Lez

Thank you for your quick response. I have the following blurb (for this exact same issue) as an addenda item in my lease that was also acknowledged and signed by them;

"Resident acknowledges and agrees that this is a co-ed (mixed gender) and co-living house. Resident acknowledges that the resolution of any and all conflicts among them and/or other housemate(s) is solely their responsibility and management can not and will not mediate. Conflicts among housemates is not a cause for breaching the lease. All housemates must resolve all conflicts among themselves. If there is a sense of an unsafe or dangerous
situation, resident agrees to call law enforcement at "911" immediately."

Am I obligated to respond to the resident or the dad for this matter?

Dear forumites,

I have a house that I rent by rooms to university student. I received an email from one of the housemates

"I'd like to meet you. My roommate has made me uncomfortable living here because of things he has posted on the internet about me, including a recording of me without my knowledge. Thank you for your time."

She is a freshman and alluding to a graduate male student who is in his 3rd year living at the property with no problems so far. Her dad has also called and left a message that she is experiencing this and needs to talk to her. It doesn't appear that the motivation is to break the lease because she seems to get along with the 2 other female housemates.

I am not sure as to how to even approach answering this? I would greatly appreciate if I someone can provide advise on how to address this situation.

Thanks in advance.

Dear Fellow members,

A prospective tenant put down a deposit to hold an apartment and it was immediately taken off the market. They then came around a week later to say they have changed their mind and their financial situation changed. I have refunded them pro rated based subtracting the one week it was taken off the market in the lost opportunity to rent. Ii had to reject turn down a few interested applicants and the unit is still not rented. Now they are insisting that at most I should keep only a couple of days of rent. Please advise. 

Yes Bill. The language is very confusing in that city document. Can anyone operating multi families in Palo Alto comment on what is the operational guideline?

While statewide AB1482 caps rents to the lesser of  5%+CPI or 10% in a 12 month period what happens after the annual lease expires? i.e. the 12 month period is over. Are rent increases still capped for really low rents from during the pandemic? I have a tenant paying much below market rent from during the pandemic and need to increase their rent nearly 15%.

Any clarity on this matter is much appreciated.

I have read the following memorandum from the city of Palo Alto

https://www.cityofpaloalto.org... 

That states the following;

If you have a lease, the rent cannot be raised during the term of the lease, but when the lease expires the new rental rate is solely a matter of negotiation between tenant and landlord. There is no requirement that the landlord give a written notice of an increase in advance of the termination of the current lease.

how does one get proper authorization to ask for a reference? Could someone share a form for this? Thanks

Thank you all for your valuable inputs and discussion.

No reason that I can see. On the country the tenant has also said that she is happy with the place. Who knows the reason.

Posting this to help an elderly landlord: 

A rental company just called her for a reference check (saying this tenant wants to move into their apt. in the last week of March) on one of her current tenants whose current lease in San Jose, CA ends in August. The said tenant never notified the landlord of their intent to break her lease and the tenant is following up with this email "I am currently applying for a lease and they have informed me that they are awaiting your response to verify my information. So if you could get back to them at your earliest convenience I would greatly appreciate it."  

I am helping the landlord respond to this and seeking your input on how to respond to/handle this tenant and what to tell the rental company that is requesting the reference check. Needless to say, this is a shock for this landlord and appalled at this.