All Forum Posts by: Carlos Lez

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. 

I run co-living houses in San Jose CA. I have 3 students living in 3 different rooms of a SF house. Bathrooms and kitchen are shared.

One tenant writes :A confrontation occurred because I kindly asked a roommate to clear her dishes out of the sink so I would avoid contact with them as I was exposed to covid 19 and did not want to cross contaminate her dishes and I was told that since I was exposed to covid 19 that I am not allowed to use kitchen or bathroom. I am very angered because I pay to use the kitchen and restroom and I don’t know how I’m expected to live without using using the kitchen and bathrooms and utilities. If this continues to persist, I will not be able to live here and I would need my security deposit back. This is completely ridiculous and I was just stripped of using utilities here. I am pretty sure it is illegal for me not to be allowed to use the restroom and kitchen when I pay to use the restroom and kitchen"

This is all that I have from her in an email. Could someone help me respond to this? Given the COVID situation I am uncertain of how a landlord can/should get involved with this.

Thanks in advance for any advice.

Dear members

As a gesture of goodwill I allowed one handyman to park his truck on a corner of my rental property premise for a short duration. During this period he has hooked up an extension to draw power from the house and used the water. He had also found a buddy and they work together fixing blenders (basically operating an unlicensed shop). I have politely asked him to move but he gives the phone to his buddy who says he will talk to a lawyer because I am harassing them! 
I’d appreciate any constructive suggestions on where to begin the process of getting them out. Please note that they are illegal immigrants here in San Jose. Further, San Jise is a sanctuary city so I don’t know what protection they have. They don’t pay me anything and I don’t have any lease it contract.

Dear Colleagues,

I need help with a spreadsheet or some calculator for distributing utility bills among tenants in my 8 unit building This is an old victorian multifam and there is just no way to sub meter these units.

Any help in this regard is greatly appreciated.

Chad, thanks for that link. There appear to be things in the works regarding this issue however nothing appears to have been ratified yet.

I should further mention, that this house is situated across the street from an elementary school, so well within 1000ft of the school. There was some federal code that prohibited use of marijuana within a 1000ft of a school in session, which my most recent reading of has been further relaxed. Further, how do you prove someone is actually smoke it when the school is in session etc. or even otherwise prove they are doing it unless you just happen to catch them.