All Forum Posts by: Fannie Ko

Thanks all, the property is in Hayward, California. The tenant has also been sending aggressive emails and telling us to send our lawyer. I will look for a new landlord/tenant attorney and hopefully evict ASAP. To be honest, I don't trust that the tenant will comply with a cash for keys offer, but maybe with a reliable attorney, that might be the best option.

Hi all, I have a house in California. Years ago, I was living in one of the rooms and rented the other rooms out to friends. I moved out and have been renting it out room by room as people come and go. Big mistake, I know. 

Now, I have a troublesome tenant who broke a lease multiple times and is refusing to move out (and my lawyer says even with the eviction moratorium ending, it's still almost impossible to evict). I tried to hire a professional property management company, but they don't want to work with a room by room house rental. I thought about selling the house, but the real estate agent says it's hard to sell with tenants, especially uncooperative ones.

What are my options of getting my house back either to rent as a single unit, to live in, or to sell? Any thoughts/advice would be helpful. Thanks!

We rent out the rooms individually in a single family house. We recently installed a ring security camera on the front door. We told the tenant's we'd add the $3/month plan to their utilities to have 24/7 access to the footage. However, they claim, "Under CAL CIV Code 1714, landlords have duty to take reasonable steps to protect tenants from foreseeable criminal acts of another" and that the front door area is considered "common area" and it is the landlord's duty to make sure it's safe, thus we should pay for the plan, 

The $3/month is not much, but is it our responsibility for the activities that happen outside of the house that we can't control? Would love to hear anybody's insights/experience on this?