All Forum Posts by: Roz Enfield

@Colleen F.

Thanks Colleen. It's a fairly gentrified area sought after neighborhood. The condo sits in front of a bus stop which I believe lends itself to have more prying eyes on it. We are considering putting up a camera.

@Brian Garlington. Thanks Brian that was my original response when he asked 2 months ago but wanted to see how others would handle it.

@Amit M.

It's a condo in Hayes Valley. I lived there for 10 years and experienced one garage break in and tampering with the mail box during that period. It seems like desperate times driving a little more property crime in the area.

We have a pretty needy tennant in San Francisco. He moved in during Covid and has experienced a few problems, his girlfriends cell phone was stolen while walking on the street, as well as smashed garage windows multiple times and someone recently tried to jimmy the side door. Nothing has been stolen and we've quickly remedied the situation every time but he's hinting at us paying for a security system. He's also talking about money problems and asking about options. This could be a ploy to bolster his agenda to move out or lower the rent.

His email this morning said that he feels "fundamentally unsafe".

Question: should we be obligated to pay for a security system for him?

Hi Community,

I have some great renters ( a couple and their friend) in San Francisco with a lease through Oct 31. They just emailed that their situation has changed (the couple is pregnant and want to move in with family in Wisconsin and then move to Spain) and they emailed stating that they are pregnant and want to break the lease on July 31.  I'm open to helping them but don't want to be stuck holding the tab and have a few questions.  

1. We're thinking of giving a loose agreement to let them move but that it's contingent on us finding replacements.  How would we phrase that?

2. San Francisco is very "pro-renter". We're not under rent control, it's a new SFR, but realize there are restrictions on landlords collecting rent/back rent. What if we don't agree or give a loose agreement and they just stop paying? Are we out of luck? They have a 3rd roommate who will not be moving out of state.

3. We'd like to cover ourselves in case a prospective renter wants to move on July 1 instead of Aug 1, is there a way we can ask them to agree to leave earlier than July 31 if that happens?

What would you do? Am I missing anything here?

Roz

@Jennifer Pauyo

Newbie investor here!

@Sue K.

Thanks for the information. The reference to cleaning has nothing to do with a fee. It just stating that if we weren’t able to get the unit ready by the first and they had to move in later than April 1st they wouldn’t be charged rent for those days.

The Lease states the following:

This Agreement shall be a fixed-period arrangement beginning on April 1, 2019 [or a pro-rated amount on a per day basis if cleaning takes longer than a day-see addendum] and ending on March 31, 2020 with Tenant[s] having the option to continue to occupy the Premises under the same terms and conditions of this Agreement under a Month-to-Month arrangement [Tenancy at Will] with either the Landlord or Tenant having the option to cancel the tenancy with at least thirty [30] days notice or the minimum time-period set by the State, whichever is shorter.  For the Tenant to continue under Month-to -Month tenancy at the expiration of the Lease Term, the Landlord must be notified within sixty [60] days before the end of the Lease Term. Hereinafter known as the “Lease Term”.

This is for a condo so I don’t believe we are subject to rent control or just cause laws.  We like our tenants and want them to stay but we want at least a 12 Mo lease and we want to increase less than a 1%.  When the contract states “same terms and conditions” I just want to be sure that doesn’t mean we have to go M2M at the same rental rate.  If we are forced to go M2M I want to know if I’m able to say you have two choices, M2M at much higher rate or 12 Mo lease at slightly higher rate.

@Ryan Scott Isacksen

Can we increase rent ?

@Nathan G.

Thanks