I agree with small claims court.

He is threatening to take me to courts over the claim.

These rent control laws are extremely favorable to the tenant, and a professional tenant can sink your asset relatively easily by just knowing a few magic phrases to say in court.

@Phil Goodwin my quick research you have to go back to court to get possession of your property.

We have been doing a quiet title for the past year and did not want to put in the LLC name until the court ruled in our favor.

California tends to have more laws on the books and requirements and restrictions that it can be a good idea to form a CA LLC for out of state property so that you as a CA resident are covered, and to try to have your contracts fall under the purview of CA courts.

@Bernard Chouinard When filing a bankruptcy, all of the debtor's assets and debts become part of the "bankruptcy estate" and fall under the control of the trustee and court.

And the court judge did a final judgment against him.

It helped immensely at court, stripped his credibility down.

I just purchased a property with an active eviction- 11 months through the court and 5 prior to that. 16 months with zero rental income and now about $8k in repairs to re-rent.