14 May 2024 | 15 replies
It is supposed to be the owner or the property manager or a lawyer.
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14 May 2024 | 1 reply
I am also trying to find an attorney or lawyer to help me with the process but I am having difficulty finding one in the Santa Clara county area.
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14 May 2024 | 6 replies
But be sure to have your own lawyer look over the paperwork.
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15 May 2024 | 20 replies
I'm not a lawyer but I bet he could sue you if you don't let him move in and have a case.
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14 May 2024 | 4 replies
However, I suspect if they got a lawyer, they might be able to at least delay an immediate eviction claiming your verbal agreement constitutes a month-to-month agreement and that you would need to honor it for at least the first month of that before terminating.
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15 May 2024 | 11 replies
On top of that these people have to take off work, skip jobs, they are already floating the cost of a lot of work, now they have to float the cost of the lawyer/court costs - it's generally not beneficial to either party.
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14 May 2024 | 10 replies
(I am not a lawyer, just a 20+ year former HOA manager).
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14 May 2024 | 10 replies
Lawyers do get a little more education time-wise though, so it's all relative.
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13 May 2024 | 12 replies
I'm gonna sound like a lawyer.