Triple commission!

I have very detailed records over more than a decade and into the triple digits in different tenants so this is not a few bad apples throwing the average off.

You'll find that you'll be paying up to triple the cost for a solar system when compared to purchasing a system.MYTH: With a solar lease, there are no concerns about ongoing repair and maintenance cost.FACT: What maintenance and what repairs?

On the other hand, I accepted a triple deposit (some paid in installments over first 3 months of lease).

First I would go buy a GMC Z71 4x4 PU truck SLT crew cab 20" wheels and all the extra goodies 50k cha ching so now we are down to 130k so next I buy my wife those new triple pane windows for the crib she has been wanting 22k cha ching now down to 108k so next I buy a master bath remodel 18k cha ching so now down to 90k so next I buy those new plantation blinds (must have for new windows) 3k cha ching so now down to 87k  so next my wife has to have a new car 37k cha ching so now down to 50k so next I use 20k cha ching to pay off credit cards and misc debt so now down to 30k so next the kitchen has to be remodeled 35k cha ching OOPS now I am 5k in the hole YIKES.

I triple checked.So, a tenant would have to sue you and a judge would have to figure out what to do in the face of nothing whatsoever in any statute determining any kind of penalty.  

One bad dog will do double or triple that that in damage in two months between inspection rounds.

California is extremely tenant-friendly, so if your tenants know the laws, and you did not comply with them, you could be on the hook for triple damages, that is 3 times the amount of the security deposit, regardless of their damages to the property or their moving out early.

She may be entitled to as much as triple damages if you did not follow the rules. 

In San Francisco & Oakland, breach of quiet enjoyment in bad faith if proven can triple damages.Good luck & maybe do an inspection every 6 months and call it Spring & Fall seasonal checkups and write those into the lease and get them to initial, sign off on it - and give the right written notice would be a compromise until you get more comfortable with your ability to vet and place good tenants.