All Forum Posts by: Durai K.

We are planning to sue in court, get judgements for damages and report to credit bureaus so they see the consequences for the behavior. There are multiple violations and we are sure that we will win the case. There should be an easy way in law to report these kind of 'bad' and 'senseless' tenants. Very hard to do business in CA. :-(
If the tenant is seeing this message from google search : My dear honest tenant, "be truthful to yourself. What you give always comes back"

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San Jose, California

This particular tenant said PMC that they are breaking lease because of PM negligence. All the maintenance cases are handled properly though. It is just that they are find an excuse to move out early. Very nice people...:-) They gave notice to move end of November. PMC is going to give 3 day notice to quit for their illegal pet, utility disconnection and non-payment of rent. But, I am not sure how useful it is since they are moving out anyways. Any views? Will these notices be useful when we sue her for all the damages including break of lease?

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San Jose, California

Thanks all. what is the scenario if tenant moves out after 3 day notice to cure or quit notice?

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San Jose, California

Quote from @Drew Sygit:

@Durai K. what does your PMC advise?

Not that it will change the tenant's behavior, but we wold put it on the record with the tenant that they will be held responsible for rent and utilities, in accordance with the lease contract, through the end of the lease - or until the property is rented out again, whichever comes first.

Hopefully, your PMC has their drivers licenses, work & banking info, so they can turn the data over to a collection attorney to pursue garnishment.

FYI - most PMC's do NOT handle collections, so don't expect yours to handle this.

Yes. we are going to go after this tenant no matter what for this bad behavior. eviction notice and further process.

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San Jose, California

Quote from @Nathan Gesner:

Quote from @Durai K.:

I have an inherited tenant in my multi-family in Mountain view, CA who gave 30 day notice to move out on 11/30 to property management and said they are not going to pay the Nov rent since security deposit is already paid. They also called PG&E and disconnected Gas and electric (tenant is responsible for these utilities as pr the lease) effective 10/31 which made the service transfer to my name now, Any suggestions on how to handle this break of lease, not paying the rent and disconnection of utilities?

Shut the utilities off.

You normally can't shut off utilities because it's considered a self-help eviction, which is illegal. However, the tenant was responsible for utilities and they shut down their account, so it's technically them shutting the utilities off. I would close your account and have the meters pulled. It will cost you some money, but that will motivate them to pay to turn the utilities back on or they'll move out.

Attorneys have the same opinion but one they suggest it is up to me to shut off or leave it on and claim..

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San Jose, California

Quote from @Theresa Harris:

The security deposit can't be used for rent. Give them notice and start the eviction process and tell them they need to get gas and electricity back in their name immediately. Call both companies and tell them the tenants are still living there.

PG&E does not really care about it as long as they have someone responsible financially for the account..I did inform them though but they want the tenant to call and reactivate..

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San Jose, California

Quote from @Ian Murray:

Is the security deposit enough to cover the November's rent? I am explicit that the security deposit is not last month's rent in our leases, so make sure that your lease says the same thing.

If the tenant has vacated the property, shifted the utilities to you, and turned in all keys, you may be able to put new tenants in as soon as the property is ready. If the tenant is still in the unit, you should be able to go after them for both the rent and the utility costs. You'll definitely want to speak to your attorney about that, though, as I am not one.

Yes.deposit is one mont rent and lease explicitly states in BOLD that it cannot be used for last month's rent.
Tenant still stays at the property.

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San Jose, California

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San Jose, California

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