All Forum Posts by: Jeff Cliff

I am renting out a single family home with a swimming pool in northern california which I have lived in for a number of years.

I am planning on getting removable pool fence installed that might run anywhere from $2500-$3000.

I am relatively new in this area of rental properties so wondering in order to reduce my liability should I get the whole house inspected professionally? I believe it may cost roughly $500-$600 for that. I also got a few quotes to get just the swimming pool inspection done and that runs around $350-$400. Are these inspections worth?

If not, is there any kind of standard checklist which I can go through myself and ensure at least most common items are taken care of prior to renting it out.

Thank you in advance for your response.

Hello,

I am looking to rent out a property with swimming pool in Northern California. Currently the property does not have any pool safety fence. I was planning to get a removable 4ft safety fence with self latching door.

However, the tenants who qualified for the rental do not want the fence as they do not have any young kids.

I am wondering if there is anything I could add in the lease agreement to have them sign a waiver if they don’t want me to install pool safety fence? If yes, what should be the exact wording for it?

Or is it better to just have a fence installed regardless, pay over $2500 for it and make them sign the agreement saying they are not to remove this fence under any circumstances.

Thank you.

@Kyle J.

Thank you, I was thinking along the same line. Where can I find a sample agreement with this kind of language?

Thanks,

Ankit

Hello,

I have three people interested in renting one of my properties in Northern California. Two of them are unmarried couple and the other person is their single friend.

I am doing background and credit check for all three of them but my question is when it comes to signing a lease, does it make sense to make one person the master tenant and make him primarily responsible for the payment?

If not, what is the best way to draft a lease in this scenario for California.

Thanks in advance for your response.

Hello,

I am wondering what makes a good choice for exterior decks in Seaside with our coastal weather with plenty of sunshine. My top three criteria in the following order.

1) Initial Cost

2) Cost & frequency of maintenance required

3) aesthetics

Should I consider any other criteria before making my decision?

Thank you in advance for your feedback.

Just a note to whoever maybe reading this thread. At least in CA with relaxed laws on ADUs one can have a Junior ADU (<= 500 sqft) within the confines of the existing walls and one regular ADU (attached or detached), total of two.

So if you are planning to build J/ADU within CA you might want to leave an option open for the the other for future.

@Christian Nielsen

Thank you for your explanation.

 Hi Ashish,

Thank you for your response. I think I am understanding it partly. To further simplify here are some scenarios, perhaps if you can help me understand tax implications for each of them, it would be of great help.

Currently, neither the primary nor the secondary are investment properties.

Scenario 1: Rent out primary home entirely for one of the following duration below (a, b or c). Move to secondary home rehab it, rent it out until retirement and move back to primary full-time.

• a. One or two years
• b. Three to five years
• c. Greater than five years

Scenario 2: Stay part time in one of the rooms in primary, rent out rest of the rooms. Stay part time in secondary, rehab it, rent it out until retirement and move back to primary full-time.

Hello,

I am thinking of renting out my primary home in in California, in which I have been living for more than 10 years and move to second home (also in California) for a year or possibly even longer.

However, I want to understand what all I should consider before making this move - tax(capital gains, property and any other), insurance, liabilities, anything else?

I understand that if I have lived at least two out of last 5 years in the property then it could still be considered as my primary at the time of sale; however, if I end up staying in the secondary for over five years and then move back to my current primary, can I still stay just two more years after that and sell it as primary if I need to?

Thanks in advance for your response.

Hello,

I am looking to convert an existing area into attached ADU in California. In my current proposed plans, the size of this existing room with the addition of new bathroom and new closet turns out to be around 564 sqft. So essentially, I am just over 65 sqft more than Junior ADU (JADU). Currently, I don't have budget to make this Attached ADU bigger. However, the lot size is huge and in future, it maybe possible to put a detached 1200 sqft ADU in the backyard.

I am trying to figure out pros and cons of converting this existing space with the addition of bathroom & closet into a JADU vs attached ADU.

My understanding is if you have JADU you can add another detached ADU. However, not sure if I can have an attached 564 sqft ADU (not JADU) and another detached ADU in future. Moreover, I am not sure if I would need to separate service lines if I go with 564 sqft attached ADU. Is it worth to have 65 sqft more now and possibly not be able to build detached ADU in the future? Not sure what other things I should consider if any?
Thanks in advance.