All Forum Posts by: Eric Wang

Anyone you hire for work on your rental property should just mind their own business and do the job he or she was hire for. If something did happen for example, sexual assaulted a tenant, you as landlord can be sued. At least this is true in my state, CA.

So far, it's a used pregnancy tester that was left on top of the medicine cabinet.

The no show has been the most frustrating. Like Jon said, calling them doesn't work either. A tip I got from a fellow BiggerPocket, is have them call you half hour before. It's a good thing I don't live far from my rentals.

I use both.. I mainly have the sign for people who don't have computers, but most of the time, there nothing but a waste of my time. Both attracts different type of people. I have more success with CL since people know what they want and has more detail information and pictures of the property. It's hard to find a tenant without giving them a tour of the property. Most tenants want to be able to checkout property before signing a lease.

Information is from The California Fair Housing Encyclopedia, ISBN: 0-9729019-1-4. A book I received from California Apartment Association.

Yes, they will have to prove discrimination. They will pretend to be tenants, calling you and visiting your property. You will be under the watchful eye for a while. If they find nothing, they move on.

California protected classes: Marital status, sexual orientation, age, ancestry, source of income, medical condition, arbitrary discrimination, perception and association.

Originally posted by Eddie Ziv:

IN the real world, that would be very hard to prove and you need a coordinated effort on part of several applicants. I don't see the grounds.

It might be hard to prove, but the last thing you want is Fair Housing investing you. When they do, they will check everything, making sure you have proper documents, qualifiers, proper screening, etc.

If you do get sue, and you know you done nothing wrong, most likely you will settle out of court and payout. Otherwise, court and lawyer fees will drive you broke. Lawyers will purposely drag on the case costing you more money. In Cali, 80% of cases gets settle out of court.

In California, it's know as Arbitrary Discrimination, which means "discriminating against a person or group of person based on their personal characteristics, such as person who are tattooed or have body piercings." Not only do we have Federal Protected classes, we Californian also have State Protected Classes we need to follow by.

If anything ask the landlord. Or move to a place where it is suitable for your child since health is a concern. Never heard of a law requiring carpet to be replace after a few years.

During the walk though, I explain when the rent is due. "Concrete thing," is the copy of the rental agreement they signed.

In California I wouldn't be able to do neither option.
In the past I just didn't return their deposit, this was simple, everyone moves on. At the time I thought this was fair. Now being more knowledgeable with California housing laws, it requires you the landlord to find a tenant, if it takes 2 months to find a tenant then you charge them 2 months of rent and so on.