tenant eviction - Landlord Forum thread

tenant eviction by jk baker (california) on July 23, 2012 @15:05

on a tenant who is month to month , does there need to be a specific reason to evict tenant or can it be because she is a pain: example , when i was interviewing a prospective tenant she blast her stereo in order to make it seem its a loud building . constantly complains , all of this stemming from a 3% rent increase 1st increase in 5 years .

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Re: tenant eviction by Anonymous on July 23, 2012 @15:22	[ Reply ]

In CA, unless you are in rent control or Sec 8 and there is something in their contract that says differently, you do NOT have to give a reason. If the PITA tenant asks why, there are a number of "reasons" you can give her--just be sure you don't give her one that she can sink her teeth into.

Re: tenant eviction by A.T.SF (CA) on July 23, 2012 @17:01	[ Reply ]

In California you must give a tenant 3 bites of the apple. In other words you must give the tenant 3 legal warnings (letter describing lease or rental violation) each followed up with a cure of lease covenant or quit. I too had a tenant that was a real PITA. Unfortunately the infractions were minor. In California you must resolve issues through mediation before executing a final (Absolute) Cure or Quit. So start documenting actual lease infractions as in Creating a Nuisance or Interfering with Peaceable Enjoyment of Household and get the tenant to calm down or leave after following local and state law to a T.

A.T. is that for ALL of CA or just S.F. ?

Re: A.T. is that for ALL of CA or just S.F. ?

Thank you! nfm

Re: tenant eviction by Franklin (TN) on July 24, 2012 @08:40	[ Reply ]

What the hell am I missing? The tenant is month to month? Why do you need to evict? Just give her 30 days notice that you're not renewing the lease. No need to waste money filing in court. You can't evict based on what she's done thus far, you can evict a holdover tenant fairly easily, however.

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