Landlord Tenant Podcasts

Hear my interview with Arif Halaby of Total Financial Solutions. This was was broadcasted on KRLA Radio "The Answer" 

Dennis Block appearing on the "Total Financial Solutions" on KRLA 870 AM Radio with host Arif Halaby.

 1. Rent Control Spreading  2. Vacancy Decontrol   3. Malcontent Tenants  4. Nuisance Tenants  5. Evidence Required For A Nuisance Eviction  6. Shriver Project-Free Attorney Requesting Jury Trials  7. Settling Eviction Cases  8. Sealing Eviction Records  9 Unauthorized Persons 10. Monetary Awards In Eviction Actions 11. Smoking Marijuana On The Premises

Hear the actual seminar by Attorney Dennis Block at the Long Beach Convention Center. This was sponsored the Apartment Owners Association on May 15, 2018 

Rent Control is spreading. What landlords should do now to protect themselves. Do not get caught unprepared.

1. Installing electric charging stations in apartment complex. 2. Tenants cultivating marijuana. 3. Tenant changing locks without Landlord's permission. 4. New Law- Voluntary Vacate Agreements. 5. The significance of renting guest houses and new laws.

1. Landlord barring applicants from foreign countries. 2. Applicants without a social security number. 3. Applicants with a gun collection. 4. Barring marijuana cultivation and smoking. 5. Tenants and their guests responsible for damage.  6. Tenant requesting the right to move in a caregiver. 7. Rent Increase and Notice to Quit requirements. 8. Applicant without credit. 

1. Property in REAP. 2. Warehouse fire in Oakland. 3. Rent control creates higher rent. 4. Leasing to Corporations. 5. Service Animals. 6. Requiring tenants to temporarily vacate for repairs. 7. Rent Increases. 8. What properties are under rent control. 9. Evicting family members that do not pay rent.  10. Taking rent during an eviction action

1. Significance of the election on the Supreme Court. 2. Charging a tenant for the preparation of a 3-day notice. 3. Advertising a "No Pet" building. 4. Habitability as a basis for withholding the rent.  5. Buyer wants rent control unit vacated at the close of the escrow. 6. Are landlords responsible when a tenant is forced to temporarily to vacate? 7. Are there limitation to raising the rent? 8. Permissible items to be deducted from the security deposit. 

1. Our 17th Attorney- Vazgen Pogosyan 2. Requirement To Provide A Reasonable Accommodation 3. Alterations To The Premises 4. Termination Of The Tenancy 5. Landlord's Obligation To Maintain Appliances. 6. Change Of Ownership

Dennis Block with real estate investor Bruce Norris-Part 2

Dennis Block has a discussion with real estate investor Bruce Norris. Part 1

1. New DVD Announcement. 2. Nuisance Tenants. 3. Selecting Good Tenants. 4. Requiring Tenants to Make Repairs by Contract. 5. Taking Videos and Recording Your Tenants. 6. Removing Services, Requires a Deduction in Rents. 7. Landlords Responsible for Tenant's Personal Property. 8. Landlord's Obligation to Paint and Carpet.

1. Buildings in REAP 2. Oral Agreements 3. Rent Increases 4. Marijuana 5. Serving a 3-Day Notice 6. Videotaping a Unit 7. Separate Parking Agreements 8. Demand for Air Conditioning 9. Shifting Cost of Water Usage to Tenants

!. Post Dated Checks. 2. Third Party Checks. 3. Making Copies of Your Tenant's Checks. 4. Voluntary Vacate Agreements. 5. The Evils of Rent Control. 6. Landlord Accepting Illegal Rent. 7. Tenant Making Repairs. 8. Children Defacing the Property. 9. Smoke Detectors. 10. Bed Bugs

1. The Costa Hawkins Law (A Law That Is Favorable To Landlords!) 2. Raising Security Deposits In A Rent Control Jurisdiction 3. Interest On Security Deposits 4. Termination Of Rent Control Tenancies 5. Voluntary Vacate Agreements 6. Comfort Pets (My Daughter Madison Joins Us) 7. Pot Smoking Tenants 8. Denying Applicants Because Of An Arrest Record  

1. Screening tenants. 2. The system favors tenants.  3. Evaluating credit scores. 4. Landlord required to give tenants a physical address to serve notices. 5. Discrimination is allowed if a lodger is involved. 6. Relocation funds required if a tenant is temporarily displaced.

1. Are evictions cyclical? 2. Can a landlord charge for his own labor to clean a unit? 3. Deposits made directly into the landlord's bank account. 4. Neighbors in adjoining building causing disturbances.  5. How to establish a non-smoking building.  6. Requiring tenants to procure renter's insurance. 7. Alterations by tenants. 8. Leasing illegal units.

This seminar was held at the Los Angeles Convention Center. The topic included the appropriate methods a landlord can use when screening tenants. 

Topics Discussed: 1. Tenant Threatens Other Residents 2. Unauthorized Persons In Possession 3. Towing Vehicles 4. Small Claims Court 5. Paying Tenants Temporary Relocation Expenses 6. Security Deposit Increases 7. Screening Tenants