Tenant Troubles
Every Tenant Has One–An Implied Warranty of Habitability
If you find an electrocuted rat in your kitchen stove, odds are that your landlord has breached the implied warranty of habitability in your lease.
A Cave By Any Other Name
The implied warranty of habitability–the landlord’s guarantee that he will provide you a unit with more amenities than a cave or a cardboard box.
Bad Master Tenant
The truly bad master tenant collects all of the roommates’ rent and then, for whatever reason, doesn’t pay the landlord. Usually you find out about the problem too late, when you’re being evicted.
Troll in the Basement
A landlord who lives in his own in-law unit is usually so penurious that you can hear him squeak when he tiptoes up to your door to eavesdrop—the ultimate Cheese Ball.
Grand Theft Security Deposit
The law provides that you should be able to get your deposit back if you leave the unit in the same condition as you found it, absent reasonable wear and tear.
Even Dracula Had to Have an Invite Before He Could Enter
In California, the landlord does not have to have an invitation, but he does have to give a 24-hour written notice to enter. The notice has to specify the date, the time and reason he wants to enter.
They Don’t Call ‘Em Landlords for Nothing
For over one thousand years dating back to the days of ye olde English estate, landed lords (landlords)could do anything they desired to their tenants because they owned them.
They Don't Call 'Em Landlords For Nothing
How many times have you heard your landlord say, “This is my property and I can do anything I want?” Before you tell him to stick his "anything" where the sun don’t shine, understand that your landlord is simply a romantic. He should be wearing a cod piece and tights.
Find out how to tell your landlord to stick it.