If you're dealing with rent caps, security deposits, notices, or a tenant who stopped paying, the answers below are in plain English, from a team that works these rules every day. Or hand the whole rulebook to us.
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Rent caps under AB 1482, the one-month deposit cap under AB 12, just-cause requirements, notice periods: California landlord law moves every year, and the penalties for getting it wrong land on the owner.
The guides below cover the questions Bay Area landlords ask us most, in plain English. This page is general information, not legal advice. For advice on your specific situation, talk to a California landlord-tenant attorney. Or let us run the property so compliance is our job, not yours.
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For covered properties, state law caps annual rent increases at 5% plus local inflation, never more than 10%, and requires just cause to end a tenancy. Many individually owned single-family homes and condos are exempt when the tenant receives the required written notice, and newer construction is exempt for its first 15 years. We track exactly which rules apply to each property we manage.
Since July 2024, California caps security deposits at one month's rent for most landlords, and pet deposits count inside that cap. Small landlords who are natural persons with no more than two rental properties and four total units can collect up to two months, except from service members. Deposit accounting and refund timelines run to the statute.
Move fast, but move correctly: the process starts with a proper written notice, served the right way, with the right contents. Errors restart the clock. If it goes further, we coordinate with eviction counsel and manage the process end to end, from notices through re-leasing. Careful screening is what keeps it rare.
Covered tenancies need a just-cause reason to end, either at-fault or no-fault, and no-fault endings can require relocation assistance. The right path depends on your property's status under AB 1482 and local rules, which is exactly the kind of thing we confirm before any notice goes out.
California requires rentals be maintained habitable, and slow repairs are how small issues become rent-withholding disputes. Our tenants reach us 24/7, emergencies dispatch immediately to Bay Vista Construction, and non-emergencies are handled the next business day under the spend threshold we agree with you upfront.
This page is general information, not legal advice. If you'd rather the compliance be someone else's job, that is what full-service management is: we run the tenancy to the statute, keep the paperwork straight, and you collect the deposit by ACH.
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