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Originally Posted by milt
Are you saying the tenants are the same ones your mother had an agreement with? Was the agreement verbal? Seems like something's missing. I mean, there are all these things at the stationary store, but you know that.
You can raise the rent with 30 days notice on month-to-month and you can change the terms as well as long as nothing you do or say discriminates. Like you can't all of a sudden ban children.
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Hi Milt,
You're familiar with the property. Same tenants. However, they seem to have sublet a room to another person. And when the primary tenants move on (overnight perhaps), this person could now be the default renter, again w/o a rental agreement.
In rent-controlled LA, I can raise the rent about 3-4%/year with adequate notice. Not sure I can suddenly change the terms. For example, if they've had a pet for years, can I now require them to sign an agreement requiring no pets? Not sure I can.
"What has necessitated the need for a rental agreement?"
As stated previously, we want the tenants to recognize and agree to their limits as renters in regards to painting or modifying the inside w/o permission, subletting, late payment penalties, number of persons permitted, etc.).
Maybe I'm being overly cautious. Can I just send them an edict with my rules after the fact? And will this "agreement" apply even though they don't sign? And in case they don't comply, do I have legal teeth to back up my agreement terms retroactively?
S