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Not everyone is cut out to be a landlord

by Dennis Beaver | contracts, landlord/tenant

August 18, 2017 • By Dennis Beaver   “Mr. Beaver, my parents are in their 70’s and inherited over half a million dollars they want to use to acquire rental homes. Our town has a rental shortage, therefore high rents can be charged, which is what they intend to...

Practical training before putting on your landlord/tenant case in court

by Dennis Beaver | judges, landlord/tenant

April 29, 2022 • By Dennis Beaver  “I run a property management company in a state that did away with its moratorium on evictions for non-payment of rent. But while it was in effect, the ability to pay our own people was severely limited and I had to let almost...

Real estate agents save the day when tenant rights violated

by Dennis Beaver | landlord/tenant, photography, real estate

September 29, 2023 • By Dennis Beaver Regular viewers of Judge Judy reruns, or Judith Sheindlin’s new show, Judy Justice, may know the two occupations she has little regard for: used car salespeople and real estate agents. In her opinion, she says, honesty and caring...

Renting to daughter a huge mistake for retired couple

by Dennis Beaver | landlord/tenant

September 7, 2013 • By Dennis Beaver The general practice of law provides a window into human nature — to what makes us tick and why intelligent, well-intentioned people do the things which predictably will get them in trouble. Where families are concerned, the why is...

Some Section 8 tenants looking gift horse in the mouth

by Dennis Beaver | housing, landlord/tenant

March 2, 2013  • By Dennis Beaver     Recently, this column was contacted by a number of Section 8 tenants in the California Central Valley complaining about a company that manages an apartment house where they live. If you have never heard of Section 8, then it’s...

Spying landlord? What not to say when trying to get out of a lease

by Dennis Beaver | housing, landlord/tenant

April 27, 2013 • By Dennis Beaver Last week, we told you about Ron, a naval officer based at NAS Lemoore who rents an apartment in Kingsburg from a landlord You and the Law has tangled with over the past few years. He deserves an Academy Award in the category “Crooked...
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