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...
by Dennis Beaver | housing, landlord/tenant
December 29, 2012 (Original publish date) • By Dennis Beaver Landlord/tenant law impacts everyone. Not just landlords or tenants, but all of us — especially when domestic violence hurls itself into the worlds of law enforcement, lawyers and the courts. Being the...
by Dennis Beaver | housing, landlord/tenant
December 22, 2012 (Original publish date) • By Dennis Beaver Eric and Cindy have never met, but they both have an identical legal problem and contacted You and the Law the same day. Just how do you legally deal with property that has been left behind when a tenant —...
by Dennis Beaver | landlord/tenant, lawyers
April 28, 2012(Original publish date) • By Dennis Beaver Owning and managing rental property is never a piece of cake. Even when experienced landlords use a property manager and have excellent legal representation, there will be an occasional problem. Those landlords...
by Dennis Beaver | landlord/tenant, lawyers
April 21, 2012 (Original publish date) • By Dennis Beaver Every day, all across America, hundreds of families who never planned on, wanted to or were asked, suddenly find themselves responsible for running a business, far too often lacking the skills or experience to...
by Dennis Beaver | fraud, landlord/tenant
June 18, 2011 (Original publish date) • By Dennis Beaver When you discover that your landlord is pocketing your rent money and not paying the mortgage, you’ve got a real problem. There are a lot of crooked landlords doing just that, as Cesar and his wife...