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Thursday, May 19, 2016

咨询:如果一个房客每个月都很晚交房租,我是否可以终止一年合同?

我答:
Failure to pay rent is one of the reasons that a lease can be terminated.

有一个经纪提醒说:
是迟交, 不是不交。

 我答:Time is essence. 本来月初要付的钱到月中才付,逾期时就是failure to pay rent. 一次还行,经常性的话要采用办法,而且不要拖,越早行动越好,不然tenant会一而再、再而三。As a matter of fact, eviction starts with a three-day notice:to quit, to quit or cure, to quit or pay rent。

其它的一些办法比如:严格执行late fee penalty; 比如:租期满之前60天give notice for termination or 只租给他们month by month after your current one year is up if you still consider leasing to them. 我必须说,property management is a very challenging business, 碰到强悍的tenant, terminate lease/eviction can be costly. 理对还讲理、认理的tenant管用。但还是必须及时采取行动止损,姑且只会导致更大损失。有时候landlord甚至offer tenant 一点cash让他们搬走!

有人说:
加州太liberal了,法官非常偏向房客。//sign

我答:
是啊。希望也是渐渐地有所改变。比如for a period of time, CA courts were following a rule of strict liability, holding landlords liable for injuries to others, even when there was no negligence by the owner. Now, proof of negligence is required. I highly recommend property owners to purchase umbrella insurance.

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