Category : Estate Law

Most legal problems in Los Angeles real estate are not surprises. They are predictable patterns that experienced property owners and their attorneys have seen before. Understanding them in advance and having the right legal relationship in place before they arrive changes every outcome. Every Los

The Ellis Act is one of the most powerful tools available to Los Angeles landlords who want to exit the rental business with a property covered by the Rent Stabilization Ordinance. It is also one of the most pr

California's statewide rent control law, AB 1482, has been updated for 2026, establishing a new maximum allowable rent increase for qualifying residential properties. For properties subject to AB 1482 in the Los Angeles regio

While emergency price restrictions have expired at both the state and Los Angeles County levels, the City of Los Angeles remains subject to active citywide emergency price restrictions tied to the January 2025 wildfire emergency.

Every eviction tells a story. Documents tell that story, and in Los Angeles courts, the documents that carry the most weight are almost always the ones the landlord created before ever filing the eviction. The rent ledger shows exactly when payments stopped. The writt

With dozens of firms claiming to handle evictions in Southern California, hiring the wrong one costs landlords months of lost rent, dismissed filings, and missed leverage. It is a question every Los Angeles landlord eventually asks, often after something has alread

When One Tenancy Creates Three Legal Problems at Once When multiple legal problems arise from the same tenancy simultaneously, the question is not which attorney to call first. It is whether the attorney you call can handle all of it.

This is one of the most common questions landlords ask us after receiving a response to their eviction filing. The tenant is behind on rent. The landlord served a notice. The landlord filed an unlawful detainer. And then, suddenly, there is a habitability complaint, a

If you have ever had an eviction dismissed in Los Angeles, there is a good chance it happened before you ever set foot in a courtroom. The most common reason landlords lose otherwise winnable eviction cases in California is not judicial bias, sympathetic tenants, or a