My landlord offered me $35K to move out

Re:My landlord offered me $35K to move out by ebikelaw on Friday July 27, 2018 @12:56AM (#17623544)

That's also true of any property in San Francisco, rent control notwithstanding. As long as one pays the rent, one is at home. There is a lot of jurisprudence around this. For example, if I live in a property for 30 days, I am the tenant. AirBnB dabblers have unintentionally rented their units out this way. Also if I send you a check for the rent, and if I write "rent" on the check, and you cash it, I am the tenant.

Basically, under the law in California and specifically in San Francisco, the home belongs to the person who lives there, not the person who holds the title.

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Re:My landlord offered me $35K to move out by fencepost on Friday July 27, 2018 @08:31AM (#17625460)

Right, but if you're not in a rent controlled unit my expectation is that the landlord can adjust the rent as high as they'd like at the end of each 6-12 month lease.

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Re:My landlord offered me $35K to move out by dragonwriter on Friday July 27, 2018 @08:39AM (#17625489)

> Right, but if you're not in a rent controlled unit my expectation is that the landlord can adjust the rent as high as they'd like at the end of each 6-12 month lease.

Depends on the lease terms; the current place I live we had an un-the-lease $50/mo. limit on increases for the first two annual renewals. Also been in month-to-month leases where in principal the rent could increase at any time without limit for m with 30 days notice.

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