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> There's a general fear of being a landlord. Tenants have a lot of legal rights, and the risk of inviting someone onto your property who could start squatting or doing drugs and not being able to evict them is beyond the pale for most families.

Yes, there's no chance I'm going to rent an ADU under these incredibly tenant-biased regulations as in California. I have to be able to evict people at the end of their lease for any reason if they are going to be in an ADU on my property.



I rent an ADU in California, and many of the Tennant rights are waived for it if the primary property is owner occupied, aside from some cities like oakland.

I would not want to rent a separate property in CA as an individual, especially as counties start banning criminal background checks.


> many of the Tennant rights are waived for it if the primary property is owner occupied, aside from some cities like oakland

And this can change overnight... CA cities have made some pretty drastic changes quite suddenly in the past. Not worth it. Eg: https://www.mv-voice.com/news/2025/01/29/mountain-view-stren...


Oh how I know it. I know someone who got fucked by the COVID eviction moratorium. 3 years of lost rent on a Bay area house while eating the mortgage, plus 250k property damage.

Judgement proof Tennant mean that comes out of retirement and college funds. Makes me wish criminal charges were viable.


How did they do 250k of property damage?

Not doubting it, just curious. Ripped out all copper, all appliances, and flooded it intentionally on the way out?




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