UNLOCKING Changes in 2025 Rental Law: Must-Watch Guide for California Landlords and Tenants!

It’s time again for another popular landlord-tenant update! In this 2025 update, we cover five significant changes in landlord-tenant laws in California. Learn about new regulations on application fees (yes, you can get your money back), security deposit deductions requiring photographic evidence, optional credit reporting for rent payments, prohibitions on fees for termination notices, and extended response times for evictions. Big changes to landlord/tenant law in 2025 you won’t want to miss!

Sections
00:00 WIRE Associates intro from Christian Walsh
00:42 Changes to Application Fees - AB 2493
02:54 Security Deposits - AB 2801
04:16 Positive Credit Reporting - AB 2747
05:35 No Fees for Termination Notices - SB 611
06:07 Extended Time for Unlawful Detainer Response - AB 2347

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[joserod]

Hello my name is Jose there's an issue on the house that I rent electrical problems but the land don't fix that basically she doesn't want to pay to get that fix I told her there's a fire hazard

[jodyTm]

So glad my family (3rd generation residential landlords in 4 states) listened to my advice a few years ago and sold out of california before covid. I saw the writing on the wall. Between labor costs, tenants 'rights', taxes, and insurance, staying in the game is just throwing money away to hold assets there.
Just moving the same scale op to another state saved us over 20% overhead and paid for the costs to leave within 2 years. Estimating the impact the covid game had there we would have lost a lot more. And now the insurance issues... Forget about it. There is a reason the entire states rent is like a metro area everywhere else. It's going to collapse eventually. And sacramento is fleecing you all while running the ship aground. Good luck.

[LWRC]

AB2747 positive credit reporting requirement to credit bureaus. Does that mean any renters who defaulted on their rents will also be reported to credit bureaus as well??!!!

[Q-tip-rhlm]

My boss rents his properties on a monthly basis so it can be convenient to the tentant if they decide to move. He does not charge an application fee.

[OldsmobileCutlassSupremeConver]

I didn't have any luck with Zillow, even after paying the fees.

[Mark-rccm]

Is there a guidebook or a list of tenants rights and responsibilities for trailer parks that I can obtain

[JasonBay-RealEstateInvesting]

and about rental application fee's for landlords that use Zillow and zillow only charges a $35 fee that tenants can use for as many properties as they like?

[JasonBay-RealEstateInvesting]

California laws get dumber every year. Absolutely absurd!!!

[TESLA-fcwm]

On november i went to payed my rent and the lady at the desk told me that my rent was incomplete, , that there was a 10% raise now, , i answer that i didnt know, , then she said she would not accept my payment until is was .complete, , so i had to make another payment right at that moment, , next day i found a paper taped to my door, , with the información about the 10% raise, , but it was dated a month before.

[ShortShortTrailer]

Is the application screening fee the same thing as asking for a credit report or background check?

[teedtad]

TRUTH, when there's NO affordable housing expect more people to go HOMELESS. Political parties know this just do NOT care to solve the problems!! 🤐

[sammyocgirl]

so do i have to return all the app fees to everyone

[michaelb]

Photos? Really, I print photos at CVS because the printers I own do not print quality photos . Are there sites that can handle this requirement?

[cwcobo]

Almost all small landlords will eventually want to withdraw from the marketplace. State and local government is actively working against your interests, and they're not going to stop.

[sammyocgirl]

so why would someone apply for an Apt if they do not meet the credit score? what fool would do that, , , also I just had a friend that filled out an app for a condo in Hunt Harbour, , , HOWEVER the place was rented 2 days before he filled out app on line for prop mgmt company, , , , he payed 49.00 he fought it on his credit card and won...the credit card company refunded him

[theonejohnnycat]

Any rights or good news for landlords? Doesn't sound like it.

[sammyocgirl]

so if i pick one tenant....do I have to refund all the other app fees to the other people

[cc]

Good luck knowing if landlords are actually following these rules 😂😂

[DadaDance]

Does this apply to midterm rentals? Those who rent out more than a month but less than a year?

[debgbls]

The owner of our house is a private person we have no rights 🥴