Unlawful detainer lawsuits can negatively impair a tenants credit and ability to rent other rental units.  Landlords typically do a search of a tenant’s rental history before renting a new unit to the tenant as part of a tenant background check.  In fact, there are paid databases that landlords can search to determine a tenant’s rental […]

Not all unlawful detainer cases should go to trial.  Often times, on the day of trial, the parties decide that it makes sense to settle their disputes.  For example, a tenant may be wiling to deliver possession of the premises in exchange for the landlord’s payment to the tenant of relocation assistance funds.  In those […]