California Practice Materials

Provides guidance to landlord-tenant law, covering commercial, residential, mobile home, and floating home tenancies through every stage of the relationship from prelease negotiations to tenancy termination and eviction. This guide takes you step by step through the unlawful detainer process. It also explains the impact of bankruptcy and provides extensive treatment of governmental regulation – rent control, housing laws, discrimination statutes, and government-subsidized housing.

It covers drafting the purchase agreement, title and property interests, financing, title insurance, brokers and broker liability, environmental liability, co-ownership agreements, and buyer/seller legal remedies. It also includes practice-tested forms, detailed analysis of the income tax laws affecting acquisition, ownership and disposition of real estate, plus state property tax law.

Presents a comprehensive analysis of statutory and caselaw and regulations affecting ownership, development, leasing, transfer, and financing of California real property. It also provides cross-references to facilitate related research and includes relevant commentary addressing legal and social trends.