Legal Question in Landlord & Tenant Law in California

Re: landlord selling property

First, do you have a written lease with the property owner? If so, review it for any discussion of access to your unit, and the notice he must provide you. If you do not, the general rule of law provides a series of requirements which the landlord failed to meet by calling the night before and asking you to leave the door open. He's being unreasonable, but you also need to cooperate because he does have a right to gain access to your unit for purposes of showing the property with proper notice and assurances that your apartment won't be empty when you get home. Additionally, if you don't have a lease, you are a month-to-month tenant, and he can simply give you notice to terminate your lease with no reason whatsoever, in which case you will be soon looking for a new place to live.

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