Legal Question in Real Estate Law in California

My grandfather hired a property management company 6 months ago. The broker used the standard CAR agreement, and handwrote all terms. The property manager put terrible residents in the building who used drugs, stole, etc. Also, even after numerous requests no repairs were made. Also, the plants were not maintained. There were also tenants who did not pay rent and were not given three day notices. There was never a full accounting, either. My grandfather fired the property management company and now they are suing him for $5,000. What can he do to defend this? There was no right to cancel according to the contract until after one year, but the building was getting worse and worse. There were four vacancies and two non paying tenants out of 20 when he fired them. Is there any law that he can claim is on his side? What strategy would you take as an attorney if we were to hire you?


Asked on 3/28/14, 4:54 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
Anthony Roach Law Office of Anthony A. Roach

Counter sue for breach of contract and seek more damages than they are claiming. The property management company itself may be illegal and that should be checked into as well.

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Answered on 3/30/14, 11:01 am


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