Like the unicorn, rent controlled apartments are mythical and fast becoming extinct, especially when they become objects of desire for Twitter-motherfuckers and bubble-headed investors. Read More →

Correctly or not, landlords figure that a tenant offering a buyout may be ready to move voluntarily anyway--as in already found a new place and wants some quick cash to exit. Read More →

I am 65 years old. I've lived in my apartment for 22 years. I pay just under $900 for a junior one bedroom on the top floor in the San Francisco Mission district.The landlord offered me a buyout to vacate for $40,000. Should I ask for $60,000? Read More →

If you have negotiated a buyout agreement with your landlord, you have to get that agreement in writing. Any landlord who balks at this is going to screw you, end of story. If I was a landlord lawyer I'd say the same thing about a tenant. Unfortunate… Read More →

Like a high stakes poker game, buyouts are complicated. If you want want to get the best deal possible, you must be prepared to analyze the deal using the strategies here. Read More →

Unless you are familiar with your tenant rights to statutory relocation payments in San Francisco you’ll have no idea of the value of your tenancy rights. You must live in a rent-controlled unit to receive these payments. I have talked to countl… Read More →