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Do landlords pay tenants to leave outside of SF? I’ve never heard this before I moved to SF and I believe the pro tenant legislation is the cause.
by noashavit 2y ago
Do landlords pay tenants to leave outside of SF?
I’ve never heard this before I moved to SF and I believe the pro tenant legislation is the cause.
- smsm42 2y agoI heard such stories about NY and other big heavily regulated markets.
- noashavit 2y agoheavily regulated being key
- smsm42 2y agoIt's only natural - as soon as you have heavy regulation there, all the processes become very complex and time consuming, as anything involving the bureaucracy is. And people with certain inclinations very quickly learn to exploit this. You want to evict me? Fine, welcome to the 2-year process which will consume immense amount of time and mental energy, while I live in your house for free in the meantime (and maybe destroy it - if you want to go after me for that, see above). Or you pay me off and we part as friends.
- s1artibartfast 2y agoIt is common elsewhere in CA, wherever courts are slow to evict. Tenants can incur 100s of thousands of dollars of costs before you get them out through the legal system. The worst tenants are judgements proof and can bankrupt you with impunity. Easy to lose your retirement funds.