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I fired my property manager after 3 months. I am managing the rental in California on my own. The tenants signed the lease with the Property management company. I want them to sign an addendum saying that I am now the manager with the new contact information. They refuse to sign the addendum and want to get rid of some of the terms on the original lease. If the tenants refuse to sign, is the original lease still enforceable in California?
I fired my property manager after 3 months. I am managing the rental in California on my own. The tenants signed the lease with the Property management company. I want them to sign an addendum saying that I am now the manager with the new contact information. They refuse to sign the addendum and want to get rid of some of the terms on the original lease. If the tenants refuse to sign, is the original lease still enforceable in California?
The original lease should be enforceable until it expires, no matter who is managing it. You can't just barge in and change clauses without both parties agreeing in written form to annul the old lease and signing a new one.
So I believe that the tenants are in the right for refusing to sign anything. If the management company that you fired is holding your tenants security deposit, make sure they transfer it to you, or it'll be coming out of your pocket.
Thanks for the response. I have been holding their deposit. I meant to say that I don't want to change anything in the lease. The tenants are the ones who want to change the terms because the property management company added more detailed terms on top of the standard California State lease agreement . All I want the tenants to do is to acknowledge that they are still held accountable to the original lease and they need to contact us instead of the property management company, and here is the address they need to send their rent to. They are already doing it by the way. Is this a moot point to insist on having them sign this "addendum"?
Why not just send them a certified letter informing them that you are now managing the property and updating the new address for submitting rent payments? That will give you the signatures you feel you need.
They don't have to sign anything. You just have to notify them that you are now doing the management and give them the new address to send the rent to. Lease stays in effect.
You'd better toughen up. Tenants ask and ask, even if they don't expect you to say yes. I suggest you practice saying "no". You are going to say no a lot, or else your tenants will run right over the top of you,
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