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When your tenant moves into the apartment, it is her home. You no longer can enter unless you have permission to do maintenance and repairs or there’s an emergency. Your tenant has the right to possess the unit without harassment or interruption and the right to privacy and peaceful enjoyment of the property.

This means you’re not knocking on the door or phoning all the time, not peeking or staring out a window when they leave or come home, and not rifling through their mail. You also shouldn’t ask personal questions.

Having privacy does not give tenants the right to change locks without asking you first if they can. If they do change locks — with or without permission — they must supply you with a new key.

And if you have to enter the apartment for repairs and maintenance, your tenant cannot legally stop you. You need to inspect the unit if you think there’s a problem; and if your tenant plans to move, you have the right to show the property while she still lives there. Your right to enter applies whether the tenant has a rental agreement or a lease.

Did They Really Abandon the Unit?

A landlord or property manager has no other rights to enter unless it’s permitted through a court order or the tenant has been absent for an extended period of time. Just what extended means may be subject to question. So find out how much time your state or community requires you to wait before you can assume that the apartment was abandoned. And follow the rules exactly.

Your tenant could be on an extended vacation or might have had to rush to another state to care for an elderly parent, forgetting to notify you. If the property isn’t abandoned and if you enter too quickly, you might get caught up in a housing or civil rights complaint.

Asking Permission to Enter

In most situations, you should give your tenant 24 to 48 hours and a written notice that you must enter the unit for repairs and maintenance. On the note or form, state the reason why you have to enter, when you’d like to come in, and whether anyone else will be with you.

Remember, if there’s an emergency, you can enter without permission if no one is home. Knock first, call the fire or police department, then use your key.

By Judy Tremore and Deborah Boersma Zondervan

Since 1946 the Carnahan name has had a reputation for honest and ethical Real Estate Property Management services in the San Fernando Valley, Santa Clarita Valley, Burbank/Glendale, Los Angeles, Westside and Conejo Valley areas.

The reason for our success is helping owners like you when they need it. Below is a partial list of property management services we provide to help you protect your real estate investment.

• Tenant placement
• Tenant screening (including: credit check, landlord and employment verification, social security trace report, California eviction check and criminal check)
• Regular property inspections
• Accounting and landlord bill payment
• Monthly financial reporting
• Maintenance service and supervision (we use only proven independent vendors)
• Collections
• Evictions
• We supply all the necessary forms to meet California’s Landlord/Tenant laws
• 24 hour emergency phone service
• Advertising to the broadest tenant base possible

Call or e-mail us today for more information. We’re ready to get started!

Carnahan Property Management services Woodland Hills,West Hills, Calabasas, Canoga Park, Tarzana, Reseda, Topanga, Encino, Northridge, Van Nuys,North Hills,Chatsworth, Sherman Oaks, Studio City, North Hollywood, West Hollywood, San Fernando Valley, Granada Hills, Mission Hills, Simi Valley, West Lake Village, Agoura,Toluca Lake, Valley Village, Burbank. Call us at (818) 884-1500 and check if we can service your area.