My source was the California Department of Consumer Affairs. http://www.ca.gov/
This applies to all residential rental units whether it is an apartment, condo, duplex, house or even a room. Yeah, it could be problematic for a landlord if they haven’t done their homework. Actually, it could still be a problem. I don’t have much sympathy for the landlord however. I see it this way the landlord has a choice they can either have me move and give up the monthly rent or they can abide by the rules.
Living in a home on the market is hell. Especially if the house is priced to sell like the house I was living in was. I would just move. She going to have to move anyway. People were extremely pushy and rude. I was amazed how people just pulled up to the house (without a Realtor) and asked to see the place. Like I’m just going to let someone just come right off street into the house. A couple even rang my doorbell bright and early Sunday morning wanting to see the place. I’m glad I refused a lockbox because I had people show up without a phone call and tried to come in while my teenage daughter was showering. I had people show up several hours late (no courtesy call) and expect to see the place.
Basically how it works is if they haven’t given you a 120 written notice that the rental is for sale they cannot call you up and ask you to show the home. They have to mail you the 24 hour notice that they want to show the place or they can come by and hand deliver the notice.
Even if the landlord has given the 120 days notice they still have to give you 24 hours notice to enter and it has to be during normal business hours, Monday-Friday 9-5 and NO WEEKENDS. They have to tell you when they enter and the realtor has to leave their card. The only difference really is that they can give you notice by phone.
I was pretty cooperative. I did show the place on weekends and in the evening. We really needed a good reference because it is difficult to find a good place when you have a lot of pets. It was a real strain on us. My husband was doing his thesis. They were even trying to show the place while we were moving. I’m like “If you want us out by the 15th you got to stop bothering us”
