[CA renter]

Found this:

“Single lodger in a private residence

A lodger is a person who lives in a room in a house where the owner lives. The owner can enter all areas occupied by the lodger and has overall control of the house.9 Most lodgers have the same rights as tenants.10

However, in the case of a single lodger in a house where there are no other lodgers, the owner can evict the lodger without using formal eviction proceedings. The owner can give the lodger written notice that the lodger cannot continue to use the room. The amount of notice must be the same as the number of days between rent payments (for example, 30 days). (See “Tenant’s notice to end a periodic tenancy”.) When the owner has given the lodger proper notice and the time has expired, the lodger has no further right to remain in the owner’s house and may be removed as a trespasser.11″

http://www.dca.ca.gov/publications/landlordbook/whois.shtml

I don’t see anything requiring the lodger’s signature. To be safe, the owner should pay to have the notice formally served, but don’t think the nanny is required to sign to make it legal or official.

Am I wrong on this? Would a nanny be recognized differently than a lodger? IMO, it should be the same classification; the lodger is trading labor instead of money for shelter.

[CA renter]

Yikes! This is unbelievable. For one, I would remove the bedroom door, telling the nanny she will have no privacy while living in our home. Then, I would play loud music in the adjoining rooms (all day and night), and I would only bring enough food into the house for my own family. Maybe some parties (every day…that’s what friends are for!) where everyone is walking back and forth past her room without the door on? Lots and lots of kids, too. They could stand in her bedroom door and snicker and make faces at her. Since it’s their house, the kids should watch TV in the nanny’s room, too. How about removing the furniture if the room was furnished by the owners?

Would this be legal, scaredy?

[CA renter]

[quote=paramount][quote=UCGal]
– You say you’re not cashflowing.
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I’m not…thanks to Jerry’s Kids.[/quote]

You sure it’s not because you’ve paid too much, or that it’s older and needs more maintenance, or that you’re not getting the right tenants who will care for it better, or that your insurance is too high, or your interest rate is too high, or that you haven’t made the right improvements and marketed it properly to get the best possible rent/tenants? No, it’s because of “Jerry’s kids.” Riiight…

So, let’s hear the specific details about how you would be making money if not for “Jerry’s kids.” Details, please! This should be fun!

Here’s something to get your started. It shows the states with the lowest and highest property tax rates…and your beloved Texas is one of the highest, while California is not.

http://taxes.about.com/od/statetaxes/a/property-taxes-best-and-worst-states.htm

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As for my 2 cents regarding whether or not you should sell, I think you should sell. Get the tax-free gains and relatively high price while you can. Inventory and interest rates are low-ish, so you might as well take advantage of the market conditions.

[CA renter]

Thanks, CE.

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“The Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act (CALEA) is a United States wiretapping law passed in 1994, during the presidency of Bill Clinton (Pub. L. No. 103-414, 108 Stat. 4279, codified at 47 USC 1001-1010).

CALEA’s purpose is to enhance the ability of law enforcement agencies to conduct electronic surveillance by requiring that telecommunications carriers and manufacturers of telecommunications equipment modify and design their equipment, facilities, and services to ensure that they have built-in surveillance capabilities, allowing federal agencies to monitor all telephone, broadband internet, and VoIP traffic in real-time.

The original reason for adopting CALEA was the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s worry that increasing use of digital telephone exchange switches would make tapping phones at the phone company’s central office harder and slower to execute, or in some cases impossible. Since the original requirement to add CALEA-compliant interfaces required phone companies to modify or replace hardware and software in their systems, U.S. Congress included funding for a limited time period to cover such network upgrades. CALEA was passed into law on October 25, 1994 and came into force on January 1, 1995.

In the years since CALEA was passed it has been greatly expanded to include all VoIP and broadband internet traffic. From 2004 to 2007 there was a 62 percent growth in the number of wiretaps performed under CALEA — and more than 3,000 percent growth in interception of internet data such as email.[1]

By 2007, the FBI had spent $39 million on its DCSNet system, which collects, stores, indexes, and analyzes communications data.[1]”

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communications_Assistance_for_Law_Enforcement_Act

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Disturbing…

[CA renter]

[quote=joec]I don’t think all dads aren’t disciplinarians…

My kid has told me multiple times that I’m not nice and mommy is nice…

I notice I also rarely swear so I have nothing to give up. My wife swears tons more than me and the other day, the kid asked what f*ck was.

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Ouch!

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Yes, some dads are disciplinarians, but the ones who are all “awesomeness and fun” tend not to be those dads.

[CA renter]

[quote=sdsurfer]I wanted to chime in with something an older wiser person shared with me about a year into having my son.

Maybe I looked tired that day or something, but he told me that is was necessary to allow the grandparents or someone you trust to take care of the kid(s) for one weekend each year so that Mom and Dad can be a couple again for a couple days.

At first it felt like a selfish thing to do, but after the first year was over and he was off the boob the grandparents offered to help make it happen we did it and I must say I think it’s a good thing to do. Having children is the most full time awesome thing that you can do, but that does not mean that you should not set aside just a couple days to spend with the one you fell in love with that led to it. The grandparents loved the opportunity to spend some extra time with the little guy too.[/quote]

Totally agree with this.

Of course, we’ve only done it once in over 12 years. 🙁

[CA renter]

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Funny, and true!

[CA renter]

It’s easy to fall out of it because life gets busy and there are always excuses. I think a lot of us really have to push ourselves to exercise.

[CA renter]

Yes, excellent news. Finally!

[CA renter]

That makes sense. I hope the buyer who lost the money manages to get some of his money back if the prior owner knew about the slab.

[CA renter]

Nope. Our kids have been in swim for years (and were in Tae Kwon Do and track prior to that). In addition to swim, we walk at least 2 miles ~3-5 days/week and try to incorporate some hills (not enough, but we do what we can). I also make them go outside to play (get exercise) every day. We’re lucky to have a number of kids on our street and they all ride bikes, walk, skate, etc.

[CA renter]

Ain’t gonna happen (the underwear part)!

[CA renter]

We do that whenever we can, too, scaredy. It’s still a ton of laundry when you have a family of five plus a dog, as you know.

[CA renter]

[quote=SK in CV][quote=FlyerInHi]
I’ve wondered if messy people become more organized after they have children just to set a good example for their kids.[/quote]

No.[/quote]

LOL! 🙂

[CA renter]

[quote=njtosd][quote=CA renter]Sounds like you’re going to be great parents, CE (but stay away from that soda!). I like your ideas here. Don’t worry too much about the food; you can make a hobby out of cooking with the family (that’s what we do, since we also love good food, unfortunately).

This will be such an awesome experience for you guys! :)[/quote]

OK – I have to agree that soda isn’t great. And maybe I am sensitive because I developed a morning Diet Pepsi habit in college before I started on (the more caffeinated) coffee. But why does this thread put so much more emphasis on soda than, say, alcohol and/or smoking? Plus, I feel like the biggest battle we face is not soda but staying fun and cheerful in the face of unfathomably messy rooms, mountains of laundry, homework, bills and (for example) my 12 year old’s incessant drumming. Sometimes I go to bed at night and realize I was a real buzz kill for most of the day. Staying positive in light of all the commotion is a daily challenge . . .[/quote]

Mountains and mountains of laundry! Where does it all come from?!?

Totally hear you on trying to be happy and fun while attempting to rear decent kids in a relatively clean, organized home. It’s especially difficult when dad gets to be the fun guy, so mom is the only one doing all the disciplining throughout the day.

The kids on our street were all discussing their parents in our backyard one day, and we overheard them saying: “Dads are all fun and awesomeness!!! They are so awesome and fun! Moms are all about rules and cleaning.” Of course, the dads thought it was great, not so much for us moms. 🙁

As for the soda, my DH drank soda daily as a kid, and I drank plenty in my teens and young adult years, too. But that stuff is pure junk. My MIL is a lifelong drinker of diet Pepsi, and she’s had a lot of bone problems (hip and back surgeries), in addition to being obese, even though she eats very little. I’m pretty convinced her poor diet (what she does eat is lacking in nutrition and there’s not nearly enough produce), smoking, and Pepsi habits are to blame.

It’s one thing to have a soda a couple of times a year when you go to a movie or something, but daily drinking is just so bad for you, IMHO, that we don’t have soda at our house except for what is reserved for parties and guests.

Some stuff about diet soda being bad, too:

http://healthyliving.msn.com/health-wellness/7-side-effects-of-drinking-diet-soda

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