I’m a landlord homeowner who has leased out my 3 bedroom 2 bath +den home to a single man and his cousins since 2010. My tenant is a long-term tenant and maintains the property pretty clean and always pays his rent on time. I hadn’t entered the home since 2017. I had moved to Hawaii, but recently returned and discovered that my tenant is renting out every bedroom plus the den to a different person and converted the dining room into an extra bedroom (5 adults total). His rent is going up 10% in May and I want to ask him for additional security deposit. Don’t know if I should put these renters on an addendum to the lease? I am asking for ALL of their identification ( drivers license, bank statements and telephone numbers) to have in my records. The house is currently being rented about $1000 under market value. If I ask him to move out, I will probably deal with an evection, lose four months of rent plus have to pay around $40,000 for remodeling the house. I did the math and I won’t see a profit until around four/five years. Should I just continue w my current tenants or should I ask for the house and find a new tenant? Any thoughts or legal aspects that I might have missed would be very very helpful. Thank you fellow landlord’s & landladies ! Oý --172.249.xxx.xxx

Sounds like your tenant is making more off your property that you are. Air bnb? Skip the rent raise and then skip the tenant on down the road. I think Moshe has some vacancies. --24.152.xxx.xx

If it was me, I would give notice to your tenants plural to move. Some of the living areas probably are illegal. Bite the bullet now or bite the bullet in the future, but you will be biting the bullet. --146.70.xxx.xx

Your tenant took advantage of your trust, but given all the news about renters screwing over landlords, you were a fool to not pay attention to your property. --73.2.xx.xx

Sell the house. --65.188.xxx.xxx

NE, in all reality, I don't think Moshe would have rented to this person. --76.129.xxx.xx

You've had a business agreement with this person and when you weren't looking this is what they did! End the relationship, end the agreement, he goes along with everyone else. Pay now or pay more later. Get legal advice and let the lawyer get the house empty. --172.59.xxx.xx

California loves fining people. Right? You can bet that "conversion" of the dining room and den are going to get you in trouble. Remember, all HIS actions result in YOUR fines. --108.69.xxx.xxx

I am glad to here, you haven't lost your shirt - yet. That day is coming, and you will not even know it. --24.101.xxx.xxx