Tristan’s Landlord-Tenant Law Blog
Another Way That Landlords Can Teach Tenant Roommates the Concept of Joint & Several Liability (and Collect Rent)
I recently received an email from the Gino Zahnd the CEO of a company called Cozy based in the San Franciso area. Gino's company assists landlords in collecting rent and referenced my blog post discussing the concept of "joint and several liability" in which I explain how landlords should treat roommates as "one person" in order to impress upon tenants the concept of joint and several liability. Joint and Several liability is a ...
Landlords Should Treat Tenant Roommates As One Person To Better Understand Joint and Several Liability and Resolve Tenant Disputes
I receive many calls from landlords who have questions and concerns involving issues involving their tenant roommates. While the problems are often factually different the proper way to analyze the situation and arrive at a resolution to the problem, often depends on the same thing -- something called "joint and several liability."Joint and several liability is a legal concept that, according to Black's Law Dictionary, is defined as "the liability of co-promisors of ...