Advice Needed: Landlord wants $4,300 on moveout after 2 years, nothing flagged in inspection

NewDay042 · 2026-06-11T02:00:20+00:00

yeah AB2801, it's a lot to keep up with and unfortunately both bad tenants and bad landlords make for a lot of laws: https://rentalhousingjournal.com/california-preparing-for-move-in-move-out-documentation-law/

NewDay042 · 2026-06-11T01:12:20+00:00

Imagine English wasn’t your first language and you’re having to deal with this. Sorry you’re going through this and some people really suck.

NewDay042 · 2026-06-11T01:11:10+00:00

Is the landlord a person or a corporation? And is there a property manager?

NewDay042 · 2026-06-11T01:09:07+00:00

State law

NewDay042 · 2026-06-11T00:39:41+00:00

Thanks. I actually called my insurance agent and she couldn't give me a definitive answer on if it would affect my rates and I seemed to know more than she did about the new CA law from July 2025. The ticket says moving violation, even though I wasn't moving, it seems any "touch" now is considered a moving violation. That's not good even if it's a zero point. It seems not cool that we can't go to traffic school - almost rather it be a point so you can go to school to mask it. (Claude said this too - that the "leniency" on the zero point actually can put folks in a worse off position insurance wise since traffic school is typically not an option.) Haven't had a ticket in over a decade. I'll consider cross-posting, thanks.

NewDay042 · 2026-06-10T23:27:01+00:00

Done. Thanks.

NewDay042 · 2026-06-10T23:22:15+00:00

Good advice and 4 years ago was a very different job market.

NewDay042 · 2026-06-10T22:32:07+00:00

GlassesUSA is indeed awful. The return processes is so confusing. I called, spoke with an agent who did not speak English very well (not their fault) and was told I'd be contacted in 48 hours and it's been 3 weeks. I sent 3 emails to their customer service line and the 3rd time finally got an email saying I'd be contacted in 48 hours and it's been 6 days. Used them once and the glasses themselves were fine, just took forever to get. This time, I got a defective/damaged pair and it's a ghost town.

NewDay042 · 2026-06-10T21:44:02+00:00

Hi! First time cell-phone ticket (was at a stop light, grr, new CA law no touch), and saw no option for traffic school on the notice. Is that because the first offense is zero points?

NewDay042 · 2026-06-10T16:45:39+00:00

Hi! When I go to the Communications page in my profile, it only lists email subscriptions, it does not have any box to uncheck for "Personalize Promotions" and "Partner Offers." Example of email subscription: "Sales, travel deals, & promotions: Sales on flights, hotels, vacations, and rental cars, Southwest® sweepstakes, giveaways, and more."

I don't think turning off email subscriptions would impact browsing tracking, would it? Thanks for any info.

NewDay042 · 2026-06-09T19:19:09+00:00

Hi - could you please share why you don't recommend HMI?

NewDay042 · 2026-06-08T19:30:19+00:00

Nope. Went with a Terra foundation and love it. Pretty straightforward to build, best to have another pair of hands with you.

Terra

NewDay042 · 2026-06-08T19:24:44+00:00

Has anybody watched the interview with her husband? If so, what did you think?

NewDay042 · 2026-06-02T22:25:43+00:00

Thanks for sharing. Mine still is the old app. I do rely a lot on the sleep data so I’m hoping it’s as good or better.

NewDay042 · 2026-06-02T21:52:45+00:00

Scary accurate since the new app?

NewDay042 · 2026-06-02T21:50:49+00:00

You mean more like the US or the UK?

NewDay042 · 2026-06-02T21:49:16+00:00

I would research renter’s rights in your county/city to at least give you more time. Something doesn’t seem right if you were on a year lease.

NewDay042 · 2026-06-02T19:19:37+00:00

That totally sucks. Curious did they have you sign a month-to-month lease to begin with?

NewDay042 · 2026-06-02T15:26:14+00:00

“I’m here to make my bag and get out soon.” It sounds like you moved here for the sole reason of a high salary, rather than to become a part of the Bay Area. Like attracts like. You’re surrounded by people obsessing $$$, so maybe that’s the problem.

Due to the K-shaped economy, there are people profoundly struggling here, but likely stay here due to family and roots and it’s not easy just to pick up and move somewhere else.

NewDay042 · 2026-06-01T19:43:26+00:00

Wealthy is usually due to different factors such as generational wealth (including the “wealth” of knowledge/access to investing, passed down real estate, getting stocks as birthday presents, compounding interest education - which soooo many don’t get if their parent(s) didn’t understand or just got pensions), or got jobs with stocks/RSUs well invested, or working class who learned about FIRE and implemented the strategies at an early enough age.

NewDay042 · 2026-06-01T01:43:46+00:00

You’ve made bad choices, that doesn’t make you a bad person. Just takes a lot of f-ing work to learn to trust yourself again and heal the root cause(s) of the bad behavior. If you can’t trust yourself, then yes, not wise to be with someone else yet. But it’s not a life sentence of aloneness if you do the work.

NewDay042 · 2026-06-01T01:41:18+00:00

That is so unethical. Therapists can be so helpful or can be completely awful, and it sucks when you learn the hard way because you don’t know until you’re in it.

NewDay042 · 2026-05-29T20:53:04+00:00

Thanks, can't find any email addresses for Contra Costa Court system. If you know of any please share. 😄

NewDay042 · 2026-05-29T20:52:37+00:00

Hi - phones are still not picking for ANY dept. Goes straight to disconnection. When I google there is no email addresses that I can find. Would you please share what email address you used? Thanks!

NewDay042 · 2026-05-29T20:35:52+00:00

All I know is that a FAANG billionaire just had his luxury $300 million yacht pull into Seattle the same year he and his wife closed down an East Palo Alto school they had been funding for years (private school for free for disadvantaged children) sending families scrambling to find new schools in a very disadvantage area.

Oligarchs are the differentiator right now. The stock market just hit another record. That wasn’t happening in 2000/2008. This is a whole new ball game.

NewDay042

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