Our landlord is essentially shaking us down for an obscure provision in our lease that we renewed in January. We would have moved had we known he was going to demand $20k within 10 days as soon as we signed the lease.
I also just found out that the landlord is an attorney, but he did not say he was an attorney, the fact that he is an attorney is not on his business card and his name does not have a JD or Esq. after it in his email signature. He has an active license with the California State Bar. Didn’t he have to identify himself as an attorney at some point prior to signing the lease? Isn’t he supposed to present himself as an attorney to others?
Any help would be appreciated.