Is it legal in Oakland, CA for a master tenant to profit from a subtenant?
<p>Can a master tenant in Oakland, CA charge a subtenant in a room a higher price than the value of the room based the proportion of the room size to the whole house?</p>
<p>I.e., if master tenant has been there many years at a now-lower-than-market rate, can the master tenant charge a current rate for a room and profit from it in Oakland, CA?</p>
<p>In this scenario, the room in question that would be rented out to a subtenant is not the room in which the master tenant lives (not subletting).</p>
<p>Example with numbers: is it ok in Oakland, CA for a master tenant to pay $2000 per month for a home with 4 bed rooms, and charge three subtenants $1000 for a room (one subtenant per room), where the master tenant would make $3000 in &quot;revenue&quot; from all three subtenants?</p>

<p><a href="https://cao-94612.s3.amazonaws.com/documents/Guide-to-Oakland-Rental-Housing-Laws.pdf" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Here is a document from the city</a>, which says p. 16 that</p>
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<p>Oakland does not have an Ordinance or Regulation restricting the
amount of rent a master tenant charges a subtenant.</p>
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<p>This assumes that subletting is not prohibited by the lease.</p>

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