If you leave California, sell your residence or at least rent it out on a long-term lease.

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Given this risk, it may be better to sign a long-term lease at a low rental rate than to hold out for a premium rent in a year or two.

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After paying only part of October's rent, they skipped November entirely, then told Ferraro the Joneses were breaking their lease and moving out, according to Ferraro.

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