The landlord has charged me more that 60 dollars of late fee recently for missing a payment for 3 days. According to the california tenant law on can change 10% of the monthly rent calculated over that whole year. Which would amount to 20 cents for every day past due. And more over other landlords would waive the late fee if its the first time.
There had been a genuine mistake from me for missing my payment. I explained to them that there was problem in their website which couldnot process my rent and that it failed to give any kind of confirmation of the payment cancellation or approval. All my requests only went to the deaf ears, and they were quite adamant. I have no other option but confronting them in the court.
I have seen many such fraudulent reports about the property on the web and many class action law suits against the company.