Every landlord's legal guide

The legal forms and state rules every landlord and property manager needs to keep up with the law and make money as a residential landlord, you need a guide you can trust: Every Landlord's Legal Guide. From move-in to move-out, here's help with legal, financial, and day-to-day issues. You&...

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Main Authors: Stewart, Marcia (Author), Portman, Janet (Author), O'Connell, Ann (Ann Kristin), 1979- (Author)
Format: Book
Published: [Berkeley, CA] : Nolo, 2022.
Edition:16th edition.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Your landlord companion
  • Screening tenants : your most important decision
  • Preparing leases and rental agreements
  • Basic rent rules
  • Security deposits
  • Discrimination
  • Property managers
  • Getting the tenant moved in
  • Cotenants, sublets, and assignments
  • Landlord's duty to repair and maintain the premises
  • Landlord's liability for tenant injuries from dangerous conditions
  • Landlord's liability for environmental health hazards
  • Landlord's liability for criminal activity
  • Landlord's right of entry and tenants' privacy
  • Ending a tenancy
  • Returning security deposits and other move-out issues
  • Problems with tenants: How to resolve disputes without a lawyer
  • Late rent, terminations, and evictions
  • Lawyers and legal research
  • Appendix A: State landlord-tenant law charts
  • Appendix B: How to use the downloadable forms on the Nolo website.