Leases & Rental Agreements - Softcover

Marcia Stewart; Ralph Warner; Janet Portman

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9781413310511: Leases & Rental Agreements

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1413310516 ISBN 13: 9781413310511

Publisher: NOLO, 2009

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Rent your property now with this quick and easy handbook.

Looking for a quick way to create the key documents necessary for owning or managing rental property, including a legally valid lease or rental agreement? Leases & Rental Agreements provides the practical and legal information necessary to rent out your property in record time -- and without a pricey attorney.

With this bestselling guide, you'll learn how to:

prepare a rental agreement or lease

tailor your documents to meet your needs

make required disclosures

comply with your state's laws on security deposits, privacy rules, discrimination and more

check tenant references and credit

do a final inspection when a tenant moves out

and more

Leases & Rental Agreements includes tear-out forms (plus step-by-step instructions to fill them out), including a rental agreement, lease, rental application and more. Complete these forms by adding the needed information by hand or by using a typewriter, or fill in the documents on your PC using the enclosed CD-ROM. The 8th edition provides updated 50-state legal charts on security deposits, rent rules, access to rental property and more, plus an expanded chart on your state's disclosure laws.

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Book Description:

Anyone who owns or manages residential real estate, anywhere in the U.S., should buy this book, as it provides a solid lease, that can be tailored to the laws of a specific state, and the key rental documents needed to start a tenancy.

About the Author:

Ralph "Jake" Warner,widely recognized as a pioneer of the do-it-yourself law movement, Warner founded Nolo with Ed Sherman in 1972. He began publishing do-it-yourself law books written by him and his colleagues after numerous publishers rejected them. Warner holds a law degree from Boalt Hall School of Law at the University of California at Berkeley and an undergraduate degree from Princeton.

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