Every Landlord's Legal Guide - Softcover

Stewart, Marcia; Warner Attorney, Ralph; Portman Attorney, Janet

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1413322832 ISBN 13: 9781413322835

Publisher: NOLO, 2016

Synopsis

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’ll avoid hassles and headaches―not to mention legal fees and lawsuits. Use this top-selling book to:

• screen and choose tenants
  
  
• prepare leases and rental agreements
  
  
• avoid discrimination charges
  
  
• hire a property manager
  
  
• keep up with repairs and maintenance
  
  
• reduce the chance of personal injury lawsuits
  
  
• make security deposit deductions
  
  
• handle broken leases and terminations
  
  
• deal with bedbugs, mold, and lead hazards, and
  
  
• comply with laws regarding tenant privacy and disclosures.
  
  

The 13th edition is completely revised to provide your state’s current laws covering deposits, rent, entry, termination and late rent notices, and more.

About this title

Book Description:

Every landlord and property manager needs to know the laws in their state in order to run a successful business, stay out of legal trouble with tenants, and minimize lawyer fees. This book provides comprehensive state-specific information and dozens of legal forms that the millions of U.S. landords and property managers need―all for the price of less than 30 minutes of a typical lawyer’s time.

About the Author:

Marcia Stewartwrites and edits for Nolo on landlord-tenant law, real estate, and other consumer issues. She is the coauthor of Nolo's Essential Guide to Buying Your First Home, Every Landlord's Legal Guide, First-Time Landlord, Every Tenant's Legal Guide, Leases and Rental Agreements, Renters' Rights, and The Legal Answer Book for Families.

Ralph Warner, a pioneer of the do-it-yourself law movement, co-founded Nolo in 1971. He began publishing do-it-yourself law books 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.

Janet Portman, Nolo’s executive editor specializes in residential and commercial landlord/tenant law. She is the author or coauthor of Every Landlord's Legal Guide, Every Tenant's Legal Guide, Renters' Rights, Leases & Rental Agreements, The California Landlord's Law Book: Rights and Responsibilities, and others. Portman received undergraduate and graduate degrees from Stanford University and a law degree from Santa Clara University. Before joining Nolo in 1994, she practiced law as a public defender.

About this edition

• Publisher: NOLO
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 1413322832
• ISBN 13: 9781413322835
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 496