Every Landlord's Legal Guide 14th Edition

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, invasion of privacy, personal injury, and other lawsuits
• hire a property manager
• keep up with repairs and maintenance
• make security deposit deductions
• handle broken leases
• learn how to terminate a tenancy for nonpayment of rent or other lease violations
• restrict tenants from renting their place on Airbnb, and
• deal with bedbugs, mold and lead hazards.

The 14th edition is completely revised to provide your state’s current laws, covering deposits, rent, entry, termination, late rent notices, and more. It includes a new discussion of how to deal with the aftermath of a tenant’s death (it happens more often than you think).

Screening, Choosing, and Rejecting Applicants

• Rental Application
• Consent to Contact References and Perform Credit Check
• Tenant References
• Notice of Denial Based on Credit Report or Other Information
• Notice of Conditional Acceptance Based on Credit Report or Other Information

Rental Documents and Moving In

• Receipt and Holding Deposit Agreement
• Landlord-Tenant Checklist
• Move-In Letter
• Month-to-Month Residential Rental Agreement
• Month-to-Month Residential Rental Agreement (Spanish Version)
• Fixed-Term Residential Lease
• Fixed-Term Residential Lease (Spanish Version)
• Cosigner Agreement
• Disclosure of Information on Lead-Based Paint and/or Lead-Based Paint Hazards
• Disclosure of Information on Lead-Based Paint and/or Lead-Based Paint Hazards (Spanish Version)
• Protect Your Family From Lead in Your Home Pamphlet
• Protect Your Family From Lead in Your Home Pamphlet (Spanish Version)
• Property Manager Agreement
• Verification of Disabled Status

Rental Documents during the Rental Term

• Amendment to Lease or Rental Agreement
• Letter to Original Tenant and New Cotenant
• Consent to Assignment of Lease
• Agreement for Delayed or Partial Rent Payments

Repairs and Maintenance

• Time Estimate for Repair
• Semiannual Safety and Maintenance Update
• Agreement Regarding Tenant Alterations to Rental Unit
• Notice of Intent to Enter Dwelling Unit
• Resident’s Maintenance/Repair Request

Handling and Returning Security Deposits

• Letter for Returning Entire Security Deposit
• Security Deposit Itemization (Deductions for Repairs and Cleaning)
• Security Deposit Itemization (Deductions for Repairs, Cleaning, and Unpaid Rent)

Terminating Tenancies

• Tenant’s Notice of Intent to Move Out
• Landlord-Tenant Agreement to Terminate Lease
• Move-Out Letter
• Warning Letter for Lease or Rental Agreement Violation