Being a landlord isn’t easy: constantly changing laws, unpredictable tenants, and never-ending maintenance make every day a challenge. Every Landlord's Legal Guide makes being a landlord easier: it bundles all the legal and practical solutions landlords and property managers need to anticipate and address these challenges in one comprehensive source. From move-in to move-out, this book provides up-to-date guidance on issues such as complying with fair housing law, finding and screening tenants, documenting agreements with tenants, collecting security deposits and rent, handling repairs, ending tenancies, and evicting tenants. Every Landlord's Legal Guide also includes easy-to-reference charts listing landlord-tenant laws in each of the 50 states. 
 Nolo's bestselling Every Landlord's Legal Guide helps landlords and managers: 
<ul>
<li>screen and choose tenants </li>
<li>prepare leases and rental agreements </li>
<li>make security deposit deductions </li>
<li>avoid discrimination charges </li>
<li>keep up with repairs and maintenance </li>
<li>hire a property manager </li>
<li>minimize liability for personal injury lawsuits </li>
<li>handle broken leases, and </li>
<li>deal with problem tenants. </li>
</ul>
 Never draft a form from scratch again. Downloads of over 30 essential forms are included with Every Landlord's Legal Guide. Use the samples and explanations in the book to customize the forms to address a unique business need or comply with a specific state’s law. This (15th) edition is completely revised and updated, covering updated state and federal laws on eviction, required landlord disclosures, security deposits, and much more.

Every Landlord's Legal Guide

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Sooner or later it will happen ... The landlord ignores your repair requests. Your roommates are once again late with their share of the rent. Your upstairs neighbors party all the time. The landlord won't return your security deposit. How can you deal with these problems--and others--or prevent them from happening at all? Turn to Renters' Rights if you need to: <ul> <li>break a lease and leave early</li> <li>sublet your apartment</li> <li>deal with unwelcome landlord intrusions</li> <li>resolve a dispute with your roommate</li> <li>get your landlord to make repairs</li> <li>collect your full security deposit when you move out</li> <li>fight discrimination or retaliation, and</li> <li>put your best foot forward when applying for a rental.</li> </ul> This 10th edition is completely updated to reflect changes to state laws. It also includes more details on rent control and COVID-19-related advice for renters. Are you a California resident? Check out California's Tenants' Rights

Renters' Rights

Estate planning for family cottages and cabins No matter whether you're planning to pass on a cottage to your children, or you've inherited a cabin with your siblings, it's never too early to take steps to preserve a beloved family property for generations to come. Shared ownership of vacation property--especially when the co-owners are family members--can be fraught with problems. The idyllic dream of a cottage getaway can be shattered when co-owners' emotions, financial concerns, and opinions on how the property should be used come into play. Fortunately, a solid plan that dictates how the property will be owned and managed can prevent squabbles over the family cottage. Saving the Family Cottage lays out a roadmap for creating and implementing this plan. It also explains the possible pitfalls of co-owing a family vacation property, and provides time-tested guidance on how to: <ul> <li>keep the peace among heirs</li> <li>prevent a family member from forcing a sale of the property</li> <li>keep your vacation home out of the hands of in-laws and creditors, and</li> <li>smoothly transition ownership of the property from one generation to the next.</li> </ul> The sixth edition includes an expanded discussion of legal issues that might arise from renting out a family cottage or cabin on a short-term basis. It's also updated to reflect current tax and legal entity laws.

Saving the Family Cottage: Creative Ways to Preserve Your Cottage, Cabin, Camp, or Vacation Home for Future Generations

Hollander, Rose

Hollander Attorney, Stuart J.

Renters have many legal rights--learn yours and how to protect them! The only book of its kind, Every Tenant's Legal Guide gives you the legal and practical information you need (plus dozens of sample letters and forms) to find a great rental and landlord. Learn your rights regarding pets, guests, deposits, and privacy--and find out how to: <ul> <li>get repairs and use rent withholding or repair-and-deduct if you have to</li> <li>avoid disputes with roommates over rent, deposits, guests, and noise</li> <li>fight illegal discrimination, retaliation, or sexual harassment</li> <li>navigate state and local rent control laws</li> <li>deal with hazards like lead paint, mold, or bed bugs</li> <li>break a lease with minimum liability, and</li> <li>get your security deposit returned on time.</li> </ul> The 10th edition of Every Tenant's Legal Guide includes charts with the details on landlord-tenant laws. This edition also includes information on how to research and handle pandemic-related issues such as eviction bans and lease amendments. With downloadable forms: Includes move-in and move-out forms, and security deposit demand letter--available for download (details inside).

Every Tenant's Legal Guide

Create a solid, binding lease that complies with your state laws If you rent out residential real estate, you need to create documents that are legally valid where your rental property is located. Every state has its own rules when it comes to what landlords must include in their leases, and stationery store forms don't tell you what you need to know. Not only does this book contain instructions on how to tailor your rental documents to your state's laws, it also gives you customizable versions of key rental forms you need, including: <ul> <li>a fixed-term lease</li> <li>a month-to-month rental agreement</li> <li>a rental application</li> <li>tenant reference and credit check forms</li> <li>move-in and move-out letters, and</li> <li>a property inspection checklist.</li> </ul> The 14th edition is completely updated to reflect the latest landlord-tenant laws--find out what your state requires regarding security deposits, entry to rental property, disclosures, termination notices, and much more. This new edition also covers topics relevant to today's landlords, such as keeping tenant records and amending a lease or rental agreement for COVID-related reasons. With Downloadable FormsDownload and customize a lease, move-in letter, and other important rental documents landlords and property managers need, more details inside.

Leases & Rental Agreements

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&#8213;not to mention legal fees and lawsuits. Use this top-selling book to: <ul> <li>screen and choose tenants</li> <li>prepare leases and rental agreements</li> <li>avoid discrimination, invasion of privacy, personal injury, and other lawsuits</li> <li>hire a property manager</li> <li>keep up with repairs and maintenance</li> <li>make security deposit deductions</li> <li>handle broken leases</li> <li>learn how to terminate a tenancy for nonpayment of rent or other lease violations</li> <li>restrict tenants from renting their place on Airbnb, and</li> <li>deal with bedbugs, mold, and lead hazards.</li> </ul> The 16th edition is completely revised to provide your state's current laws, covering deposits, rent, entry, termination, late rent notices, and more. Comes With Access to Free Downloadable Forms: includes access to more than 30 essential legal forms including a lease and rental agreement, rental application, notice of entry, tenant repair request, security deposit itemization, property manager agreement, and more. IMPORTANT NOTE: You DO NOT have to pay more to use the downloadable forms--please see Appendix B in the book for the link to and instructions for using the downloadable forms that come with the book.

Everything you need to know to buy a first home, with tips and advice from real estate experts!Rental prices are sky-high, interest rates remain relatively low, and buying a home is a sound investment. But what steps should you take in the weeks or months ahead to find, buy, and move into your new home? Nolo's Essential Guide to Buying Your First Home will help you find the right place to live and invest in --and to enjoy the process, too. As exciting as buying a first home is, it involves huge financial, contractual, and other decisions. This book gives you the inside scoop from industry experts such as real estate agents, mortgage brokers, home inspectors, and lawyers. It provides clear, in-depth information about important steps like: <ul> <li>checking out prospective homes</li> <li>making a purchase offer that a seller will choose above all others</li> <li>getting a mortgage whose terms you can live with</li> <li>examining the house's physical condition</li> <li>negotiating complications during escrow</li> <li>taking title, and</li> <li>closing on the purchase.</li> </ul> You'll hear from other homebuyers, too--about important lessons learned from what went right or wrong with their own home purchases. This latest edition is fully updated to reflect current real estate and mortgage market conditions as well as technological innovations.

Nolo's Essential Guide to Buying Your First Home (Nolo's Essential Guidel to Buying Your First House)

Bray J.D., Ilona

Create a solid, binding lease that complies with your state laws 
If you rent out residential real estate, you need to create documents that are legally valid where your rental property is located. Every state has its own rules when it comes to what landlords must include in their leases, and generic forms don’t tell you what you need to know. Not only does this book contain instructions on how to tailor your rental documents to your state’s laws, it also gives you customizable versions of key rental forms you need, including: 
• a fixed-term lease 
• a month-to-month rental agreement 
• a rental application 
• tenant reference and credit check forms 
• move-in and move-out letters, and 
• a property inspection checklist. 
The 15th edition is completely updated to reflect the latest landlord-tenant laws—find out what your state requires regarding security deposits, entry to rental property, disclosures, termination notices, and much more. This new edition also covers topics relevant to today’s landlords, such as cautions about asking for applicants’ criminal history, when you can seek attorneys’ fees, and things to consider when using tenant screening reports.

Sooner or later it will happen ... The landlord ignores your repair requests. Your roommates are once again late with their share of the rent. Your upstairs neighbors party all the time. The landlord won't return your security deposit. How can you deal with these problems--and others--or prevent them from happening at all? Turn to Renters' Rights if you need to: <ul> <li>break a lease and leave early</li> <li>sublet your apartment</li> <li>deal with unwelcome landlord intrusions</li> <li>resolve a dispute with your roommate</li> <li>get your landlord to make repairs</li> <li>collect your full security deposit when you move out</li> <li>fight discrimination or retaliation, and</li> <li>put your best foot forward when applying for a rental.</li> </ul> This edition is completely updated to reflect changes to state laws. It also includes more details on rent control and COVID-19-related advice for renters. Are you a California resident? Check out California's Tenants' Rights

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Every Landlord's Legal Guide

Renters' Rights

Saving the Family Cottage: Creative Ways to Preserve Your Cottage, Cabin, Camp, or Vacation Home for Future Generations

Every Tenant's Legal Guide

Leases & Rental Agreements

Every Landlord's Legal Guide

Nolo's Essential Guide to Buying Your First Home (Nolo's Essential Guidel to Buying Your First House)

Leases & Rental Agreements

Renters' Rights

Every Tenant's Legal Guide