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    Every Landlord's Legal Guide

    By Janet Portman, Marcia Stewart and Ralph Warner

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    About this ebook

    Every Landlord's Legal Guide gives landlords the legal and practical solutions they need to rent residential property right. From move in to move out, this book covers a wide range of issues, including fair housing, repairs, sublets, screening for good tenants, and environmental hazards such as mold and bedbugs (yes, bedbugs). Handy 50 state charts lists specific laws for each state.

    Nolo's bestselling Every Landlord's Legal Guide helps landlords:

  • screen and choosing tenants
  • prepare leases and rental agreements
  • collect and returning deposits
  • avoid discrimination charges
  • keep up with repairs and maintenance
  • hire the right property manager
  • minimize your liability
  • deal with problem tenants

    This book provides over 30 forms landlords need, including state specific leases and rental agreements. This edition is completely revised with the latest in the law, plus explanations of new federal rules affecting foreclosed properties and new information on security deposits in each state. All forms are now downloadable at nolo.com.
    • LanguageEnglish
    PublisherNOLO
    Release dateApr 1, 2014
    ISBN9781413320176
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    Every Landlord's Legal Guide
    Author

    Janet Portman

    Nolo's Executive Editor, Janet Portman oversees editorial work on all Nolo books, articles, and websites. She specializes in residential and commercial landlord/tenant law, legal issues related to courts, and criminal law. She is the author or a coauthor of Every Landlord's Legal Guide, Every Landlord's Guide to Finding Great Tenants, First-Time Landlord: Your Guide to Renting Out a Single-Family Home, Every Tenant's Legal Guide, Renters' Rights, Leases & Rental Agreements, The California Landlord's Law Book: Rights and Responsibilities, and California Tenants' Rights. Portman received undergraduate and graduate degrees from Stanford University and a law degree from Santa Clara University School of Law. Before joining Nolo in 1994, she practiced law as a public defender.

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