Every Landlord's Legal Guide, 8th Edition

Product Description

The all-in-one resource every landlord needs.

The best, most effective way to make and save money as a landlord is to keep up with the law --and with Every Landlord's Legal Guide, you can do it.

From move-in to move-out, Every Landlord's Legal Guide helps you handle the issues you're likely to face, helping you avoid hassles and headaches -- not to mention legal fees. Here is everything you need to:

*choose tenants *prepare a lease or rental agreement *collect and return deposits *avoid discrimination charges *hire a property manager *keep up with repairs and maintenance *minimize liability *deal with problem tenants *and more

Every Landlord's Legal Guide provides over 30 documents you'll need, including leases and rental agreements,as tear-outs and on CD-ROM.

The 8th edition is completely revised to provide your state's current laws, and discusses how new federal bankruptcy laws affect your ability to evict tenants.
Product Details

* Amazon Sales Rank: #343473 in Books
* Published on: 2006-05-30
* Original language: English
* Number of items: 1
* Binding: Paperback
* 590 pages

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com Review
This is a practical, well-organized manual for how to be a good landlord and avoid some of the pitfalls of owning rental property. Sample leases and rental agreements, information about liability, discrimination, repairs, and maintenance, and how to deal with problem tenants fairly and legally are all contained in here. Maybe if more landlords read this book, more tenants would feel like they and the owner are not intrinsic adversaries. Even though we get along quite well, and have for the last 22 years, I lent my copy to my landlord--for the other tenants' sakes!

From Library Journal
This new title is a thorough and pragmatic examination of the legal issues that confront landlords of residential real property. In 17 chapters, it covers such topics as rent, discrimination, working with property managers, landlord liability, tenants, privacy rights, and security deposits. The chapters summarize the law and explain it with true-to-life illustrations. Icons are used to point out a practical tip, a question that might need a lawyer's interpretation, or an instance in which a rent-control ordinance might apply. The book is liberally sprinkled with sample agreements, letters, and lists of specific state requirements with regard to landlord/tenant laws. Forms to help with rent applications, tenant references, security deposit itemization, and safety and maintenance updates, to name a few, appear in print at the end of the book and on an accompanying 3.5" DOS-based computer disk. Every Landlord's Legal Guide makes plain the important legal concepts and provides real guidance for landlords. Recommended for most public libraries.?Joan Pedzich, Harris, Beach & Wilcox, Rochester, N.Y.
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Review
"On my scale of one to 10, it rates an off-the-chart 12." -- Robert Bruss, nationally syndicated columnist

"This book provides as comprehensive and authoritative a basic reference as you are going to find." -- The Real Estate Professional

"When it comes to handling tenants, no landlord should be without a copy of Every Landlord's Legal Guide..." -- The Florida Times-Union
Customer Reviews

Great Resource5
This is the book you probably wished you had before your current tenants moved in. If you're stuck with bad tenants, this book will guide you in legally dealing with them and making the most of the situation. (It even gives advice if you think your tenants are terrorists or drug dealers). This book will also help you in screening potential tenants to get better ones next time.

This is one of those rare, informative books that you will want to read from cover to cover.

NOTE: The included CD-Rom has more than 30 forms and works with both PC's and Mac's. (Though Mac users will not receive technical support from Nolo).

Great for landlords and tenants!4
As a long-time tenant, I've dealt with a broad range of property issues. Broken windows, poor heating, broken appliances...the list runs the gamut. While I opt to fix as much as I can, I turned to this book when I wanted more information regarding my rights and responsibilities as a tenant. It wisely guides the reader through legalese and presents important legal information in an easy-to-read style that non-lawyers can truly appreciate. It is, of course, an excellent guide for landlords as well, from buying the property to managing, evicting and dealing with problem tenants. Great for either side, it's more than just a handy reference-it's an essential tool no landord (or tenant!) should be without.

Predictably excellent5
I've been using NOLO Press guides for years. I have always found them to be helpful and informative, and this one is no exception. It's a ninth edition, which means they have pretty much got it all figured out by now. All the steps a landlord needs to know are in this book, from advertising a vacancy to terminating a tenancy. A lot of it is just common sense, but a lot of it is also good legal advice. It's good to know exactly who is a protected class, for example.

There are plenty of forms on the CD-ROM to make your job easier. There are a couple of interesting chapters that you wouldn't expect, like the landlord's role in dealing with terrorists.

I've had rentals for many years, so I am familiar with most of the information in this book, but I still find it useful to have a resource to consult occasionally. If you are a new landlord, this book will make your job much easier.