Anyone who has ever been a landlord knows that the rental business is tightly regulated. As the authors of Every Landlord's Legal Guide point out, "a landlord either knows and follows the law or doesn't stay in business long." This book clearly outlines what the law requires of a landlord and, just as importantly, offers advice on how to be conscientious yet profitable. This useful book is filled with helpful information on finding good tenants, agreements and leases, liability issues, and even terminations and evictions. The advice is extremely thorough. For example, the chapter on the landlord's maintenance duties contains information on who is responsible for minor repairs, ways to avoid problems by instituting a preventive-maintenance program, and even possible tenant responses to landlord negligence. The book is rounded out with a chapter on finding a lawyer and an appendix of state laws that may affect your business. Dozens of sample forms are included both as blank hard copies in the book and as templates on the enclosed disk. This book is extremely user-friendly: Stilted legalese is translated into simple English, handy icons highlight particular points in the text, and sidebars provide in-depth analysis on a variety of issues. The authors maintain that success is based on "choosing tenants carefully, keeping good tenants happy, teaching mediocre tenants how to improve and getting rid of bad tenants by applying policies that are strict, fair and legal." This book will help you do just that. --C.B. Delaney


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.


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


The Real Estate Professional
It's a reliable legal guide.... This book provides as comprehensive and authoritative basic reference as you are going to find.

ANNOTATION

Every landlord--and property manager--should have this book, whether they have one unit or one hundred. All the legal and practical information they need to comply with their state's laws, get and keep good tenants, and avoid legal trouble is included. The disk contains all the necessary forms and agreements. Good in all 50 states.

SYNOPSIS

Whether you have one unit or one hundred, this book will give you the legal and practical information you need to comply with your state￯﾿ﾽs laws, find and keep good tenants, and avoid legal trouble. A Nolo bestseller, Every Landlord￯﾿ﾽs Legal Guide shows you how to: *screen and choose prospective tenants *write a legal rental agreement or lease *hire a property manager *deal with problem tenants *understand repair, maintenance and security responsibilities *avoid lawsuits *comply with laws regarding security deposits, privacy, discrimination, senior housing, habitability and much more   The completely revised 7th edition provides updated state-by-state legal charts on everything from security deposit rules to termination for nonpayment of rent. All forms provided as tear-outs and on CD-ROM.

FROM THE CRITICS

Doreen Cason - Jacksonville Florida Times

Diamonds may be a girl's best friend, but when it comes to handling tenants no landlord should be without a copy of Every Landlord's Legal Guide...

Kiplinger's Personal

. . . a valuable compendium of musts and must-nots for landlords that offers legal tips and plenty of practical advice.

Robert Bruss

On my scale of one to 10, it rates an off-the-chart 12.

Real Estate Professional

If there is one item a landlord needs it's a reliable legal guide.... This book provides as comprehensive and authoritative a basic reference as you are going to find. It's big, profusely illustrated, and deals in real life problems.

Kiplinger’s Personal Finance

A valuable compendium of musts and must-nots for landlords that offers legal tips and plenty of practical advice. Read all 8 "From The Critics" >

WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING

"On my scale of one to 10, it rates an off-the-chart 12." -- Nationally Syndicated Real Estate Columnist — Robert Bruss

ACCREDITATION

Marcia Stewart brings her background in writing and editing on consumer issues to her job as a legal editor at Nolo Press. She is an expert on landlord-tenant law, buying and selling houses, and other issues of interest to consumers. She is the co-author of Every Landlord's Legal Guide, Leases and Rental Agreements and Renters' Rights, and the editor of Nolo's LeaseWriter software for landords. Marcia received a Master's degree in Public Policy from the University of California at Berkeley and has written and edited a wide variety of consumer publications for government agencies and private businesses.

Ralph Warner is a co-founder and e-publisher of Nolo.com and one of the pioneers of the self-help law movement. A graduate of Princeton University and the Boalt School of Law (U.C. Berkeley), he is the author of many books and articles aimed at making our legal system more accessible and democratic.