Residential Lease Agreements
Articles
- Credit Reports for Landlords: How to Use Credit Reports to Select Tenants
- The Fine Art of Collecting Unpaid Back or Delinquent Rent from Tenants: Basic Do’s and Don’ts
- Breaking Your Lease When You Can No Longer Afford the Rent
- Renewal of Your Residential Lease by Landlord or Co-Tenant Without Your Knowledge or Consent
- Restrictions on Tenants without a Written Lease
- Just Checking In: How to Run a Credit Check on a Potential Tenant
- Rent Increases on an Oral Agreement
- Credit Reports for Landlords: Analyzing Your Potential Tenant's Credit Report
FAQs
- What is a lease or rental agreement?
- Can a tenant ever terminate their legal obligations of a lease during its term?
- Is there a legal limit to the dollar amount of daily "late rent" fees a landlord can charge? Can the landlord charge you late fees even after you've already moved out?
- Can a landlord ever terminate a tenant's right to use and possess the rental property?
- What is "repair and deduct"?
- If the person you are renting from dies, can the person inheriting the building from her increase your rent?
- I have several months remaining on my lease, but the landlord defaulted and now faces foreclosure proceedings on this property. What are my rights as a tenant?
- I am a long-time (15-year) renter in an apartment house. There have been yearly increases over the years but this year the owner wants a whooping 25% increase! Can this happen?
- The signout sheet given to me by the manager of our apartments following a walkthrough indicated everything was fine except for dusty blinds. The landlord, however, now wants to charge for dusty blinds and pet odor. There was no mention in the walkthrough or on the signout sheet of foul pet odors. Can they do this?
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- Sample Letters
- General Landlord and Tenant Questions
- Tenant Eviction
- Maintenance and Repair
- Tenant Rights and Responsibilities
- Landlord-Tenant Lease Agreement
- Increasing the Rent
- Residential Lease Agreements
- Renter's Security Deposit
- Co-Tenant Responsibilities
- Rental Insurance
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