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Landlord's Legal Kit For Dummies 1st Edition

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The landlord's essential guide to residential rental law

Landlord's Legal Kit For Dummies is a comprehensive guide to the laws and legalities of renting property. This one-stop legal reference provides both guidance and the correct forms that help landlords avoid tenant issues, which could lead to legal ramifications. From screening potential tenants to handling your own insurance and taxes, you'll find expert insight in this easy-to-read style that simplifies complex legal matters into understandable terms. The book includes access to all the needed legal forms in both English and Spanish, and contains current information about applicable codes, ordinances, and policies across the country.

Landlords have a responsibility to provide a safe, fully operational home for their tenants, and oversights can result in major court settlements. As a landlord, you need to know what the law requires of you. You also need to understand your rights, and the actions available to you when the tenant is in the wrong. This resource brings you up to speed, with the most current information about residential rental property law. The book covers privacy rights, domicile laws, paperwork, and more.

Features up-to-date lease forms and contracts available for download online
Provides information about applicant screening questionnaires and anti-discrimination policies
Includes state and local building codes, health ordinances, and landlord-tenant laws
Instructs you how to handle breach of lease situations and evictions

There's even guidance on hiring a lawyer to protect your assets, property, and rights. Ignorance of the law is no excuse in court, and it frequently leads to misunderstandings that can hurt your wallet and your reputation. Before you lease another property, get all your ducks in a row with the essential instruction and tools in Landlord's Legal Kit For Dummies.

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Learn to:

Understand the rights and responsibilities of residential landlords
Get up to speed on residential property law
Grasp tenant rights and avoid legal ramifications from renters

Your go-to guide to residential rental law

Success as a landlord means more than finding residents, collecting rent, and performing repairs and maintenance. Based on expert, hands-on experience, this friendly guide leads you through the legal minefield of owning and managing residential rental properties so you can comply with federal, state, and local laws—and steer clear of costly consequences.

The keys to success — get started with the fundamentals, from protecting your legal assets and insuring your new property to hiring—or firing—a property manager
Take on new residents — grasp the legal aspects of advertising, set your property’s rents, approve or reject applicants, and compose your lease or rental agreement
Honor your duties — maintain habitable housing, minimize injuries, eliminate hazardous environmental conditions, and protect residents and workers from criminal acts
The Tax Man — get up to speed on current tax laws, keep track of income and expenses, maximize deductions to minimize taxes, and keep impeccable financial records
Learn about leases — find out how to handle cotenancies, sublets, and assignments, as well as ways to terminate leases by legal means

Open the book and find:

Contracts, forms, and other documents
How to avoid and protect against claims commonly filed against landlords
Legal obligations that landlords need to uphold for their residents
The lowdown on the Fair Housing Act
Applicant screening questionnaires and antidiscrimination policies
How to handle breach of lease situations and evictions
Ways to establish a security deposit policy

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Learn to:

Understand the rights and responsibilities of residential landlords
Get up to speed on residential property law
Grasp tenant rights and avoid legal ramifications from renters

Your go-to guide to residential rental law

Success as a landlord means more than finding residents, collecting rent, and performing repairs and maintenance. Based on expert, hands-on experience, this friendly guide leads you through the legal minefield of owning and managing residential rental properties so you can comply with federal, state, and local laws—and steer clear of costly consequences.

The keys to success — get started with the fundamentals, from protecting your legal assets and insuring your new property to hiring—or firing—a property manager
Take on new residents — grasp the legal aspects of advertising, set your property’s rents, approve or reject applicants, and compose your lease or rental agreement
Honor your duties — maintain habitable housing, minimize injuries, eliminate hazardous environmental conditions, and protect residents and workers from criminal acts
The Tax Man — get up to speed on current tax laws, keep track of income and expenses, maximize deductions to minimize taxes, and keep impeccable financial records
Learn about leases — find out how to handle cotenancies, sublets, and assignments, as well as ways to terminate leases by legal means

Open the book and find:

Contracts, forms, and other documents
How to avoid and protect against claims commonly filed against landlords
Legal obligations that landlords need to uphold for their residents
The lowdown on the Fair Housing Act
Applicant screening questionnaires and antidiscrimination policies
How to handle breach of lease situations and evictions
Ways to establish a security deposit policy

Product details

Publisher ‏ : ‎ John Wiley & Sons; 1st edition (July 1, 2014)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 416 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1118775198
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1118775196
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.2 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.5 x 0.75 x 9.25 inches

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Jinnie

So Much Great Info!

Reviewed in the United States on December 23, 2019

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This book is totally worth the money if you're thinking of renting out property. It does provide the reader with a lot of scenarios in which a landlord could be sued if they violate the law, so much so that I'm a little wary of becoming a landlord but if you do what you're supposed to do this can be prevented as the book clearly demonstrates. I believe one of the authors' experience comes from owning very large multi-family apartments and the co-author is this person's attorney so they've seen it all! One thing I didn't like are the constant references to other sections and chapters which I found to be unnecessary. There are also lots of references to online websites including their own and this is great but thought it should've been organized into one section. I had to go back and do my own sorting. Although this was a negative I had to give it five stars because the book is packed with everything you need to know to become a landlord.

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Siberian wolf

Landlord think she’s a lawyer but book helped me in lawsuit on her.

Reviewed in the United States on January 17, 2021

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Was going to give this to my landlord so she’d known the laws because she thinks she’s her own lawyer. But after having her violate several laws I’ve decided to use this book against her.

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hooah!

Absolutely get this if you are first time landlords

Reviewed in the United States on September 20, 2018

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We are first time landlords renting our house out so we can travel. So the legalities were very scary and internet searches didn’t help. This book is concise and gave links for forms we needed to download and told us things we hadn’t even thought about yet that needed to be done. Very helpful.

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Lflatilla

As described.

Reviewed in the United States on February 6, 2020

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Great information. Forms could be a little more professional looking.

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tinijeep

Better than I expected

Reviewed in the United States on December 27, 2017

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Better than I expected. I am amazed how much great content there is. The additional downloadable forms are worth getting. I had to contact the manufacturer to get the login to work.

I added the section about fire extinguishers to our leases.

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Frank Pigeon

Legal issues

Reviewed in the United States on February 17, 2020

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Let's me know how to conduct business

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