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Renters' rights: the basics
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From the Book - 9th edition.
Play the landlord's game: How to score a great apartment
Leases and rental agreements
Rent rules
Security deposits
Discrimination
Roommates
Repairs and maintenance
Tenants' rights to privacy
How tenancies change and end
Gettingyour deposit back
Landlord retaliation
Rent control
Getting help with your dispute
How to find landlord-tenant laws online
State landlord-tenant Laws.
From the Book - 8th edition.
1. Play the landlord's game: how to score a great apartment : Legal and illegal reasons for turning you down ; How to check out potential landlords ; Your credit report can make or break your application ; References are all-important ; Smart moves: how to find a good place ; How to find a roommate ; How to impress prospective landlords
2. Leases and rental agreements : How written leases and rental agreements differ ; Who should sign a lease or rental agreement ; Typical provisions in leases and rental agreements ; Negotiating with the landlord ; Common negotiation issues ; Signing a lease or rental agreement ; Get it in writing: a letter of understanding ; Using email for notice or a letter of understanding
3. Rent rules : Rent gouging: isn't there a law against it? ; The nitty-gritty on where and how to pay rent ; Mabel, isn't there a grace period? ; What to do, and not to do, if you can't pay rent on time ; Late rent fees ; Tenancy terminations for nonpayment of rent ; Rent increases ; The landlord's right to change other rent terms
4. Security deposits : Dollar limits on security deposits ; How landlords may increase deposits ; What's the money for? ; Last month's rent ; Nonrefundable deposits and fees ; Are you entitled to interest on your deposit? ; How your landlord's bankruptcy or property sale affects your deposit
5. Discrimination : Discrimination prohibited by federal laws ; Discrimination prohibited by state and local law ; How to fight back
6. Roommates : Renting a place with others ; When a roommate walks out ; Adding a new roommate ; Taking in a roomer ; Tenant rights to use airbnb and similar vacation rental services
7. Repairs and maintenance : Your right to a livable place ; Your repair and maintenance responsibilities ; Persuading your landlord to do major repairs ; Using heavy artillery for major repairs ; Laying the minor repair job on the landlord ; Getting the landlord to make minor repairs
8. Tenants' rights to privacy : Entry by the landlord ; Entry by others ; Limits on your guests ; How to get your landlord to back off
9. How tenancies change and end : Changing your tenancy without ending it ; How month-to-month tenancies end ; What happens when your lease runs out ; Breaking a lease and leaving early ; Domestic violence situations ; The landlord's bankruptcy ; Foreclosure
10. Getting your deposit back : How your landlord may use your deposit ; The mechanics of getting the deposit back ; Avoiding fights over deposits ; Suing to get the deposit back
11. Landlord retaliation : Where does the law protect you? ; What is retaliation? ; Responding to retaliation ; Proving that it's retaliation
12. Rent control : Property subject to rent control ; Limits on rent ; Evictions in rent control areas ; Interest payments on security deposits ; Special notice requirements ; Bypassing the rent control ordinance
13. Getting help with your dispute : How to negotiate a settlement ; Using a mediator ; Small claims court ; When and how to find a lawyer
Appendixes. A. How to find landlord-tenant laws online : State laws ; Local ordinances ; Federal statutes and regulations
B. State landlord-tenant laws : State landlord-tenant statutes ; State rent rules ; Notice required to change or terminate a month-to-month tenancy ; State security deposit rules ; State laws on rent withholding and repair-and-deduct remedies ; State laws in domestic violence situations ; State laws on landlord's access to rental property ; Landlord's duty to rerent ; State laws prohibiting landlord retaliation.
From the Book - 5th ed.
Play the landlord's game and win
Leases and rental agreements
Rent rules
Security deposits
Discrimination
Roommates
Repairs and maintenance
Tenants' rights to privacy
How tenancies change and end
Getting your deposit back
Landlord retaliation
Rent control
Getting help with your dispute.
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9781413320923
9781413305753
141330575
9781413324822
9781413305753
141330575
9781413324822
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