Introduction: Your landlord companion

Screening tenants : your most important decision

Preparing leases and rental agreements

Basic rent rules

Security deposits

Discrimination

Property managers

Getting the tenant moved in

Cotenants, sublets, and assignments

Landlord's duty to repair and maintain the premises

Landlord's liability for tenant injuries from dangerous conditions

Landlord's liability for environmental health hazards

Landlord's liability for criminal activity

Landlord's right of entry and tenants' privacy

Ending a tenancy

Returning security deposits and other move-out issues

Problems with tenants: How to resolve disputes without a lawyer

Late rent, terminations, and evictions

Lawyers and legal research

Appendix A: State landlord-tenant law charts

Appendix B: How to use the interactive forms on the Nolo website.

Introduction: Your landlord companion

Screening tenants: your most important decision

Preparing leases and rental agreements

Basic rent rules

Security deposits

Discrimination

Property managers

Getting the tenant moved in

Cotenants, sublets, and assignments

Landlord's duty to repair and maintain the premises

Landlord's liability for tenant injuries from dangerous conditions

Landlord's liability for environmental health hazards

Landlord's liability for criminal activity

Landlord's right of entry and tenants' privacy

Ending a tenancy

Returning security deposits and other move-out issues

Problems with tenants: how to resolve disputes without a lawyer

Late rent, terminations, and evictions

Lawyers and legal research

Appendixes: State landlord-tenant law charts

How to use the interactive forms on the Nolo website.

CD-rom includes lease and rental agreements, Rental applications, Manager's agreement, maintenance/Repair Requests, Lead Paint Disclosures, Security Deposit Itemizations.