Sooner or later it will happen ... The landlord ignores your repair requests. Your roommates are once again late with their share of the rent. Your upstairs neighbors party all the time. The landlord won’t return your security deposit. How can you deal with these problems—and others—or prevent them from happening at all? Turn to Renters’ Rights if you need to: break a lease and leave early sublet your apartment deal with unwelcome landlord intrusions resolve a dispute with your roommate get your landlord to make repairs collect your full security deposit when you move out fight discrimination or retaliation, and put your best foot forward when applying for a rental. This 10th edition is completely updated to reflect changes to state laws. It also includes more details on rent control and COVID-19-related advice for renters. Are you a California resident? Check out California's Tenants' Rights

Renters fed up with difficult roommates, absent landlords and thoughtless neighbors have a new place to turn. This Legal Basics book, bursting with legal and practical advice, covers tenants' rights in all 50 states.Written in plain English, Renters' Rights presents important topics such as: leases and rental agreements; discrimination; rent; security deposits; privacy; roommates; repairs and maintenance; bill splitting. Written by two experts in tenants' rights, and addressed to both the novice renter and the veteran needing basic information, this book is as indispensable as a friend with a pickup truck and a free weekend

The basic guide every tenant needs--from finding a great apartment to dealing with roommate problems to getting your security deposit back on time. Whether you want to know how to persuade your landlord to make repairs or stop invading your privacy, Renters' Rights is for you. The book includes updated 50-state laws on key topics such as late rent fees, deadlines for the return of security deposits, protections against landlord retaliation, and more.

Sooner or later it will happen … The landlord ignores your repair requests. Your roommates are once again late with their share of the rent. Your upstairs neighbors party all the time. The landlord won’t return your security deposit. How can you deal with these problems—and others—or prevent them from happening at all? Turn to Renters’ Rights if you need to: break a lease and leave early sublet your apartment deal with unwelcome landlord intrusions resolve a dispute with your roommate get your landlord to make repairs collect your full security deposit when you move out fight discrimination or retaliation, and put your best foot forward when applying for a rental. This edition is completely updated to reflect changes to state laws. It also includes more details on rent control and COVID-19-related advice for renters. Are you a California resident? Check out California's Tenants' Rights

Head off problems with roommates and landlords! Is it next to impossible to get the rent out of your roommate each month? Or is your landlord forgetting about the clogged drain he said he'd repair weeks ago? Then it's time to assert your rights! Aimed at everyone from the new renter on the block to more seasoned tenants who just want to know the basics, this book is packed with the critical legal and practical information that every renter needs. Written in plain English, the book covers important concerns like: leases and rental agreements discrimination rent security deposits privacy roommates repairs and maintenance and much more Co-authored by two experts in tenants' rights, this book is as indispensable as a friend with a pickup truck and a free weekend. The 5th edition is completely updated to reflect the latest landlord-tenant laws of your state.

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