AUDIENCE: This book is for anyone who deals with property anywhere in the United States: owners of residential real estate (such as single-family homes, apartments, condos, short-term rentals) professional property managers/management companies, and attorneys who represent landlords, property management companies, and landlord associations. REASONS TO BUY THIS NEW EDITION: No other book covers all the information residential landlords need to run their business and manage their properties: This is truly the only guide landlords need. It contains complete and up-to-date legal and practical information for landlords in every state--explained in plain language with plenty of examples, and laid out in clear and comprehensive forms and state-specific charts. Being a residential landlord is complicated and requires strict compliance with national, state, and local laws. Every Landlord's Legal Guide doesn't just explain important rental-related laws; it also provides landlords with the resources they need to further research applicable laws--and stay informed when those laws change. Every Landlord's Legal Guide makes complying with current laws easy by providing updated, downloadable versions of all the forms landlords want (and didn't even know they wanted), along with directions on how to customize them to meet specific legal and business needs. Downloadable forms include: tenant screening and application forms, long-term and short-term rental forms (in Spanish and English), security deposit forms, repair and maintenance forms, various notice forms, and disclosure forms. Every Landlord's Legal Guide is consistently a top Nolo seller and the best-selling landlord's guide in the country and there's every indication these trends will continue.

The potential audience for this book is growing as technology and the sharing economy have made it easier and more socially acceptable for younger and first-time homebuyers to rent part of their homes to cover ever-rising costs of property ownership. On top of that, despite the housing crash in 2008, owning property for investment purposes is one of the most widely-accepted ways of growing wealth in the long term, and many people aspire to be landlords. Every Landlord's Legal Guide is the ideal resource for these new and aspiring landlords. Because this book covers such a wide range of issues (including everything from managing a landlord business and finding tenants all the way to ending tenancies in a legal and low-risk manner), it has something for everyone--from people who just bought their first property and are considering renting all or part of it to a long-time property owner who owns dozens of apartments and employs resident managers.