Residential Lease Agreement

Real estate deals often requires often you to deal fast, but also to be thorough.

How to structure a lease agreement for a property between landlord and tenant?

When you make a lease agreement with the tenants, make sure you discuss all the core elements of the agreement, so both parties are clear about it. his will provide extra security if you try to evict your tenants, and their lawyers scrutinize your lease agreement. The following articles are included in this Residential lease agreement:

• Parties Landlord ("Owner", "Agent") and Tenant (or ”lessee”,”resident”);
• Terms;
  
• Payments;
• Security deposits;
• Late charge;
• Utilities;
• Occupants;
• Pets;
• Liquid filled furnishings;
• Parking;
• Noise;
• Destruction of premises;
• Condition of premises;
• Alterations;
• Property maintenance;
• House rules;
• Change of terms;
• Termination;
• Possession;
• Insurance;
• Right of entry and inspection;
• Assignment;
• Partial invalidity;
• No waiver;
• Attorney fees;
• Jointly and severally;
• Report to credit/tenant agencies;
• Lead notification requirement ;
• Additions and/or exceptions;
• Notices;
• Inventory;
• Keys and addendums;
• Entire agreement;
• Receipt of agreement;
• Signatures.

When you work with a solid residential lease agreement template, you have a better chance that all issues are written down, in case this happens. It helps if you later end up paying a lawyer for a professionally drafted agreement, or reduce any legal fees you might occur in the process.

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