Rental Agreements: Critical Tools

When Donna rented an apartment to her first tenant, she had no idea what she was getting herself into. She had a carriage house apartment over her detached garage, and she trusted and liked the friend who wanted to rent it from her.

Little did she know that the friendship would go south when her boarder started partying hard in the apartment in her backyard. He played loud music, he had friends over at all hours, and she could smell the strong aroma of pot in the backyard.

At last, she told him he had to move.

He told her he didn't.

Without a signed lease or rental agreement, he was right. Donna had to go through formal eviction procedures, including a trip to court to pay some fairly large filing fees. She had to prepare tons of paperwork, pay to have a sheriff serve an eviction notice – not once, but twice – and then spent hours in court when her ungrateful tenant chose to fight her eviction. And when he was gone, Donna couldn't even sue him to collect damages for the repairs she had to make to her carriage house – damage caused by her renter.

With a good rental agreement, Donna would not have spent eight months evicting her renter. At Legalhomeforms.com, you can find rental agreements covering every imaginable contingency, from someone renting space in your home to formal lease agreements for houses, condominiums, and apartments. Instead of making Donna's mistake, download good rental agreements here, and get everything in black and white.