Rent your property now with this quick and easy handbook. Here's a quick way for landlords to create the key documents necessary for owning or managing rental property, including a legally valid lease or rental agreement. With this bestselling guide, you'll learn how to: prepare a rental agreement or lease tailor your documents to meet your needs make required disclosures comply with your state's laws on security deposits, privacy rules, discrimination and more check tenant references and credit do a final inspection when a tenant moves out and more Leases & Rental Agreements includes tear-out forms (plus step-by-step instructions to fill them out), including a rental agreement, lease, rental application and more. Complete these forms by adding the needed information by hand or by using a typewriter. The 7th edition provides updated 50-state legal charts on security deposits, rent rules, access to rental property and more.