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Renters' Rights

The Basics

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Renters' Rights: The Basics

Pub. Date: Mar 2009
Edition: 6th
Pages: 304 pp
ISBN: 9781413309386
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Summary

Renter? Head off problems with roommates and landlords!

Is your roommate making it next to impossible to pay the rent on time 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 primer is packed with the critical legal and practical information that every renter needs, written in plain English.

Renters' Rights covers important concerns like:

  • leases and rental agreements
  • discrimination
  • rent
  • security deposits
  • privacy
  • roommates
  • repairs and maintenance

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 6th edition is completely updated to reflect changes to your state's laws, including new information on what to do if your rental goes into foreclosure and increased legal protections for domestic violence victims.

Press Reviews

"Well written, well researched and practical describe this thorough rental-law guide book. On my scale of one to 10, this outstanding book rates an off-the-chart 12."

Robert Bruss,
nationally syndicated columnist
"If landlords nationwide were to recommend [this] book to renters, I'd bet only half of today's landlord/tenant problems would exist in the future."
Orlando Sentinel
"This lively, practical and occasionally humorous new book... is another in the Nolo series that makes learning about legal topics interesting and almost fun."
San Jose Mercury News
"Even if you can't take renting classes at your college, you can now get the equivalent of Renting 101 in... Renter's Rights."
Leta Herman,
nationally syndicated columnist
"If you expect Renter's Rights... to be dull, boring and irrelevant...think again. This new book relates to everyday, residential rental situations in all states."
San Francisco Chronicle
"Get Portman's Renters Rights: The Basics... and research quirks in rental law specific to the state where your teen will be going to college."
Houston Chronicle
"I wish this book had been available when I graduated from college and rented my first apartment from a greedy landlord who gouged her tenants at every opportunity."
Sacramento Bee
"As user-friendly as it informative, Renter Rights' concludes each chapter with a list of key points, so readers can get right to the information they need when they need it."
Long Beach Press Telegram

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