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Renters' Rights: The Basics 6th Edition
Author(s): Attorney Janet Portman (Author), Marcia Stewart (Author)
- Publisher: Nolo
- Publication Date: March 31, 2009
- Edition: 6th
- Language: English
- Print length: 280 pages
- ISBN-10: 1413309380
- ISBN-13: 9781413309386
Book Description
Head off problems with roommates and landlords! Is it next to impossible to get the rent out of your roommate 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 book is packed with the critical legal and practical information that every renter needs. Written in plain English, the book covers important concerns like: leases and rental agreements discrimination rent security deposits privacy roommates repairs and maintenance and much more 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 revised and updated to reflect all states’ laws, and now covers protections for victims of domestic violence, foreclosed properties and bedbugs.
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About the Author
Janet Portman specializes in residential and commercial landlord/tenant law, legal issues related to courts, landlords and tenants, and neighbor disputes. Her other books include Every Landlord’s Legal Guide and Every Tenant’s Legal Guide. She is also a nationally syndicated columnist with Inman News and her Rent It Right column appears regularly in the Los Angeles Times, Boston Globe and many other newspapers and websites. Marcia Stewart is a Nolo editor and author, writing and editing books on landlord-tenant law, real estate, and other consumer issues. She is also a co-author of Nolo’s Essential Guide to Buying Your First Home and Leases & Rental Agreements, both published by Nolo.
