Product Description

The Expert Guide to Finding Your Best Deal as a Tenant

Whether you're a first-time renter or a seasoned tenant, it's crucial to know your rights and find the best deals on rental properties--especially at a time when renting is a more popular option than ever. Backed by decades of real estate experience, American Tenant lays out all the issues you need to know--the questions to ask, what to expect, and how to interpret and negotiate leases. Drawn from years of experience helping thousands of clients, American Tenant delivers everything you need to know to get the most from your tenant/landlord relationship.

Everything U Need to Know About:
Your Rights as a Renter

• Information on credit and background checks
• Tools and techniques to negotiate your lease
• Explanations of your civil rights
• Agreements about maintenance and repair
• Ways to handle roommates, evictions, and many other issues

BONUS CD-ROM FEATURES: Rental forms PLUS Landlord-tenant laws for all 50 states!

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #189477 in Books
• Published on: 2008-08-05
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 272 pages

From the Back Cover

About the Author

Trevor Rhodes is the founder and CEO of AmerUSA, the nation's trusted partners in real estate to both homeowners and investors, and is a nationally recognized leading authority in real estate.

Customer Reviews

If you rent, you MUST HAVE this book!
This book explains everything you need to know BEFORE you sign a lease so as to avoid problems. And then it also explains what your rights are if difficulties do arise.

Wondering about whether you can have a large fish tank? And what about your dog? A sample pet agreement will solve most problems beforehand.

Security deposits are a frequent source of trouble. The book covers such questions as: do you have a right to expect to get interest from your security deposit? What are the most common reasons for losing your security deposit? There are legal remedies as a last resort. Among other suggestions are: contact your local consumer protection agency or housing agency, the city or country rent control board, and your locl tenet and apartment association.

There are suggestions about how to break a lease, and the possible consequences, some legal, of breaking a lease. And even some suggestions about how best to stop renting, when you are ready, and buy a home.

This book also includes a CD-ROM with rental forms and the landlord-tenant laws for every state in the US.

Easy to read and understand your tenant rights
You'd think a legal topic would be pretty dry. Fortunately, the best part about this book is that it is extremely informative and also very easy to understand (and actually entertaining). The book is less than 300 hundred pages and leaves you with a national perspective (addressing all 50 states) on tenant rights. It even provides state-by-state references about bounced check fees, rental late fees and more.

I'm actually a landlord, but read this to make sure I had a clear understanding of tenant's rights. Very satisfied with this series.