Marcia Stewart & Janet Portman 
Every Landlord’s Legal Guide [EPUB ebook] 

1. Screening Tenants: Your Most Important Decision 2. Preparing Leases and Rental Agreements 3. Basic Rent Rules 4. Security Deposits 5. Discrimination 6. Property Managers 7. Getting the Tenant Moved In 8. Cotenants, Sublets, and Assignments 9. Landlord’s Duty to Repair and Maintain the Premises 10. Landlord’s Liability for Tenant Injuries From Dangerous Conditions 11. Landlord’s Liability for Environmental Health Hazards 12. Landlord’s Liability for Criminal Activity 13. Landlord’s Right of Entry and Tenants’ Privacy 14. Ending a Tenancy 15. Returning Security Deposits and Other Move-Out Issues 16. Problems With Tenants: How to Resolve Disputes Without a Lawyer 17. Late Rent, Terminations, and Evictions 18. Lawyers and Legal Research Appendixes A. State Landlord-Tenant Law Charts B. How to Use the Interactive Forms on the Nolo Website Index

Ann O’Connell is a legal editor at Nolo specializing in landlord-tenant and real estate law. Before joining Nolo as an editor, Ann was a freelance writer for Nolo and other publications and law firms. She has passed the bar exams in California, Nevada, and Colorado, where she is both an active attorney and a real estate broker. Ann practiced civil litigation in California and Colorado, and had her own firm in Colorado. At her firm, she focused on real estate, landlord-tenant, and small business cases. Ann earned her B.A. from Boston College and her J.D. from UC Berkeley Law.