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Legally binding lease agreement
Hello fellow BP folks,
Starting my search for multi family properties in the Los Angeles area and I’m in need of a place to get a legally binding lease agreement. So my questions are as follows:
1. Do I start from scratch and reach out to an attorney for one?
Or
2. Do I download a template and have an attorney personalize it to my local laws?
Or
3. Are there downloadable ones I can personalize without the attorney costs?
Or .... am I missing something?
Any help is welcomed and I’m Southern California based.
Cheers
JT
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@Jonathan Taylor No need to reinvent the wheel. You are not the first landlord in LA. I am sure you can find landlord packages for sale if you google "lease agreements+LA". You need a few more forms other than just the lease and you dont want it to be homemmade. I buy all my contracts in packages of 50 and they come with a carbon copy. These leases are A, much more developed if they have been arround for a few years and B, much better known already with tenants and also - if it ever happens with the eviction court.