Pick one of three...

[Brian Knox]

If closing goes well, I should be setting up shop as a landlord (in Greenville SC) before the end of 2015.

As I prepare to put my first tenant on a lease (for a single family home), which lease for the state of SC would you recommend I use?

From Googling, BP, and other resources (NOLO), I have about three or four different lease templates. But how do I pick which one to go with? How do I know which clauses are must-haves?

Lastly, should I plan to ask an attorney to review my lease prior to using it? Or, better yet, do attorneys ever just have a boilerplate lease that they let a person use?

Thanks so much!

[Dawn Brenengen]

@Brian Knox You should try to get your hands on the SC Realtor Association lease.  This is one that has been created by a panel of attorneys, and the judges will all be very familiar with it.  I would use a tried and true lease over a one off by any attorney any day!