Writing a Rental Lease Agreement for a Landlord

[Daniel Kim]

Hello,

My aunt, the landlord of a Residential home, is asking me to help her write up a Lease Agreement.  I am an agent and have limited experience in Property Management.

Some of her requests include the following (Tenant and LL verbally agreed already):

• Tenant will do all the cleaning and cover the costs before move-in
• Tenant may make home improvements upon LL final approval and city permits
• 3 Month Security Deposit

I did some digging on BiggerPockets.  Do I continue using LawDepot or should the LL be using her attorney?

[John Meirose]

Hello Daniel,

In my opinion, I recommend using an attorney to write the lease.  If something should happen to go wrong with the tenant you will be involved in the dispute.   Always use caution with leases, to many loopholes in the real estate laws.

Good luck