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Renters' Rights - Couverture souple

Portman, Janet; O'Connell, Ann

 
9781413333527: Renters' Rights

Synopsis

Sooner or later it will happen ...


The landlord ignores your repair requests. Your roommates are once again late with their share of the rent. Your upstairs neighbors party all the time. The landlord won't return your security deposit. How can you deal with these problems--and others--or prevent them from happening at all? Turn to Renters' Rights if you need to:


  • break a lease and leave early
  • sublet your apartment
  • deal with unwelcome landlord intrusions
  • resolve a dispute with your roommate
  • get your landlord to make repairs
  • collect your full security deposit when you move out
  • fight discrimination or retaliation, and


The 12th edition is completely updated to reflect changes to state laws and federal antidiscrimination laws. It also includes advice on how to deal with corporate landlords and property managers, and how to find out if you're entitled to legal representation if you end up in court.



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À propos des auteurs

Janet Portman, an attorney and Nolo's executive editor, specializes in residential and commercial landlord/tenant law. She is the author or coauthor of Every Landlord's Legal Guide, Every Tenant's Legal Guide, Renters' Rights, Leases & Rental Agreements, The California Landlord's Law Book: Rights and Responsibilities, and others. Portman received undergraduate and graduate degrees from Stanford University and a law degree from Santa Clara University. As a practicing attorney, she specialized in criminal defense before joining Nolo.

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.

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